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Waste Management

In the last two years, the number of people climbing Carstensz are significantly increased. The growing popularity of outdoor adventure and the easier access resulting more people to visit this highest peak of Oceania continent. On the classic Carstensz trekking expedition, climbers will have to trek up to 6 days to reach yellow valley base camp, passing thru the difficult jungle and road blocking in some villages. This 6-day trekking is not included the summit climbing and the journey back to Sugapa. Due to the unstable political situation in Papua, Helicopter expedition becomes the only option which on good weather takes only 6 days including fly in and out the Yellow Valley base camp.

But with more people flock to Carstensz pyramid means more waste is produced. Like in some other popular mountains, waste becomes problem in Carstensz Pyramid too. Bringing back the waste from some 4.300 m altitudes is never be an easy task since the only access is by helicopter which has limited weight capacity. With the high cost of helicopter, we could understand why, in some cases, some operators choose to leave their waste at the base camp instead of bring it back to Timika.

Being the leading operator in Carstensz Pyramid, we received lots of questions how we manage the waste from our expeditions. For years, we are committed to never leave trace at yellow valley base camp. Regular cleanups are done on every expedition. As waste is collected, it’ll be transported back to Timika by helicopter. In the past, we’ve teamed up with Freeport Indonesia to clean up the base camp.