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southern china limestone 7-Mar-2005 At 2:12:16 PM francesca

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oh yeah, i know the bridge, i'll check it out on the map, and tell Eman about the Zhuhai stuff. (I thought
you meant 99, not 89 :o) never been followed either). the local climbers are a bit wierd, they think only
baiyun shan is worth climbing and then the next place with any climbing is yangshuo ... weird, so all the
places like zhuhai and that wall near the bridge are empty and unknown.

if you haven't been here in the last five years, well... it's a different city. the suburb i live in from my old
apartment in one year they threw up 14 thirty-storey buildings - that i could see. the highways are going
everywhere, the subway is on its way to seven lines... it's spring now and kinda nice.

we went back to jiulong yesterday, it was sunny, low 20s, blue sky (yep in south china - blue sky!) put up
the first pitch of a new trad crack line (route needs cleaning of some dangerous blocks before going
higher) the place is just awesome. i saw the main area. a massive wall, maybe 200 meters long and 100
high of beautiful yellow limestone is right in the middle of town opposite a hotel being built and behind a
bunch of shops - you could belay from your chair in the restaurant while drinking tea haha, and that wall is
one of dozens visible from the road - who knows whats behind...