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Vietnam/Thailand in May 29-Apr-2005 At 8:55:59 PM joemor

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On 26/04/2005 billk wrote:
>Cheesehead wrote:
>
>To play devils advocate, I wonder if it would be good for them. Sure,
>it's increased tourism, but at what cost?
>
>Good point CH. A relatively low-key climbing scene in Viet Nam could provide
>a nice but modest earner for some locals in small towns (which tend to
>need more jobs wherever you go in the world). But yes, tourist hoardes
>tend to stuff up all the things that attract them to exotic destinations
>in the first place.

pfft climbers wouldnt stuff up the area any more than they are doing already themselves..... take halong bay.. every piece of rock not surounded by water is activly mined for the lime in it to make concrete... this is the way for most limestone pillars that we saw inland on our trip. you'd be driving along see a beautiful pillar then get to the other side and see the quarry and concrete factory.

climbing can be organised in dalat and saigon with tour guides but was all top roped and very low grades eg. 8-19 and there was no bolted lines.
not worth the effort.