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joemor
Mar 21, 2004, 3:13 PM
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Im thinking about heading to hong kong for a year or so and was just interested in getting some info on a few things....
what type of rock is on offer?
what are the crags like?
sprot / trad?
is it hard to find partners?
is gear easy to purchase and prices?
whats the climbing in other parts of china like?
cheers
any info wold be much aprieciated!
joe
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okinawatricam
Mar 21, 2004, 5:11 PM
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I will be there next weekend, I let you know what I find for sure, just IM me. In the mean time chaeck out http://www.hongkongclimbing.com
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far_east_climber
Mar 21, 2004, 5:57 PM
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what type of rock is on offer? mainly granite - not too rough and not too smooth around here
what are the crags like? most crags are easily accessible by car/public transport although most require some walking to get into. Most crags have about 10+ routes on.. most sport climbs in hk are about F6a and up. There aren't too many lower grade sport routes although there are some trad. They aren't too busy... mainly all single pitch climbs although there's some multi-pitch routes.. a mixture of trad and sport multipitch are littered across the area. They range in size from 30ft to about 300 or 400ft. Although some big traverses of up to 1000ft or so exist.
sprot / trad? Mixture... most people say 'leave your trad rack' but there's quite alot of trad routes around here so I'd recommend you to bring a rack if you have one... kowloon peak has a mass of traditional routes.. there's plenty of both sport and trad here although
is it hard to find partners? not too hard.. hang out in the right spots and you'll pick up some. Some of the indoor bouldering gyms are a good place to go (i.e. Climberland)
is gear easy to purchase and prices? a little bit more expensive than overseas but there are quite a few shops to pick up gear... Chamonix, RC Outfitters (www.alink.com.hk) Mountain Services.. basically a range of everything from camping needs to mountaineering goods
whats the climbing in other parts of china like? not too sure on this.. but Yangshuo in China is a good area to go. There are big routes in the Tian Shan's..
Hope this helps.. any more questions feel free to post some up
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hongkongstuey
Mar 29, 2004, 8:56 PM
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In reply to: is gear easy to purchase and prices? a little bit more expensive than overseas
beg to differ on this front - HK sells the cheapest climbing shoes on the globe - go to Chamonix, tell them you've got a VIP card, get 20-25% off the marked price (which is already dirt cheap) and away you go
other stuff is pretty much bog standard price
for a year you'll have a whale of a time in HK (just lon enough that you won't start getting bored of revisting the same crags again and again (which gets a bit frustrating after almost 5 years...........)
check out www.hongkongclimbing.com - pretty much everything you need to know is covered there
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dereky
Jan 30, 2005, 7:25 AM
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hi,
i'll be traveling to hong kong next month (4th feb 2005 to 11th feb 2005 ) and really hope to find someone that i can climb together , as it will be my first time climbing in hk , i am not familiar with the climbing scene there. can you help?
have you found new climbing partners? i can climb bolted routes up to
7a.
Thanks.
regards,
derek yuen
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