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Phi Phi Island tsunami relief fund 28-Jan-2005 At 12:17:35 AM Onsight

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I find it strange that that post was seemingly about to pass by without comment. Is it just that everyone is too shocked? Maybe I should have posted it in the other Tsunami thread but thought this deserved attention on its own.

BTW, I agree entirely with the idea of visiting the Tonsai/Railay area as way of helping the local economies, etc, for those who are inclined and can do that. I also heard that there might be a fund set up for families of the local long-boat captains who were killed in the Tonsai/Aonang area. If that happens then details will most probably be posted on http://www.railay.com

Unfortunately I don’t think it is possible to visit Phi Phi Island (even if no longer under quarantine) and probably won't be possible for quite some time. So helping out this part of the Thai climbing community isn’t possible in that same way.

Here’s some more news from Phi Phi Island below. Some of you might have heard of Cathy Beloeil – a French-born woman who lived in the USA for some years and made quite name for herself as a top climbing photographer there. (Respect!). Well, in more recent years she has lived on Phi Phi Island where she’s run a climbing school (I met her there briefly a few years back). I came across this open email from her (on German web site of all places) and have pasted it below because I thought some of you might be interested… I don’t know how many days after the tsunami she wrote this.