Carstensz Pyramid

Locat­ed on the island of Papua in New Guinea Carsten­sz Pyra­mid is the high­est island peak in the world and one of the Sev­en Sum­mits. Ris­ing above the dense jun­gle that guards the approach, this remote, lime­stone peak offers excit­ing and chal­leng­ing rock climb­ing and is the only one of the Sev­en Sum­mits to require tech­ni­cal rock climb­ing. The jun­gle sur­round­ing Carsten­sz is home to the Dani peo­ple, as well as many oth­er indi­vid­ual tribes, and is a very chal­leng­ing envi­ron­ment to nav­i­gate. Inter-trib­al pol­i­tics and con­flicts, dif­fi­cult jun­gle trails, the humid­i­ty and some­times extreme weath­er com­bine to make a trek into Carsten­sz very chal­leng­ing. Recent­ly the avail­abil­i­ty of reli­able heli­copter ser­vice has made an ascent of Carsten­sz much more prac­ti­cal as well as elim­i­nat­ing the chal­lenges and dan­gers of a long jun­gle trek. Even with­out the jun­gle trek this is one of the most remark­able places left to trav­el on earth. With a com­bi­na­tion of excel­lent climb­ing, oth­er­world­ly loca­tions and the unique, exot­ic cul­ture of the Dani peo­ple, Carsten­sz Pyra­mid Climb is tru­ly one of our most fas­ci­nat­ing adven­tures in one of the wildest remain­ing places on the planet.