Chealea, Rock climbing

YDS

5.1 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10a 5.10c 5.11a 5.11c 5.12a 5.12c 5.13a 5.13c

Map

3 2 1 4

1 No More Monks Rock 2 Tiered Rock 3 Broken Pot Rock 4 Roof Rock

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Summary

A small crag on Phnom Bek Peang, in a little town just outside of Phnom Penh, in Kampong Cham province.

Description

Small rock on the side of the highway. Most of the routes and descriptions have been copied over from Ben Tipton's "Rock Climbing in Cambodia" with permission from the author.

Access issues

Please be polite to the locals. Say hello, ask if you can park, tell them you are going up to climb, say goodbye when you leave. They’ll be very helpful and even keep an eye on your car/moto, if you are polite.

Approach

Park at the face of no more monks rock, stair case to the right for top access and climbs at tiered rock. Go to the left to hike up to Broken Pot rock (2 minute walk). You have to go through aunty and uncles yard to walk up, they are used to it, just say hello and let them know you are going to climb.

History

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One of the earliest developped crags in Cambodia. It's accesibility and proximity (litterally ON the highway between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap) brought the climbers from AngkorClimbers.net here. Young monks from the nearby Wat were seeing the climbing and began playing on the rocks themselves. It got a little unsafe, so the guys posted a sign asking the young monks not to play on the cliff face. Hence "No more Monks rock". Better known by the local village name Chealea. - Taken from AngkorClimbers.net Also see rockclimbingincambodia.com for more details.