PINDIU TO MASBA CREEK SUNDAY, 3 MAY 1964 CARRIER LINE LEFT ABOUT 9: A.M. NOT ENOUGH MEN – WE LACKED ABOUT 20 MEN FOR 2 MAN LOADS. KEN WANTED MORE SILVER SO RON WILLARD GOT STEPHEN OUT OF BED TO OPEN THE BANK. I BOUGHT £50 IN 1 SHILLING PIECES. CARRYING IS BECOMING EXPENSIVE HERE IN NEW GUINEA! STAN + I LEFT PINDIU AT 10: A.M. RON + REN WERE OUT TO WAVE GOODBYE. AT 11: A.M. WE WERE NEARING THE TOP OF THE RIDGE TO THE S. OF PINDIU. A VERY STEEP GARDEN PATCH IS BEING CLEARED + BURNED JUST BELOW THE TRAIL “COUNTRY CLUB” IS AT 3000 FT. ONE DROPS IMMEDIATELY INTO A SMALL GORGE, 2750’. THE HEIGHT OF LAND ON THE RIDGE TO THE S. IS 3500’. IT CLEARED ABOUT 10:45 AND WHAT BEGAN AS A RAINY CARRY TURNED OUT VERY WELL INDEED. AT 11:00 ONE ARRIVES AT THE WELL KEPT, RED EARTH VILLAGE OF PEPENDAN- GU, 3400’. TRAIL THEN RAN THE CONTOUR TO THE WEST + S. TO THE CREST OF THE SECOND RIDGE S. OF PINDIU. WE ARE WEST OF AND FAR ABOVE THE MONGI RIVER. AT 12:15 WE WERE ON THE RIDGE GOING S.E. TOWARDS THE MONGI – STILL A GRADUAL SLOPE, 2500’. AT 12:30 P.M. WE HAD DROPPED INTO A BEAUTIFUL SMALL STREAM, THE MASBA, 1900’. HERE WE RESTED + HAD A DRINK OF ORANGE JUICE THAT KIM THOUGHTFULLY PROVIDED. AT 1:00 WE HAD CLIMBED UP TO A WIDE FLAT SHELF HIGH ABOVE THE KUA, WHICH RECEIVES THE MASBA + THEN BUNGES WITH THE MONGI JUST TO THE E. (THIS EVENTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE OUR CAMP SITE!) AT 1:05 WE CROSSED A SMALL, SLOW CREEK, NOMU. AT 1:45 WE DROPPED STEEPLY TO THE KUA, 1450’. CROSSED ON LOGS – BRIDGE. RECALLED CARRIERS AND RETURNED TO THE FLAT S. OF THE MASBA. LOVELY BIG RAIN FOREST.