Victor Vescovo

Although the most dangerous mountain I climbed was Karstens Pyramid in Papua New Guinea.

Yeah, because that is the highest mountain on a non-continent.

It's on the island of Punjak Jaya in Indonesia.

And that one's really dangerous because it is remote as hell.

We're talking primordial forest.

There is no one there except a bunch of tribes, literally with bows and arrows and spears.

We were, it was about a six day trek from a mountain airstrip to get to the mountain.

And we were guarded by tribesmen.

And we had a couple of tough interactions with other tribes as well.

That's a whole separate story.

And then when we got there, the mountain partially had to be free climbed without ropes, which you don't do on Everest.

And there, if you got hurt there, there's no medical attention.

It's all self-rescue.

And there was one point where you actually have to do what's called a Tyrolean traverse, where there's a steel cable between two pinnacles, and you actually have to clip into the cable and then pull yourself over a chasm to get to where the summit is and then do it again on the way back.

Yeah, you start questioning life choices at that point sometimes.

No, claustrophobia, heights, they just don't.

I don't know why, they just don't.

Well, they've been fighting each other, you know, however long they've been there.

And, you know, bows and arrows aren't cute for them.

They are actual weapons of war.