The Team Reaches The Summit!!
I just heard from Clark and the entire team reached the summit yesterday!
They departed Base Camp at 1 a.m. and returned with huge smiles 21 hours later. Clark said everyone did great and that they took their time on the descent in order to beef up some of the anchors. The summit ridge was wild with BIG EXPOSURE at a number of places.
Congratulations to Gene Rehfield for his Seventh Summit! Kay LeClaire, Kiek Stam and Sally Berg summitted with Clark Fyans and Franky Kowaas. Great work!
The group is up early right now, awaiting the arrival of the helicopter that will take them back to Wamena for hot showers and some tasty Indonesian food.
posted by Todd Rutledge @ 5:00 PM
1 Comments:
Menno is correct in that there has been a terrible history played out in Papua as a result of the mine. That does not change the fact that there is still an incredible mountain to the north of the mine that draws climbers from around the world. We are attempting to avoid contact with the mine at all costs by flying around it on our apporaoch to Carstensz.
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