TUMNUNG TO SELEMBENG MONDAY, 1 JUNE 1964 ALTIMETER 43'75" RANG THE VILLAGE BELL AT 5:30 A.M. TO SUMMON CARRIERS FOR OUR WALK TO SELEMBENG. MORE THAN ENOUGH SHOWED UP! ALMOST 130 IN OUR "LINE". KEN DID THE BEST HE COULD IN CONTROLLING THEM - HE IS LEARNING. HE DECID- ED TO STAY IN THE VILLAGE UNTIL THE LAST BOXES FROM PINDIV ARRIVED. RU, STAN + I LEFT AT 8: A.M. A BEAUTIFUL CLOUD- LESS DAY - OUR LUCK IS HOLDING! AND IT WAS VERY GOOD LUCK to have the carry from Pindiv on a SUNDAY. ABOUT AN HOUR'S EASY WALK TO MINDIK. THEN WE TURNED W. on an easy track and crossed SIRI CREEK AT 9:20 (4450'). RU, WALKING ON AHEAD OF US SPOTTED THE FIRST BEECH AT 4650' (9:30). REACHED TOP OF DIVIDE AT 9:50 (4900') - HAD OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF MT. RAWLINSON. THEN DOWN TO MERIVAL CREEK AT 10:10 (4475'). THE FIRST REALLY BIG CREEK OF THE DAY WAS THE KIN AT 11: A.M. 4200. A BEAUTIFUL POOL JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK FED BY THE GUSHING STREAM. I WADED ACROSS BUT I HEARD LATER THAT RU + STAN WERE CARRIED ACROSS!