October 16, 2014
Scott Woolums called in from the town of Nabire on the north shore of the island of Papua. The team traveled across Indonesia to reach the island. Today, they loaded up in a helicopter to fly over the vast expanse of jungle between Nabire and their destination - Carstensz Pyramid.
October 15, 2014
The guys spent a day enjoying Bali yesterday, preparing their gear, relaxing and taking in some of the Balinese culture. Then it was the long flight to the island of Papua where they arrived mid-day today. They met with the helicopter pilot, and checked out the machine and hope to
October 12, 2014
Scott Woolums, our lead guide for our 2014 Carstensz Pyramid expedition called in the team's first post. The climbers are all in Bali and about to begin their journey to the island of West Papua. At 16,023 feet, Puncak Jaya, as it is known locally, is the highest peak on
July 16, 2014
Hello everyone and thank you for following our expedition. This was a special trip as everyone knew each other and the guys from Dallas Fort worth were raising money for Sons of the Flag, an American Burn Association program. It was good to climb with such a strong, focused, motivated
July 14, 2014
What a trip! It started rough with heinous trail breaking in thigh deep snow with heavy sleds tipping over every 10 minutes. But we put in our dues and got a week of warm sunny high pressure that allowed us to move to 14k and then put a cache in
July 13, 2014
The weather cleared after a snowy morning at the Kahiltna Glacier Base Camp Runway, and all of the climbers were able to get on a plane back to the relative civilization of Talkeetna. Congratulations to all the teams for putting working hard and giving it their best shot! It's not
July 13, 2014
The guys made it down to base camp this morning and once again the weather has the last word. It's snowing and white at the Kahiltna Base Camp runway right now, so they are waiting for the weather to clear enough for everyone to fly out to Talkeetna for the
July 12, 2014
The team headed down along with all of the other climbers at high camp today. It was another stormy day, with more in the forecast, and they decided it was time to get out of there. It sounded like a pretty exciting trip down the ridge from high camp with
July 11, 2014
The team headed down along with all of the other climbers at high camp today. It was another stormy day, with more in the forecast, and they decided it was time to get out of there. It sounded like a pretty exciting trip down the ridge from high camp with
July 11, 2014
The team did not call in yesterday, but we did hear from the guides, who reported that they spent the day keeping warm in their tents, eating, hydrating and doing repairs to the snow walls that they constructed to protect their tents. Wednesday night was a rough one, and the
