Photos from climbing the Carstensz Pyramid

Climbing Carstensz Pyramid does not look like an easy task. The truth is that it is not easy, but it is not so difficult either. Really, there is not as much snow on Carstensz as you can see on the photos below. Most of the time the rock is bare and it rains in the afternoon. However, this does not mean that this is always the case. We put here photos which are so „snowy“, so that you can see that a mountain situated near the equator can look like this. Don't be put off by this. If you have a good guide, the trip to the summit is safer and easier. Commit yourself only to experienced guides. Carstensz Pyramid is a marvelous mountain, and we are glad to return there. With a really experienced guide, it is not as difficult to climb as it might look. The difficulty of the Normal Route is evaluated as VI – V UIIA, and the most difficult part of the trip has a difficulty of VI+ UIIA, but this can be bypassed.

Night climbing on Normal route Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Night climbing on Normal route at moon light Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route – vertical part Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Morning on Normal route – Sun up to Naga pulu Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route – snow storm is startingPhoto©Ja­hodaPetr.com

Normal route – tropical snow storm Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route – real Alpine climbing Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route – cameraman on the Summit Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route -The Summit Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route – descent is also not very easy Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route – starting descent in snow Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com

Normal route – finishing descent in the rain Photo©JahodaPe­tr.com