Books & films — Carstensz Pyramid
The guidebooks, expedition accounts and films worth your time before Carstensz Pyramid.
Plan the climb
Read the mountain

Few people have heard of Carstensz Pyramid, a sharp fin of limestone 16,000 feet above…
Our note:Romero finished the seven at fifteen. Written for young readers, and the honest place to start a teenager who has asked whether they could do it.
Our note:Harrer made the first ascent of Carstensz Pyramid in 1962 and this is his account of it and of the Dani people he met on the way in. The peak has changed less than the access has.
The 7 summits as a project

Gerry Roach's quest for the Seven Summits spanned four decades and went far beyond the…
Our note:Ridgeway wrote Seven Summits with Bass and Wells and was on the Everest and Vinson climbs. This is his own life: K2, Patagonia, and what came after.
Skills, training & medicine for any mountain
Not about this peak, but you will want them on it. A short selection; the Library holds the rest.
Our note:Nobody teaches descending, and it is where most of the accidents are. Kirkpatrick's manual on rappelling, downclimbing and getting off a mountain in bad weather.
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