Carstensz Pyramid Team in Timika

Hello Everyone!

We started another groundhogs day today by again heading to the airport early in the morning and waiting for the clouds to clear in the mountains before getting the “no go” decision again for our fourth day:-). Luckily we have a very patient team here that continue to stay positive with the disappointment. We are making the best out of our situation and continue to eat good food and explore Timika in our down time. Today we had lunch and then walked around the local market in Timika seeing all kinds of fruits, vegetables, clothes, and everything else you can imagine being sold. The people here are friendly and welcoming have been great hosts. Tomorrow morning we will be ready again by 5:30am to head to the airport and hope that the clouds clear! Thanks for following along on this expedition! We are keeping busy, having great conversations solving many other the problems of the World but still keeping hope that we will soon be in Basecamp ready to climb to the top of Carstensz Pyramid.

Talk to you soon!

Ben

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