October 5, 2013 In Papua the airplane is a time machine.  Dan Zokaites reports that the team are back to hot showers and internet now.  It is a long ways from the stone age where they were a couple days ago!  They were planning to fly from Sugapa back to Timika, but due to flight […]

October 2, 2013 Dan Zokaites reports that yesterday the team made it to Camp 1.5, requiring a couple river crossings.  It rained hard all day and between the rain and the rivers, they got pretty wet.  Fortunately they were able to get dried out around the camp fire with the local Papuans.  Apparently the heavy […]

September 30, 2013 Dan Zokaites reports by sat phone that the team hiked yesterday from Base Camp back over new Zealand Pass to the site of Camp 5 (sometimes referred to as Nasidoma…this is also near the place on the route where the trail from Illaga joins in).  They were joined by about a dozen […]

September 27, 2013 Dan Zokaites called from the summit of Carstensz to report that the team had an nice climb today.  The weather was excellent and they had great views of the surrounding peaks.  We heard from Dan again later when he called to say they are all back on the ground after rappelling the […]

September 26, 2013 IMG guide Dan Zokaites reports that the team had a good night at Camp 5 and are heading today up and over the 14,600 foot New Zealand Pass.  This will mark the end of the sloppy hiking of the plateau; from here on they are on the rock of the Sudirman Range.  […]

September 25, 2013 IMG leader Dan Zokaites reports that the team reached Camp 4 up on the Plateau and are continuing towards Base Camp.  It continues to be very challenging hiking for the team.   Now they have reached 12,000 feet in this limestone karst terrain, with lots of water, sinkholes, waterfalls, and swampy areas.  Thoughts […]

September 24, 2013 IMG guide Dan Zokaites reports that the team had a rugged day today, but everyone did well and reached Camp 2 in about 9 hours of hiking.  Their route predominantly followed a river, and they had to climb around many landslides and logs along the way.  Tomorrow they push up onto the […]

September 23, 2013 IMG guide Dan Zokaites reports by sat phone that yesterday the IMG Carstensz Pyramid expedition team made it to the Camp 1 in the forest. Now they have two tough forest days ahead of them with plenty of steep dirt trails, logs, and stream crossings. After that they gain the Plateau, where […]

September 21, 2013 IMG guide Dan Zokaites reports by sat phone that the team successfully flew today to Sugapa, the jumping off place for their trek to Base Camp.  The flight was delayed in the morning due to bad weather in Timika, but it subsequently cleared up and they flew later in the day.  They […]