Palm datebook to ical

I am no longer using my Treo 180, but I am very dependent on my palm desktop calendar. for scheduling. I went through a lot of "custom installing" of this older software to get it to work in Tiger, and it has worked with virtually no problem for a year. I would now like to move over to ical in order to be current and to be able to move up to Leopard more effortlessly in the future.
How to I accomplish this? I am running 10.4.9 on my imac G5. The palm desktop version is 4.0. I have already exported the datebook in a vCal format. What's next?
Any advise will be appreciated.
sj

OK, so I can see that question has struck out for replies, so let me try a new one.
I tried to import the vcal file and it was a total disaster. All the events repeated themselves, all color coding disappeared, dates were wrong and I am looking for another solution. Is there another way to get this info from palm desktop into ical - perhaps by syncing instead of export/import? Can I do it from the handheld device instead?
sj

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