JAYAPURA (Radio New Zealand International / Pacific Media Centre): A New Zealand climber who was detained by a local militia in Indonesia’s Papua province says some of the group will attempt the trip again.
The group of ten, including five New Zealanders, were in the restive province to climb Mount Carstensz.
The expedition’s leader, Mike Roberts, says after paying a local village to be allowed to climb the mountain, they were confronted by a group of men armed with machetes and bows and arrows.