Sorry for the lapse in posts. I've been away from the office for a few days.

I heard from Bill. The team had run into some logistical hurdles on the first attempt to fly in to Carstensz via helicopter. They arrived in Jayapura, on the coast of Papua, to find that a necessary, government issued flight authorization, had not yet arrived. Without this piece of paper, they cannot fly legally to the mountain. They then flew over to Timika for some R & R and to look at other options for getting to the peak.

Bill called yesterday an said that it looked like the flight authorization should arrive today. I haven't heard anything this morning, but am keeping my fingers crossed that they will be flying in to Base Camp ion the next short while.

Everyone is maintaining pretty good spirits, despite the frustration of things not turning out as planned.