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wayne burleson
climber
Amherst, MA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 29, 2013 - 06:08pm PT
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I have a business trip to Beijing next week.
Does anyone have any beta or contacts there for weekend climbing?
I believe there are a few gyms in town and crags within 2 hours.
And of course the Great Wall... but seriously...
Thanks!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 29, 2013 - 06:33pm PT
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Will you have access to bottled oxygen?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 29, 2013 - 06:33pm PT
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I have no idea but suspect that an hour after climbing you are likely to want to climb again.
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Guangzhou
Trad climber
Asia, Indonesia, East Java
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Aug 29, 2013 - 08:30pm PT
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They is some nice granite climbing about an hour and half outside of Beijing by public transportation. I'm sure you can hire a car and driver to make life easier and the trip faster.
On yahoo, they is a Shanghai climbing group that is very active. A lot of those guys are based in Beijin and can be pretty helpful.
on my trip there, I climb with a Chinese guy. The area had a sport climbing wall road side, and some cliffs with two pitch routes. (Some took gear.)
We also did a wonderful 5.11+ flared chimney that led to two bolts. While leading it, I puked in my mouth at least three times. My partner was less considerate and puked in the chimney for the next party to enjoy.
I wish I still had some contact there for you.
Eman
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dgbryan
Mountain climber
Hong Kong
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Aug 30, 2013 - 04:54am PT
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I've climbed a couple of times at Baihe, out past MiYun, both below the road (at the river, top left in the little photo-topo in the Climb Dali link) and above it (bottom right in the same topo I think).
It's not Tuolumne, but it is good - some of the most fun climbing I have had in the PRC - and the potential looks enormous. A lot of what is bolted shouldn't be. Conversely a lot of the bolts don't really inspire confidence. I seem to remember placing a few pieces on most routes. This is a few years back however.
Going on your own - we have encountered friendly locals who were keen to hook up, so shoes & harness are definitely worth taking. Worst case hiking arund the area loking for the climbing is quite fun.
No contacts and not likely to be up in Beijing myself for a while, so no concrete help there I'm afraid.
I've got a PDF - very limited but in English - send / post an e-mail address and I'll fwd.
Damian
Hong Kong
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Aug 30, 2013 - 05:47am PT
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take some body guards with you if you leave your hotel,
and have some ransom money tucked away at a pre-determined location,
100,000 yen should cover it,
if you see two dudes on a moped wearing bootleg Ray Bans, make a run for it,
oh, and one other thing...
YOUR GONNA DIE!
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