Summit: Puncak Jaya/Carstensz Pyramid

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Written By Robert Alt


Robert’s climbing badge. Puncak Jaya/Carstensz Pyramid was summited by Robert Alt in October 2025.

Location: Western Papua (Indonesia) – Oceania
Height: 16,024 feet (4,884 meters)

Located in the Sudirman Range of the west-central highlands on the island of New Guinea. It was first summitted in 1962 by an expedition led by Austrian Heinrich Harrer (author of Seven Years in Tibet, 1953), New Zealander Philip Temple, Australian Russell Kippax, and Dutch Albertus Huizenga

Robert Alt

Robert Alt the Founder of PROFOUND CLIMBING™ and the president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute in Columbus, Ohio. He is an accomplished lawyer by profession and a dedicated mountaineer by hobby. 

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