Welcome To Punta Arenas, Chile!!
The team has all arrived, along with all of their bags! This is an auspicious start for what we hope will be an exciting adventure!
Trip Reports
Meet Our December 4th Mount Vinson Expedition
We are absolutely thrilled and privileged to start another season of helping climbers pursue their dreams of climbing to the highest point on the continent of Antarctica. Mount Vinson soars to a height of 16,066 feet (4897m) in the Ellsworth Range. Located at 78 degrees south latitude, the mountain is shrouded in glacier and regularly…
Carstensz Team is Back in Nabire
Scott called in a very happy post from the warmth of Nabire! This was Scott’s 7th ascent of the peak (and his 7th rotation of the SEVEN SUMMITS!), and his excitement about our new access to the mountain comes through in his post. Reliable access to Carstensz has been the proverbial Holy Grail for climbers…
CARSTENSZ SUMMIT!!!!
Our Carstensz Pyramid team reached the summit of the most elusive of the famed Seven Summits! The route to the summit is a combination of rock climbing and exposed scrambling, with some higher forms of roped trickery required along the way. From the team’s camp in the Yellow Valley, right at the base of the…
Training Day on Carstensz – Summit Bid TONIGHT!
Things are going great at the Carstensz Pyramid Base Camp in the Yellow Valley. The team climbed about 300m up the route today as training for their summit bid. Everyone did very well as they reviewed their systems for ascending fixed lines, using running belays and moving efficiently over moderately steep rock. Tonight, the team…
Our Carstensz Team is at Base Camp!
Our lead guide Scott Woolums called in from Carstensz Base Camp! The team flew over hundreds of miles of jungle as they made their way from the north coast of Papua to the mountain. Under sunny, clear skies, they are now nestled in their camp, located at the foot of the mountain. They will spend…
Carstensz Team – Flight To Base Camp Take 2!
The team loaded up in their helicopter for another attempt to fly to base camp at Carstensz Pyramid! It is early morning over on Papua and while the weather is not totally clear abd bluebird, it looks more favorable than when they tried to fly yesterday. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the mountain is…
The Carstensz Team is Weather Delayed in Paupa
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. Unfortunately, they had to stop…
Carstensz Team in Papua
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 be flying into base camp…
2014 – Carstensz Expedition!
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 the continent of Oceania. Located…