Posté en tant qu’invité par Frederic:
Salut Mathias,
Nous (moi et ma copine), on débarque le 15 décembre et on rentre le 10 janvier. On va prendre le matos pour faire des couennes. On compte faire une semaine d’escalade.
En effet, le site de slopony semble être la meilleure source d’infos sur l’escalade au vietnam. De plus, ça à l’air d’être un bon repère pour trouver des collègues de grimpe.
Pour infos :
As you are probably aware we operate a number of different services. There are two basic options for you to get out climbing - Climb with Slo Pony Adventures (for inexperienced and experienced climbers) or Climb Independently (for experienced climbers only). I will begin with what we can offer experienced climbers…
Climb Independently - If you climb independently and want to opt out of using Slo Pony guiding services then we can help link you up with climbers on Cat Ba Island at the time of your travel. Just stop on by our shop and we’ll give you all the beta about the climbing scene at the time. Our shop is located in the center of Cat Ba Town on the mezzanine of the Noble House/Good Bar, in a light grey building next door to the post office. Another good way to get connected with other experienced climbers is through our climbing partner forum.
Guidebooks are available for purchase at our shop for 20 USD, covering all of the areas I describe below!
We have two crags developed on Cat BA Island itself, offering 50 odd bomber bolted sport routes ranging in difficulty from 4a to 8b in the French sport route grading scheme, on superb unpolished limestone. Out in the bay we have three beaches with bolted sport lines offering another 20 or so climbs, and then of course there is the Deep Water Soloing (DWS).
The ease and safety of DWS is highly dependent on the tide situation. There is a tide range of over three meters within the bay which makes a huge difference to getting up onto the rock over the wave undercut and then to safely jumping from height. Provided you are coming here for more than a week you are most likely have an opportunity to DWS, but feel free to ask us about specific dates and how the tides are for DWS.
De plus, ils louent tout le matos nécessaire.
Bon périple en chine, n’oublie pas d’aller faire une voie ou deux du côté de yangshuo si ce n’est pas déjà fait !
Fred