Scott called in to report that they are moving up and trekking along. The trek has been challenging, as expected, with the challenges of the terrain and the jungle, as well as facing some challenges from the local people near the village of Sugapa. They are past the villages now and happy to be pushing…
Scott called in this morning from the Village of Sugapa where they will begin their trek. They awoke to a surprisingly clear and beautiful day and hopped on a plan up into the mountains of Papua. They’ll meet their porters here and they are looking forward to starting in towards base camp. Here’s Scott from…
Scott checked in again today, after getting rained out of the very nice pool they had been spending the day next to. They have been delayed a day for their flight to the small village of Sugapa, but the plan is for the team to fly tomorrow morning. There is a dirt track leading from…
Joe and Scott flew from Bali to Timika, West Papua late last night and arrived to this remote island early this morning. Joe has been travelling pretty much non-stop from his home for the last 2 days. It’s a long way to Papua, but the guys are there and plan to fly tomorrow morning on…
The October 2012 Carstensz Expedition is in Bali and preparing to head on to West Papua very early tomorrow morning. This is a team of one, as we had some attrition before the trip even began. We are continuing with climber Joe Ashkar joining guide Scott Woolums in Bali and preparing for a 5-6 day…
Here’s an audio dispatch from Scott from the village of Dughla on the hike up towards their goal for the day of Lobuche. They stopped in for tea and a break and gave us a ring on the satellite phone. Click the link to hear the call from Nepal! recording
Ephi Gildor, along with his son Omri, Chris Davenport and Mountain Trip guide and co-owner, Bill Allen all made the top of Kilimanjaro today! This is Ephi’s Seventh Summit, and we’d like to give him a heart congratulations!! Thanks for climbing all Seven with Mountain Trip as well! Well done Ephi, Omri, Chris and Bill!…
Well, it’s summit morning and the team is drinking coffee, getting ready for their summit bid. Keep your fingers crossed!! recording
The team called in from high on the mountain. They are just two days away from their summit bid. recording
Chris Davenport calls in from Day 4 of their climb of Kilimanjaro! recording