Carstensz Pyramid Cybercasts: October 2016
Parting Shots: 2016 Carstensz Team “Mountain Mamma”
Faithful followers, we’ll leave you with these parting shots from Bali and our outing to the Kecak performance at Uluwatu Temple 
as we head onward to other mountains and continents…
Team Mountain Mama: Back in Bali
Team Mountain Mama awoke at 05.00 at Carstensz Basecamp to some of the nicest weather we have seen this trip – which gave us hopes of flying. Indeed – fly we did! We went from base camp this morning to Timika, arriving in time to grab a quick shower and transfer onward to our flight to Bali – where we have just moved in to our hotel and are freshening up before a celebratory dinner!
RTB: Returned To Base
…after a 45 minute helicopter flight, we were shut down by the cloud ceiling. We returned To Base (RTB) and will try again tomorrow. Here are some photos from the air of the Freeport Mine, a gold and copper mine that is among the largest in the world.
2016 Carstensz Pyramid Expedition update
We’re in the air and en route! Cybercasts from here will be by sat phone!
2016 Carstensz Pyramid Expedition on rain delay
…after a morning of standby at the heliport our flight was called off for weather. We spent the afternoon touring Kuala Kencana, the living facility for Freeport mine employees, as rain poured. We’ll be up at 05.15 for another go at it…
2016 Carstensz Pyramid Expedition in standby mode…
We’re currently standing by in Timika. Weather report from the Yellow Valley base camp is good, and we’re waiting for weather to clear on the approach… Geneva and I will be on the first flight in. Psyched!
