Yunnan Xishan Rock climbing guide manual (1)
Author: BOB MOSELEY
Translation: Huang Fan Ma Zhiyong
West Hill is on the west side of the shore of Dianchi Lake, stretching for nearly 40 kilometers, also known as "Biji Mountain". Because of the ups and downs of the mountains, it is like a sleeping beauty. Her hair is embroidered in the pond and named "Sleeping Beauty." Dianchi Lake is a collapsed lake formed by the collision of two plates. On the west side of the plate, due to collision, a steep, hard limestone cliff, the cliff of the Western Hills, is formed at a distance of 100-300 meters (3 km) from Dianchi Lake. Xishan Longmen is carved out of the northern part of the cliff. It consists of stone staircases, temples and tunnels that provide visitors with a beautiful view of the observation deck. The transportation to the Xishan rock climbing is the same as the transportation to the Longmen area. They all start from the center of Kunming. There are two ways to get to the Western Hills: First, take a small bus at the entrance of the Yunnan Hotel. The second route is to take a small public car opposite the terminal of the Lianghe River at Renmin West Road No. 5. Take a shuttle bus around 9:00am. The fare is 6Yuan (the entrance to Xishan Park - Gaochun, please do not get off the bus. Until the terminal station - Longmen Parking and then get off). From the parking lot to the Longmen, two kilometers away, you can walk or take a shuttle train to the Longmen entrance (fare for two yuan/person). The temples around Xishan and Longmen are of great attraction to tourists. You can refer to other travel guides or the best way to ask the staff of the hotel about Western Hills.
At the entrance of the gantry, climbers can find the path around the bottom of the cliff. At the front 50 meters to the entrance of the Longmen, on the east side of the road (or on the side of Dianchi Lake), there is a stone staircase down to Longmen Village or Dianchi Lake. A small section of this ladder follows, and there is a monument - a large rock carved with thousands of steps of rock. The first stone steps have three floors. When facing south, when the stairs are down to the third floor, the direction of the stairs suddenly turns to the north. At this turning point, there is a newly built (January 2001) Kushiro road, along which you can reach the rock climbing area. The stop point of the new tour route is 30 meters south of the “good place†climbing area. There is a plain on the Dianchi Lake and a cemetery in the Qing Dynasty.
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The last departure of the small public car leaving Longmen back to Kunming is at 6pm, if it is later on the weekend. You can also follow the "thousand foot rock" to the Longmen Village and drive back to Kunming (there are more return vehicles and the terminal is Liangjia River). The fare is four yuan. It is recommended that you stop at the "Bibo Hotel". If you go down to the highway and face the north (that is, the direction of Kunming), the second hotel on the left side of the road is the "Bibo Hotel". Its meals are delicious, the prices are cheap and the service is warm and thoughtful. After dinner, ask the owner of the hotel to call you a return bus.
Warning: The area between the stone steps and the "open book" is located just below the tourist point of Longmen. You can see lots of rubbish along the trail. Hopefully, with the opening of formal tourist routes, the health environment here can be improved and a warning sign prohibiting littering can be established. From a safety point of view, it is advisable not to stay in this area. When passing through this area, pay attention to upward observation to prevent any eventuality.
· Kunming is located in the subtropical Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau with an undulating topography of 1865m above sea level. It is located in the high altitude and subtropical latitudes (25 degrees north latitude), creating a pleasant climate for all seasons in Kunming, and Spring City (the nickname of Kunming - Chuncheng) is also Get its name. As we are looking forward to: You can enjoy rock climbing all year round in Kunshan Xishan. Alone, the best time for rock climbing is every spring, autumn and winter. The dry season runs from the end of September to June of the coming year. Sometimes the monsoon rain starts from June and continues until September. It sometimes rains almost every day. Spring City may be particularly cold at that time. But when the sun rises, you will feel comfortable on the rocks. In Kunming, you rarely experience the snow and cold taste.
· Required equipment: helmets, safety belts, two 50-meter main ropes, two sets of mechanical plugs, two sets of rock plugs, one set of hexagonal rock plugs, several flat belts, fast hanging (24 pieces), protectors and others.
· Climbing equipment in Kunming: There are currently fewer rock climbing equipment available in Kunming, but you can purchase it at your local outdoor store. Http:// Through this website set up in Kunming, you can obtain a wide range of hardware and software knowledge or information related to rock climbing; Email address: . If you come to the YOSEMITE Bar (Chinese name: Yefeng Pond, address: Wenlin Street, No. 9, Building 5, Culture Court, call), you can get a face-to-face answer on your questions of interest.
· Climbing Difficulty Grade: The Climbing Difficulty Grade in China is divided according to the YOSEMITE decimal system. This climbing manual uses this standard. We hereby also provide you with a reference table between several different difficulty levels currently used in the world.
· Rock climbing and the name of the place are also indicated in English. Hopefully this will help you to go to the Western Hills or communicate with rock climbers.
· There are only a few crack climbing routes in Xishan and all are very interesting. It is reminded that many irregular stone seams are formed by the erosion of water and must be protected by rock plugs, TRICAM, HEXES, and flat belts. Be cautious when placing CAMMING UNITS.
· It is highly recommended to wear a helmet! Although the rocks of the Xishan cliffs are generally hard, few lines may encounter loose rocks. Special care should be taken when pulling ropes and making top protection on multiple routes. Helmets are also a must for new pioneers.
· There are three bouldering swaying areas below the eaves, so even if you are evacuated by the rain, you can avoid being immersed in the rain and enjoy the boulder fun.
• Many protection points are formed by the webbing passing through two open rock holes or trees. Be sure to check the integrity of the webbing.
We will tell you who is the first climber when we introduce each climbing route. The new MULTI-PITCH climbing route will always be created by different teams in a few weeks (or months). The names of the first climbers in this guide are as follows: Insects: Zhou Yusu, Ma: Ma Zhiyong, MOSELEY: BOB MOSELEY, Wang: Wang Zhiming, Shi: Shi Heping, Huang: Huang Fan. March 2001
Translation: Huang Fan Ma Zhiyong
West Hill is on the west side of the shore of Dianchi Lake, stretching for nearly 40 kilometers, also known as "Biji Mountain". Because of the ups and downs of the mountains, it is like a sleeping beauty. Her hair is embroidered in the pond and named "Sleeping Beauty." Dianchi Lake is a collapsed lake formed by the collision of two plates. On the west side of the plate, due to collision, a steep, hard limestone cliff, the cliff of the Western Hills, is formed at a distance of 100-300 meters (3 km) from Dianchi Lake. Xishan Longmen is carved out of the northern part of the cliff. It consists of stone staircases, temples and tunnels that provide visitors with a beautiful view of the observation deck. The transportation to the Xishan rock climbing is the same as the transportation to the Longmen area. They all start from the center of Kunming. There are two ways to get to the Western Hills: First, take a small bus at the entrance of the Yunnan Hotel. The second route is to take a small public car opposite the terminal of the Lianghe River at Renmin West Road No. 5. Take a shuttle bus around 9:00am. The fare is 6Yuan (the entrance to Xishan Park - Gaochun, please do not get off the bus. Until the terminal station - Longmen Parking and then get off). From the parking lot to the Longmen, two kilometers away, you can walk or take a shuttle train to the Longmen entrance (fare for two yuan/person). The temples around Xishan and Longmen are of great attraction to tourists. You can refer to other travel guides or the best way to ask the staff of the hotel about Western Hills.
At the entrance of the gantry, climbers can find the path around the bottom of the cliff. At the front 50 meters to the entrance of the Longmen, on the east side of the road (or on the side of Dianchi Lake), there is a stone staircase down to Longmen Village or Dianchi Lake. A small section of this ladder follows, and there is a monument - a large rock carved with thousands of steps of rock. The first stone steps have three floors. When facing south, when the stairs are down to the third floor, the direction of the stairs suddenly turns to the north. At this turning point, there is a newly built (January 2001) Kushiro road, along which you can reach the rock climbing area. The stop point of the new tour route is 30 meters south of the “good place†climbing area. There is a plain on the Dianchi Lake and a cemetery in the Qing Dynasty.
The last departure of the small public car leaving Longmen back to Kunming is at 6pm, if it is later on the weekend. You can also follow the "thousand foot rock" to the Longmen Village and drive back to Kunming (there are more return vehicles and the terminal is Liangjia River). The fare is four yuan. It is recommended that you stop at the "Bibo Hotel". If you go down to the highway and face the north (that is, the direction of Kunming), the second hotel on the left side of the road is the "Bibo Hotel". Its meals are delicious, the prices are cheap and the service is warm and thoughtful. After dinner, ask the owner of the hotel to call you a return bus.
Warning: The area between the stone steps and the "open book" is located just below the tourist point of Longmen. You can see lots of rubbish along the trail. Hopefully, with the opening of formal tourist routes, the health environment here can be improved and a warning sign prohibiting littering can be established. From a safety point of view, it is advisable not to stay in this area. When passing through this area, pay attention to upward observation to prevent any eventuality.
· Kunming is located in the subtropical Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau with an undulating topography of 1865m above sea level. It is located in the high altitude and subtropical latitudes (25 degrees north latitude), creating a pleasant climate for all seasons in Kunming, and Spring City (the nickname of Kunming - Chuncheng) is also Get its name. As we are looking forward to: You can enjoy rock climbing all year round in Kunshan Xishan. Alone, the best time for rock climbing is every spring, autumn and winter. The dry season runs from the end of September to June of the coming year. Sometimes the monsoon rain starts from June and continues until September. It sometimes rains almost every day. Spring City may be particularly cold at that time. But when the sun rises, you will feel comfortable on the rocks. In Kunming, you rarely experience the snow and cold taste.
· Required equipment: helmets, safety belts, two 50-meter main ropes, two sets of mechanical plugs, two sets of rock plugs, one set of hexagonal rock plugs, several flat belts, fast hanging (24 pieces), protectors and others.
· Climbing equipment in Kunming: There are currently fewer rock climbing equipment available in Kunming, but you can purchase it at your local outdoor store. Http:// Through this website set up in Kunming, you can obtain a wide range of hardware and software knowledge or information related to rock climbing; Email address: . If you come to the YOSEMITE Bar (Chinese name: Yefeng Pond, address: Wenlin Street, No. 9, Building 5, Culture Court, call), you can get a face-to-face answer on your questions of interest.
· Climbing Difficulty Grade: The Climbing Difficulty Grade in China is divided according to the YOSEMITE decimal system. This climbing manual uses this standard. We hereby also provide you with a reference table between several different difficulty levels currently used in the world.
· Rock climbing and the name of the place are also indicated in English. Hopefully this will help you to go to the Western Hills or communicate with rock climbers.
· There are only a few crack climbing routes in Xishan and all are very interesting. It is reminded that many irregular stone seams are formed by the erosion of water and must be protected by rock plugs, TRICAM, HEXES, and flat belts. Be cautious when placing CAMMING UNITS.
· It is highly recommended to wear a helmet! Although the rocks of the Xishan cliffs are generally hard, few lines may encounter loose rocks. Special care should be taken when pulling ropes and making top protection on multiple routes. Helmets are also a must for new pioneers.
· There are three bouldering swaying areas below the eaves, so even if you are evacuated by the rain, you can avoid being immersed in the rain and enjoy the boulder fun.
• Many protection points are formed by the webbing passing through two open rock holes or trees. Be sure to check the integrity of the webbing.
We will tell you who is the first climber when we introduce each climbing route. The new MULTI-PITCH climbing route will always be created by different teams in a few weeks (or months). The names of the first climbers in this guide are as follows: Insects: Zhou Yusu, Ma: Ma Zhiyong, MOSELEY: BOB MOSELEY, Wang: Wang Zhiming, Shi: Shi Heping, Huang: Huang Fan. March 2001
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