Indian Creek in Laojunshan, Yunnan Read more>>

Indian Creek Climbing in Laojunshan, Yunnan Eben Photography

In Lijiang, Yunnan, there are not only strangely shocking and crystal-clear Yulong Snow Mountain, but also the mysterious and fascinating ancient city of Lijiang, the Jinsha River where the vastness of the sky runs through the river, the Yangtze River's first bay and the oddly-rising Tiger Leaping Gorge. There are famous Chinese and foreign sacred lakes on the plateau, Shenghai, where the mysterious spirulina grows, and the legendary Laojunshan, which is known as “the ancestor of all the mountains in the province”. These amazing natural scenery of the United States, these amazing magical cultural landscape, are all amazing.

It is worth mentioning that, with the rising tide of rock climbing all over the country in these years, Laojunshan attracts more and more people to visit, collect winds, even settle and live with its unique rock wall resources. However, it is little known that in addition to the domestic climbers, there are also a group of foreign folk rock climbers from the United States, Britain and other places. In the spring, summer, autumn and winter, they changed in the four seasons. They settled in Laojun Mountain, opened their lines in the surrounding areas and surrounding areas, climbed rocks, and prepared rock climbing route guides in the Laojunshan area including Daocheng. In addition, they also used their unique words and methods to actively promote Laojunshan and other famous mountains and rivers in Lijiang, demonstrating a charming and happy new world. Let's listen to their experiences and stories with the author!

According to the author's friend MIKY, on the way to Yangshuo rock climbing in the summer of 2011, she met MIKE DOBIE from the United States and Eben from England. Due to common hobbies, they chatted with her about Laojunshan. MIKE was excited to say that Laojunshan is definitely another new continent for rock climbing. The rock walls there are Danxia landforms, bright red color, oily green vegetation, and the momentum of the cliffs rising straight to the wild climbing. Beauty and pleasure reach the perfect realm! Ever since he first came here with Eben, he has loved it. Later, through their influence and introduction, some other friends have joined in, domestic and foreign, they have become a group of folk foreign climbers who insist on developing new routes in Laojunshan and trying new games!

Near vertical and smooth Laojunshan Indian Creek climbing Eben photography

They come from different countries. They are very young. They all love the same place! They also chose the same kind of climbing - traditional climbing, a kind of climbing that is closest to protecting nature! MIKE said that he had been to many Chinese rock-climbing sites such as Yangshuo, Gejiao, Huaiji, Qinghai, etc. However, the rocks of the Laojunshan Dawn Geopark in Yunnan are different from most of the rock types in China and are somewhat similar to Utah. State Indian Creek (crack). He hopes that more rock friends will come here to experience the climbing charm of the large fissured rock.

Laojun Mountain Traditional Climbing Eben Photography

They focus on the traditional climbing development and the completion of the Yunnan Trd-climb guide book. When chatting with them, they can feel their pureness. Together with Dashan Gaoya, they walk through the mountains all year round and enjoy infinitely primitive life. After more than a year of hard work, MIKE said that they have always insisted and enjoyed themselves, and the guidebooks for the Laojunshan Dawn Merlot and Daocheng, which were written over a year, have also been preliminarily sorted out and have been The website is released free of charge. This provides a more complete line climbing guide for rock climbers who want to go to Laojun Mountain.