Pap14_h

arrival in Timika/Papua	first view to Carstensz range on flight to Illaga	flight to Illaga	landing near to Illaga
landscape around Illaga	our plane on the way back	first contact with locals (Dani people)	first day and overnight stay in Pinapa village
local children		preparing lunch	preparing lunch
preparing lunch	preparing lunch	local women	body care
sitting in front of typical house	farming by hand only	child with selfmade toy	strict weapon and drug control of our backpacks
setting our tents for the first time	small riverbed	last bridge, wilderness ahead	crossing last local village
typical house arrangement	hand work	childs with selfmade toys	childs with selfmade toys
local school	only a few Dani caring for traditional koteka anymore	only a few Dani caring for traditional koteka anymore	leaving farmland, wilderness ahead for 14 days now
last view back to civilisation	demanding ascent through dense forest	abundant flowers around	view to the forested hills around
dangling above slippery roots and muddy ground	first wilderness camp above tree line (3700m)	our porters and guides while leaving camp in early morning	walking through a new vegetation type
	view back to the lowland	unknown flowering plant	mosses and fern are a sign for high rainfall
local flower	abundant tree ferns, reaching Kembalo plateau	dry pools telling about unusual dry weather	entering limestone area
dead tree as home for other plants	typical plants	heavily eroded limestone	heavily eroded limestone
heavily eroded limestone	heavily eroded limestone	heavily eroded limestone	heavily eroded limestone
crossing rolling hills with small river-canyons in between		dry riverbed documenting unusual dry weather	dry riverbed documenting unusual dry weather
	our porters on the way	our porters on the way	often small rivers have to be crossed
first view to mountain range	sudden ground depression with entries to a unexplored cave system	entry to a unexplored cave system	entry to a unexplored cave system
dry pools telling about unusual dry weather	local flower	lunch break	locals depend on improvised tent with firewood for the cold nights
we are used to tents and sleeping bags	after 4 days we are coming closer to the mountain range	in far distance Ngga Pulu, one of the main summits	bypassing one of many lakes
Carstensz range to the left	undisturbed lake to the left of our route	distant view to Ngga Pulu
	bypassing one of many lakes	local flowers
our porters - always ready for hunting...	always ready for hunting...	ant plants with antcolonies inside	typical plants
river crossing	first contact with moraine terrain	our group walking through typical vegetation	local flower
fern trees	fern tree		typical vegetation
approaching the Larson barrier via the really wet Larson drainage		soon to be crossed Larson barrier ahead	our porters preparing for the night
another nearly mythical lake	typical mud-climbing on our way	bypassing last lake before Larson barrier	view back
view back panorama	view back after climbing first step of Larson barrier	our porters analyzing the way ahead
first mountain impressions		Larsen barrier in front of us	Ngga Pulu to the left
soon to be crossed New Zealand pass ahead	bypassing another lake		heading to New Zealand pass
		on the way up to the pass	last view down before bad weather approaches

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