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Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m www.360-expeditions.com Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m Climbing Carstensz Pyramid, the giant of the a glimpse into a culture little changed since Indonesian Sudirman Range (4,884m) is like the stone age. You ’ll experience more than stepping into the pages of National you can imagine and that’s before you really Geographic. Set in deep West Papua Puncak start. Jaya is a densely jungle-clad mountain, the highest peak in Oceania and the lowest of the The summit attempt is punchy and technical. sought-after 7 summits. With support and careful supervision from experienced guides, you’ll ascend ropes fixed Just because it’s the lowest, don’t let that fool over steep rock, abseil into notches cut into you. Summiting Carstenz Pyramid will be a the ridge and perform a Tyrolean traverse by challenge like nothing you’ve taken on pulling yourself upside down across a 50’ gap before. The expedition leads us through to the summit. To say this is an unbelievable sweltering equatorial rainforest under expedition is the understatement of the year. gigantic ferns and towering limestone walls. We’ll trek barely visible paths contouring steep gorges, cross bamboo bridges spanning pristine jungle streams, and cool off in turquoise lakes. As we explore deeper into the mountain range’s heart, our group will be supported by the native Moni people, offering [email protected] CLICK TO: 0207 1834 360 www.360-expeditions.com BOOK NOW Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m Physical - P3 Technical - T6 This trip is physically tough. Frequent exercise is Expect punchy sections of more technical rock necessary to prepare properly for this expedition. climbing or prolonged Alpine climbing at Scottish Regular walking mixed with training at the gym Winter III or Alpine AD. Good skills on rock or ice to build up endurance and cardiovascular fitness are paramount. is key. Expect to be able to do 8 hour days in hilly and often steep train, carrying a pack of 6-10kg in weight with the occasional extra long day. Please note that the grading system used is a rough guide only. [email protected] CLICK TO: 0207 1834 360 www.360-expeditions.com BOOK NOW Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m [email protected] CLICK TO: 0207 1834 360 www.360-expeditions.com BOOK NOW Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m ITINERARY DAY 1 : Depart UK DAY 6 : Dibasiga - Endasiga - Endatugapa (3,200m) Meet your leader at the airport in London, ready for the overnight flight to Bali. It’s uphill all the way today, gaining 1,000m in altitude, as we leave the river and start to head up the mountains towards Endatugapa camp around 7 hours away. DAY 2 : Arrive Indonesia Arrive relatively late in the day in Bali. We will be met at DAY 7 : Endatugapa - Ebai / View Camp the airport by a member of our local guiding and (3,400m) porterage team and taken to our hotel for a nap to try to tackle the jetlag. We have a slightly easier day today as the terrain levels out, taking us through fern meadows, savannah and swamps. The Sudirman Mountains will become visible in DAY 3 : Bali - Nabire the distance if the cloud breaks. We camp for the night at Ebai. No rest for the wicked – we’re off at 1:00am to drive to the airport and a nocturnal flight to Nabire, arriving at around 7am. Once we’ve got our bags we’ll head to our DAY 8 : Ebai - Nasidome (3,700m) hotel for the day and night where we finally get a decent amount of time to stay in one place and get some rest We spend another seven hour day covering much the after a lot of flying. Nabire is a small coastal fishing same terrain, but we start to penetrate deeper into the town. mountain range today, with Ngga Pulu and Carstensz Pyramid itself both coming into view as we reach Nasidome, the night’s camp. DAY 4 : Nabire - Bilogai - Soanggama After breakfast, we head back to Nabire airport for our DAY 9 : Nasidome - Danau Danau Valley / Base last flight for a while to Bilogai airstrip in Sugapa Region. Camp (4,250m) From there we’ll be taken about 15 minutes up the road to Mamba village where we finally start our journey proper. Bilogai is at an altitude of approximately 2,300m and we After breakfast, we trek up along the edge of Hugayugu begin gently with a two-hour trek to one of a handful of Lake situated at 3,900m, then on to Larson Lake (4,550m), small villages within Soanggama where we spend our first before heading over New Zealand pass at 4,700m. Once night. over the pass we descend back down to Danau Danau Valley Base Camp which is at 4,250m. DAY 5 : Soanggama - Dibasiga / Camp 1 DAY 10 : Rest Day and Climb Preparation (2,300m) A day to relax after some hard trekking, go through our Today is our first big trekking day with about 7 hours gear and prepare for summit day tomorrow. ahead of us, and what will become the norm over the coming days, as we track the river beneath us, skirting around the mountains before we eventually reach Dibasiga and our camp for the night. [email protected] CLICK TO: 0207 1834 360 www.360-expeditions.com BOOK NOW Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m ITINERARY DAY 11 : Carstensz Climb - Summit Day DAY 16 : Salt Water Camp - Mamba - Sagupa Our final day of trekking takes us back through We’ll be up again just after midnight, have “breakfast” Soanggama to Mamba where we are picked up and while we prepare all our equipment. We’ll set out with transferred Indonesian-style back to Sagupa where we headtorches at about 2am. We head for the north face, can finally enjoy a proper bed once more, and a very where some tricky scrambling and climbing up fixed welcome beer. ropes takes us to the ridge. Once on the ridge we begin our abseil and jumar through DAY 17 : Flight to Nabire the 3 notches to finally reach the top after a Tyrolean traverse. The views from the summit are nothing short of spectacular. The return to camp is an abseil back down From Sagupa we take a flight to Nabire the route we ascended. DAY 18 : Fly to Bali DAY 12 : Contingency day From Manado we finally arrive back in Bali for the final This is really in the event that our passage towards the leg of our grueling journey home. mountain has been slower than anticipated for whatever reason, or poor weather has hampered our summit attempts. These may not be used, in which case DAY 19 : Fly home additional hotel days are payable by clients and not included in the expedition cost. Possible overnight flight or day flight back to UK. DAY 13 : Danau Danau Valley - Nasidome DAY 20 : Arrive UK Hopefully well rested after our summit, we return back to Arrive back in London after one hell of an adventure, Nasidome over the New Zealand Pass and past Larson depending upon the quality of the flight connections. Lake. DAY 14 : Nasidome - Endatugapa Camp Retracing our steps, it’s back to to Endatugapa Camp. DAY 15 : Endatugapa Camp - Salt Water Camp From Endatugapa it’s across the meadows and savannah once more, this time to Salt Water Camp and our last night under canvas. [email protected] CLICK TO: 0207 1834 360 www.360-expeditions.com BOOK NOW Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m [email protected] CLICK TO: 0207 1834 360 www.360-expeditions.com BOOK NOW Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m KIT LIST Bags & Packs Sleeping Gear Kit bag 3 Season sleeping bag A 120-140L duffel bag to transport kit. A duffel You should get a sleeping bag rated to -5C and bag is a strong, soft, weather resistant bag choose a sleeping bag that functions within the without wheels but with functional straps for comfort rating of this temperature. Synthetic is carrying. Suitcases and wheeled bags are not recommended over down. A silk sleeping bag suitable liner will enhance this rating on the coldest nights Expedition rucksack Sleeping mat At least 60L capacity. Your day to day pack that you carry with your daily essentials, fitted with A full length self-inflating rather than ¾ length shoulder straps and importantly a waist belt Thermarest Waterproof rucksack cover Headwear To protect rucksack from rain Warm headgear Dry stuffsacks This can be a warm hat, beanie, balaclava, anything to reduce the heat loss from your head Nylon rolltop bags (or even just large plastic bags) that keep fresh clothing and other Wide brimmed hat important items like passports and iPods dry in the regular downpours that seep into your Keeps the sun off exposed areas like ears and kitbag and daysack. Bring plenty, of different the nape of the neck sizes. Good for quarantining old socks Sunglasses Small kit bag or light bag Category 4 minimum. Worth spending money on This is for any kit you intend to leave at the hotel good UV filters. Julbo is our preferred supplier and could even simply be a heavy duty plastic bag Sunblock Padlocks Buy the highest SPF you can find as UV intensifies with altitude For use on your kit bag for travel and on the expedition plus your hotel bag Lip salve Sun cream will not work on your lips and they are very susceptible to burn without proper protection [email protected] CLICK TO: 0207 1834 360 www.360-expeditions.com BOOK NOW Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia | 4,884m KIT LIST Upper Body Hard Shell Base layer x 2 These jackets are thin, highly waterproof and windproof and worn over all other items of This is the layer closest to the skin and its clothing.