Trip Reports
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 team. When weather delayed our…
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 at the base of Washburn’s…
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 an easy mountain to climb,…
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 cold beers that await them. …