Happy birthday, moose.

RIP, Shaggy

Even though I don't know you that well, having only met you a couple of times, your death still came as a shock to me. RIP, Shaggy.

Feb 1-14: Climbing on Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia

I spend two weeks on Mt. Kinabalu with Logan (Australia) and Brad (US) climbing on the granite faces around the summit. The climbing was ok, but the hike up and then the hike down, with climbing gear, camera gear, and two weeks worth of food was just too much for me. My body nearly broke under the 90 lbs packs we were carrying, up a 13300 feet mountain. We (strictly speaking it was Logan) made the first ascent of a 5.12b up there, so that was really cool. But will I ever do a trip like this again? Not likely. Even the FA wasn't worth all the pain. My body is just not build for carrying 66% of my bodyweight up and down a big hill.

Sorting out gear at the base of Mt. Kinabalu.

Edd going nuts. Photo: Logan Barber

Shot from the summit: Lowe's Peak.

Our home for two weeks.

Raining day. Photo: Logan Barber

Logan in the second crux of his new route: Alpine Birdie (5.12b, 3 pitches)

Jan 26: a day wondering in Macau

Jan 10-22: traveling through Yunnan

Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang. Jan 12, 2007

Temple on Mei Li Snow Mountain, Lijiang. Jan 12, 2007

Songzanlin Temple, Zhongdian. Jan 17, 2007

Tiger Leaping Gorge. Jan 19, 2007

Some photos of me

The grade in Yangshuo is soft compare to the US east coast grade, for the most part, which allowed me to finally send some 5.12s.


Lily (5.12b). The Chicken Cave, Yangshuo

Photo: Liang

The overhanging Lily (5.12b) seen from the bottom.

Photo: Liang

Bouldering at the Boss Boulder, Yangshuo

Photo: Coltan

Cutting loose on the second crux on China White (5.12b). White Mountain, Yangshuo

Photo: Logan Barber

Update from Yangshuo

Hi everyone,

It's been two months since I arrived in Yangshuo, and I haven't been
climbing nearly as much as I should. There's the work I'm doing for
Chinaclimb, but there's also drinking parties at night. Yangshuo has
been a very different climbing experience for me, I've never been to a
climbing destination where there are so many parties and so much
alcohol at night. I'm sorry to say that I was slightly distracted by
it all. I had my first, second, and third hangover all in Yangshuo.
But after some thinking and realignment of my goals, my focus is back
on climbing. I managed to flash a 11a and a 11b last week, but it's
probably because the softer grade here. Still haven't send any 5.12s
yet, but I did get some good rope burn while trying.

Colton working on The Axeman (5.13b/c), White Mountain

Jessy on the Missing Link (5.10a), White Mountain

Julian on Red Dragon (5.12c), Moon Hill

Logan on Over The Moon (5.12c), Moon Hill

Logan on Pegasus (5.11b), Moon Hill

Edd on Apollo (5.12a), Moon Hill

Yann on Open Team (5.11b), the Banyan Tree

Logan on Weakened Warriors (5.12d), Chicken Cave

Xiao Sai on unamed 5.12b, Banyan Tree