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Carstensz Pyramid Expedition News October 2006
Carstensz Pyramid Expedition News 24 October 2006.
The Team Leader : Dave Pritt
Nigel Vardy
Sibusiso Vilane
27/10/06 – 11am GMT: Today we received news that all the team have summited Carstensz Pyramid and are now safely down at BC. This is an amazing achievement to climb the mountain in 5 days from leaving the UK despite inclement weather conditions. Well done to all the team.
24/10/06 – 11am GMT: After 3 days of travelling, involving 9 flights, on Jumbo jets, light aircraft and a helicopter ride; across some of the most dramatic and beautiful jungle & mountain landscapes, the team have arrived at Carstensz Pyramid Base Camp. All members are well and are looking forward to exploring around the dramatic face of Carstensz Pyramid
About Dave Pritt
Dave Pritt is the Director of Adventure Peaks. With over 30 years of mountaineering feats, he is a very experienced high altitude mountaineer who has led expeditions to K2, Broad Peak and five Everest expeditions. Dave has completed the 7 summits, led an expedition to Ski the South Pole Last Degree, Satopanth in India and in 2007 he guided Ian McKeever to break the world record for the seven summits in 156 days. He is lucky enough to have climbed on the majority of our advertised peaks, but the Tien Shan remains his favourite destination.