to Grasberg and BEYOND....pt II

[For some reason I just got the message "video is no longer available" even though this is not correct. If it says that for you, you can try clicking on "view in standard quality." But even better, just add "&fmt=18" to the end of the URL. Then click the "go to" arrow to the right of URL. It then plays in high quality.]

Now we hike out of the mine towards the east into the Meren Valley . We pass Zebra Wall, I linger at the first lake and end up at the second ... At one point I'm out of breath due to rushing for a good vantage point ;) and the altitude - about 12500 ft. ?? ... The red berries in the close-up look like the ones we picked near the Ilaga airstrip as kids, sometimes eating them and sometimes stringing them around our necks... I think New Zealand Pass can be seen in the distance towards the northeast. Just past it is Meren Glacier (not in view) and a short distance over the ridge, Lake Larson named after my dad by the New Zealand Expedition of 1960! (I've never seen it in person, just photos.)... Also out of site, further down towards the southeast are Carstensz Pyramid and Carstensz Glacier. I recommend reading The Last True Explorer by Philip Temple who initiated the 1960 New Zealand expedition and later was first to climb Carstensz Pyramid along with Heinrich Harrer in 1962...[There's something magical there: look what I suddenly become as I walk away from the camera in the final scene. - No editing! Maybe being punished for excessively bright pants??...And there's an extra scene at end for catlovers.]

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• Meren
• Valley
• Lakes
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• Grasberg
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• Pyramid
• New
• Zealand
• Pass
• Zebra
• Wall
• Tembagapura

[papuadan]

Hey Ro... I'm catching up on my "responses" :) Thanks for taking a true interest in my new adventure!

[papuadan]

Wow! Cool!! I'm glad I got to meet him that day. Is he still there? And how is he doing? Please greet him from me. ;)

[chaniago83]

amazing....keren banget..

[RLettuce]

Amazing Dan....It looks like the land of enchantment ~ a perfect setting for a 'Lord of the Rings' type movie. What a unique adventure and so close to Lake Larson!

[satch2006]

i will do!

[satch2006]

Dan.... that is my brother-in-law... Deni Kusnadi!