Last but not least, Kosciuszko
I am now in Australia after our successful summit of Carstensz Pyramid. I survived the leeches, no cannibals and jungle to summit […]
Category: 7 Summits
Carstensz Summit Brief Recap
Carstensz Pyramid was without a doubt the most exotic, logistically complicated and, capsule from a pure climbing perspective, rewarding of all the […]
Summit: Audio Dispatch from Carstensz Pyramid
I summited Carstensz Pyramid on October 22, 2011. It was a great climb. Read the full trip report for all the details. This […]
Carstensz Summit Push in 10 hours
We leave our summit push for Carstensz Pyramid in about 10 hours, leaving camp around 1 AM local time. It should take between 8 to 12 hours roundtrip.Attached is a picture of Carstensz’s face we are climbing. The route is to the right gaining the ridge…
Carstensz: Commit to the Goal
Our Indonesia adventure continues. We were supposed to fly out today from Timika on the southern coast of Papua to Suagpa north […]
Welcome to Sagapa
We achieved major progress today and are now in the village of Bilogai in the area of Sugapa. We received notice that the airplan had left another airport to pick us up in Timika about 7 this morning so we hustled to the airport with no drama. There we…
Inguinity, Papua style!
OK, progress – Papau style! With the local issues, fuel has become the major problem in reaching the base camp of Carstensz […]
The Carstensz Adventure Begins!
Well it didn’t take long for the adventure part of Carstensz Pyramid to begin. I finally made it to the southern mining […]
The Leeches of Carstensz Pyramid
If that title and picture didn’t get your attention, I don’t know will! :-D. I leave for the next climb of the […]
The last 2 Climbs (#7 and #8) of the 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s
It has been a busy year! Starting in November 2010 with Antarctica’s Mt. Vinson, I have now climbed 6 of the 7 […]