July 16, 2012 IMG Guide Dan Zokaitas reports that the team has safely returned to Supaga, after two more solid 8 hour days of rugged forest hiking. Fortunately, the weather has stayed pretty good for them, with little rain. The climbers are excited to have finished the trip strongly, and now they are waiting for […]
July 15, 2012 IMG guide Dan Zokaitas reports that the Carstensz team put in a solid 10 hour day yesterday, and managed to go from their Camp 5 to Camp 3, completing the crossing of the Plateau. Today they go back into the forest, and are heading to the Camp 2. This was the day […]
July 12, 2012 IMG senior guide Dan Zokaites reports on the sat phone that the Carstensz team is getting loaded up right now to start hiking from Base Camp, on their homeward journey. Â They are shooting for a 4 day trek, but if necessary they can take a 5th day. Â Their porters all want to […]
July 12, 2012 Success! Summit! Dan Zokaites called in yesterday evening to let us know that the team was on top. Weather was super. Even better, he called back in the evening (Seattle time), to let us know they were off the climb, back on the ground and about a half hour from high camp. […]
July 10, 2012 IMG Senior Guide, Dan Zokaites, called in a bit ago. He’s ready to finish the approach to BC today with the team. Leaving in about a half hour. There’s nothing easy about the approach to Carstensz but the team is hanging in there. Their plan is to take a shot at the […]
July 10, 2012 IMG guide Dan Zokaitas reports by sat phone that the team has now crossed the Plateau and is at the foot of New Zealand Pass. Tomorrow they will climb up and over the Pass, and drop down into the Mt Carstensz Base Camp. Weather has been good and the views have been […]
July 8, 2012 IMG guide Dan Zokaites reports by sat phone that the team completed their third day in the forest, and that it was the toughest yet. They did 7.7 miles on the map in 9 hours of hiking, with 5000 ft gained and 2000 ft lost! At the end of the day they […]
July 7, 2012 IMG guides Jason Edwards and Dan Zokaites report that the team and porters are heading into the jungle. The overland route to Carstensz will take 5 days and is very rugged hiking, so this will be a big challenge. Long days on the trail, tropical heat, mud, rickety bridges, wading streams…in the […]
July 5, 2012 IMG guide Jason Edwards reports on the sat phone that after a one day delay in Timika waiting for the flights, today the team successfully flew in to Sugapa. This is good news, and they are now on their way. They will be hiring their porters there, and then heading out into […]
July 4, 2012 IMG guides Jason Edwards and Dan Zokaites report from Timika, Papua, Indonesia that the Carstensz team is all together and healthy, and that all their baggage has arrived. That’s the way we like to start a trip! Jason reports that the weather is mixed, with clouds and some rain in the afternoons […]
