Into Darkest New Guinea: A Rue Travel Adventure.
Philip Temple was one of the last true explorers. In 1962, at the age of 23, he went to New Guinea with Heinrich Harrer (author of 'Seven Years In Tibet' and 'The White Spider') to conquer the highest mountain in the Pacific. Having climbed all the glaciated summits of the Dolomite-like Cartensz Pyramide in West New Guinea (Irian Jaya), they then travelled literally into the stone age to witness the manufacture of stone tools in a corner of the northern highlands never before visited by Europeans.
Unable until now to write about his experiences with Harrer in New Guinea because of contractual restrictions, Temple is now free to return to the unsurpassed experiences of a young man who fulfilled a dream of climbing pristine mountains, discovering uncharted valleys, and travelling with the most primitive people on earth.
