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Furtenbach Adventures

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Arrival in Bali. Arrival at Bali airport and self-organised transfer to hotel. Meeting of all team members and the rest of the day at leisure.

Day 1

Preparation and night flight to Timika. Preparation and discussion of the expedition. In the evening we leave the hotel in the direction of the airport and fly to Timika.

Day 2

Arrival in Timika in the morning, transfer to the hotel and time to rest. Packing of equipment, final preparations, final check and meeting.

Day 3

Timika – Carstensz Basecamp: Helicopter flight to Carstensz Base Camp “Yellow Valley”. Set up and free time – first acclimatization.

Day 4

Further acclimatization day at the base camp.

Day 5

Basecamp – summit Carstensz Pyramid – Basecamp: Passages up to the IV. degree of difficulty UIAA with mountain boots in the post-climb. The normal route of the 700 m high north face begins with easy climbing in the II-IIIrd grade. Level of difficulty. Only the last 80m up to the summit ridge become really steep and require climbing in the IV. degree of difficulty, which are defused by the mountain guide with fixed ropes. Once the summit ridge has been reached, a sharp incision has to be made before climbing the summit to 4,884 m. The climb is then completed by the end of the climb. Abseil over the ascent route.

Day 6

Basecamp – Timika: Return flight by helicopter from Basecamp to Timika. Depending on the flight connection overnight stay in Timika or onward flight to Bali.

Day 7

Bali. If not yesterday, then today flight to Bali. Remaining time at your free disposal.

Day 8

Reserve days. If the two reserve days are not needed for the expedition, we have two days at our disposal in Bali. Last day individual flight home (departure best in the evening).

Day 9-10

Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya)

Carstensz Pyramid

Berkat Carstensz Indonesia

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Trekking Carstensz Pyramid

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Ctss Climbing The Seven Summits

Meet in Nabire, Indonesia: Our team will meet you at the airport and transfer you to our hotel. This is a pure arrival day. You may arrive at any time and shake off the jet lag.

Gear checks and team meeting: We will meet at breakfast and set a plan for the day. We will organize a team meeting that will get everyone up to speed on the details of the trip before diving into gear checks. Once gear checks are complete we will check in with the immigration office in Nabire and pick up any last-minute supplies. We will have a team dinner before heading to bed early.

We rise early and have a 5am breakfast before transferring to the airport and checking in with the local helicopter service. We will then take our morning flight (approx 40mins) to Yellow Valley Basecamp (4,250m) At Base Camp we will acclimatize. Sleep, read, relax, take a light walk around Base Camp. Whatever you do – stay hydrated!

Acclimatization day: We spend today getting used to the altitude and continuing our acclimatization. Today we will do some rope training ahead of a summit plan briefing and an early dinner.

Summit Days. We wake up at 1am and prepare for our summit. We will have a very light meal and a hot drink to kick start our bodies before we start trekking at 2am. Our route follows the ridge crest with grand exposure along the way. We pass four small notches as we rappel and use ascenders to negotiate trickier rock climbing sections. Our descent entails multiple rappels and scrambles. The rock is clean and provides excellent friction even when wet. You can expect a summit day of 10-12 hours round trip.

We rise early to pack our equipment. Our helicopters could arrive as early as 6Am. We are picked up from Yellow Valley Basecamp and returned to Nabire where we are met at the airport and transferred to our hotel.

Fly Home. Check out of our hotel and transfer back to the hotel for our onward flights, either to Bali or Jakarta.

Contingency days: Since the weather is such a huge factor in most Carstensz climbs. We advise booking your flexible return airfare a week beyond your expected departure day and moving it forward if your expedition goes to schedule.

Note: Weather is a huge factor in this expedition! Teams have waited for weeks to get in and out of base camp and some teams haven’t even made it in. This is a real possibility. EXPECT weather delays. This is true adventure travel so you need to relax, roll with the punches, bring a good book and music, and book flexible return airfares.