Our autumn 2017 Carstensz Pyramid expedition has launched!! Our team flew by helicopter and arrived safely at Yellow Valley base camp today. Listen in below for a audio dispatch from Garrett and climbers Audrey and George as they prepare for the ascent. Onward and upward!
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After a few days patiently waiting for the sky to clear we are off to the mountain! Carstensz Pyramid here we come!
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Our autumn 2017 Carstensz Pyramid expedition has launched!! Our team flew by helicopter and arrived safely at Yellow Valley base camp today. Listen in below for a audio dispatch from Garrett and climbers Audrey and George as they prepare for the ascent. Onward and upward!
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After a few days patiently waiting for the sky to clear we are off to the mountain! Carstensz Pyramid here we come!
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Hello and greetings from Timika, the island of Papua. While on standby for the last couple of days waiting for good weather to fly into the base camp of Carstensz Pyramid, we have made the most of our time here by visiting some nice restaurants and touring the town & surrounding areas. Our climbing team is very eager to get to the mountain and begin climbing, however, we must wait for good flying conditions. So we are playing the waiting game, keeping our spirits up, and anticipating with positive hopes for a flight in the next day or two. As soon as we are able to fly to the base camp we will be poised to make our climb of the famed Carstensz Pyramid rock wall!
Greetings from the town of Timika, on the Island of Papua. We arrived yesterday here from Bali and went to the immigration office to get our permits. Then we enjoyed some nice dinner here before checking our equipment and preparing for today’s helicopter flight to Carstensz Pyramid, assuming good weather and flyable conditions. We will fly about 45 minutes over the jungle to the base camp at about 14,000′, and once there plan to settle into our base camp. We are very excited to get to the mountain and start climbing!