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 […]
Tag: 7 Summits
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 […]
Kilimanjaro 2011 Final Trip Report
Glacier from Kili’s Summit Kilimanjaro was all I expected and much, much more. The climb itself was not the hardest but the […]
World Alzheimer’s Day from Kilimanjaro
As I leave our climb of Kilimanjaro, I wanted to send this special message today, World Alzheimer’s Day, September 21st. November is […]
Brief KIlimanjaro Summit Recap
While climbing Kilimanjaro was not the most difficult of my climbing life, getting down was perhaps in the top three! We made […]
Kilimanjaro Trip Report
One of my 7 Summits for Alzheimer’s climb – Africa’s Kilimanjaro and a safari.