Report from Papua
Oct 12, 11:00 a.m.
Hey Guys,
We have been waiting and waiting for things to happen down here in West Papua, but as you tend to learn real quick when in a third world country, things don't happen fast. The helicopter we thought we had contracted is out of commission... would have been nice to know that couple weeks ago when it actually went down. We hoped it would be fixed in time but that situation has some political overtones that we can barely understand. so we have another heli lined up- this time a
Russian Kamov design that looks pretty reliable. We are just ironing out some insurance issues and waiting on better weather and we should be off to Carstensz Pyramid for our climb. But anything could happen here and my confidence level in this thing actually turning out in our favor is not the highest.
In the meantime our Mountain Trip crew is holed up in Nabire, Papua, a small town of 10,000 on the north coast of the island. Although this place is very poor, the people are incredibly happy and greet us always with huge smiles, handshakes, and conversation. I hooked up with a group of kids and have been playing soccer with them each
afternoon in the 90+ degree heat and high humidity. So from a cultural point of view this trip has already been really amazing.
Hopefully we can get into Carstensz and cap it off with a summit climb!
Map of Papua- Nabire is at bottom of big bay on north side. Carstensz Pyramid is peak with white summit.
-Dav
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Recent Comments
| aud weigl says:
10/14/2009 1:57 PM |
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HI Chris, Jessie, and boys! It is Audrey, Bill, and Sopris (your old neighbors that owned the bagel shop). We just wanted to know how Taz is?? Is he still alive and well?? Thanks, audreyweigl@yaho.com |
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| Daron Rahlves says:
8/25/2009 8:16 AM |
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Dav-
I liked the Super C pov. Never skied that and heard so much about it. Looks like a good leg burner. Stoked you got it good in Portillo. Thanks for sharing and rubbing it in!
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| rich adams says:
4/11/2009 7:40 AM |
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chris..i was wondering if this is same chris davenport i graduated with..south salem high school 1990. |
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