Ice Climbing in Sichuan, China from 20 – 28 Jan 2008
This is a photo taken by maomao, who went to Sichuan for ice climbing in late Dec together with 2 other MIR guys.
According to her, Kim Boon, our instructor who is currently in China has ‘grand plans’ for us to ice climb up super duper long (and seemingly never ending) ice walls as training for the Lhotse face on Everest. Gulp. Imagine climbing continuously for hours on the vertical ice wall where it is nearly impossible to rest properly. I can suddenly feel my heartrate increase 5 times, as well as the burning sensation in my calves.
But yay, can’t wait to be off climbing again!
Yihui’s first foray into the outdoors was climbing a snow-capped mountain during a Technical Mountaineering Course in New Zealand back in 2003. She has since developed a passion for hiking and climbing mountains in extreme places.