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Jaya was originally called 'Carstensz Pyramid', after Dutch explorer Jan Carstensz
who first sighted the glaciers on the peak of the mountain on a rare clear day
in 1623 (Carstensz was ridiculed in Europe when he said he had seen snow near
the equator) This name is still used among mountaineers Although the snowfield
of Puncak Jaya was reached as early as 1909 by a Dutch explorer, Hendrik A. Lorentz,
the peak was not climbed until 1962, by an expedition led by the Austrian mountaineer
Heinrich Harrer (of Seven Years in Tibet fame) with three friends Temple,
Kippax and Huizenga.
In
the highland areas, day time temperatures should range between 75 and 45 degrees
-F with most evenings about 45 degrees -F Expect warm afternoon showers, which
may turn cool in encountered on a mountain pass. Closer to Carstensz, snow or
inclement weather may accrue. Temperatures can range from 28 degree-F to 60 degree-F
with sunshine occasionally in the mornigs, then rainfall in the afternoons and
evenings. Winds are variable and can be strong.
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