I just received this email transmission from several days ago. Clearly the dispatches they tried to send en route got hung up. That must be why they called from the summit....

I just got a call from the Exploradus team and they are all standing on the summit! The team left at 3 a.m. local time and made it to the summit...

The crew was up and eager this morning. We are off to the airport to begin this odyssey. Our first leg of the journey will be three flights across Indonesia to...

Saturday, November 22 was Day 1 for the Carstensz expedition.<br /><br />Everyone arrived in Bali for the “fast and furious” Exploradus Carstensz Pyramid Expedition 2014. We have done all we can...

Expedition members are in the final stages of packing and preparing for departure. We will gather in Bali on Saturday for Day 1 of our seven day expedition.<br /><br />Itinerary:<br />Day...

We are off to climb Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid, the highest summit of Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range of the western central highlands of Papua province, Indonesia. <br /><br...

Thursday, 1 May 2014 Following a bit of last-minute shopping for tea, paper goods, and prayer flags, Barbara and Shane said goodbye and headed to the airport. With all our climbers now gone,...

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 After a refreshing stay at the Panorama Lodge, complete with much-needed showers, we caught a helicopter from Namche to Lukla. For weeks, we walked by foot and...

Tuesday, 29 April 2014 Even our bags were packed early in the morning, there was no way to make a quick getaway from Pangboche. First, we had to pay all our staff at...

Monday, 28 April 2014 The lodge in which we stayed was operated by Tashi Sherpa, the daughter of the Lama Geshe. Her husband is Lama Sange, who was formerly pursuing a...