2. 2009

Yangshuo, China

Leaving the city behind with another two day's travel, we visit the tourist town of Yangshuo.
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Tracy nears the anchors on <i>Footsteps of our Ancestors 5.8</i> at Low Mountain.
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Tracy nears the anchors on Footsteps of our Ancestors 5.8 at Low Mountain.

Rock ClimbingYangshuoChinaTracy Borland2009

  • A day of climbing is wrapped up with cooking lessons as a local teaches a group of climbers at the hostel how to make dumplings.
  • A day of climbing is wrapped up with cooking lessons as a local teaches a group of climbers at the hostel how to make dumplings.
  • A day of climbing is wrapped up with cooking lessons as a local teaches a group of climbers at the hostel how to make dumplings.
  • The world is very large for a single tiny cat in a small village in southern China.
  • Tracy wanders down a village street in search of some climbing.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • The first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> passes under Tracy's fingers and toes as she climbs toward the anchor.
  • Tracy grins out of a small chimney on the first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i> on Thumb Peak.
  • The belay presents us with a magnificent view of the surrounding karst towers and China's ever-present smog at the anchor of the first pitch of <i>Paparazzi Pete 5.9</i>.
  • Before venturing on from Yangshuo we made sure we were leaving a bit of Alaska behind in the form of a gift to the Climbers Inn where we've been staying.
  • On a visit to the inaptly named "Low Mountain" wall, Tracy follows me up <i>Lazy Days 5.9</i>.
  • <i>Lazy Days 5.9</i> goes down for Tracy as she follows me to the anchor.
  • Tracy eyes the moves ahead on <i>Lazy Days 5.9</i> at Low Mountain.
  • Tracy nears the anchors on <i>Footsteps of our Ancestors 5.8</i> at Low Mountain.
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