Ascents in 云南 Yunnan by Patrick Munnings

The best route at the crag... not high praise. I will go back to the trad thank you. Would be 2 stars if clean.

Linked p2&3 and 6&7. An awesome outing but the descent down the Spearhead gully was a serious adventure.

Super climbing. Some scary moments on the arete feel like you could damage your rope if you fall. Varied and hard climbing the whole way

Excellent, however, full layback pitches are kind of not so exciting. If it was longer and pumpier it might have added some interest but pretty much the same move the whole way.

Rad, tricky offwidthing just after turning a roof. Linked the two pitches for more goodness. Some awkward sizes.

Dirty and not so great rock. Moves were good. The anchor was super sketchy

Unreal. Strange how doing the same move over and over again for 25m can be so much fun. An absolute thrashing for my right leg and some serious fatigue but stoked to have done it! Probably never again

Awful. The extension was even worse. Dirty, and most of the holds were loose or falling off. I was terrified.

Also great. One long pitch.

Right variation full pitch, harder than it looks.

Some good moves at the end but the first 5m is really horrible. Felt like either you climb the really awkward and marginal start or risk slicing your rope on the arete with a fall.

Serious business. 4 Chech style ring bolts in 25m. Some big runout on insecure moves with a hint of moss and grime. Unfortunately the logbook at the summit was installed upside down by the last climber and filled with water. I brought the case and book back down to try and dry it out.

Super quality, interesting and sustained long pitch of thin climbing

Some really bizarre moves. Actually quite weird the whole way. Harder than it looks but really cool

Surprised myself when I encountered a fun move on a hold that wasn't dirty. Otherwise choss

Excellent quality, bit short and definitely scary with a runout that gets close to groundfall potential.

Cool roof sequence and some interesting movement of various styles the whole way.

Possibly my hardest fight for an onsight to date (which isn't filling me with confidence for the rest of our time here). The route was also dirty as it probably hasn't been climbed in many years and has seen some heavy rain. Slid back down the offwidth section multiple times before somehow making it through. then what should have been an easy hand and fist crack to the anchor was an absolute suffer fest where I almost hyperventilated and fainted. I couldn't remember what gear I had placed or how far it was below me. Wanted to give up and sit the whole time but somehow didn't. I could not climb again for the rest of the day. hopefully more of this to come!

Unreal rock and line. Gets easier as you go. So good

Absolutely classic. Beautiful line, cool position and perfect climbing

A bit dirty and nerve racking pulling on some blocks. Really fun with some solid overhanging fist jamming

Great climbing. Got to do some long sections of butterfly stacks!

Seriously fun with a solid 8m of butterfly stacks and knee locks

Moves were cool, but the rock was a bit ordinary.

Varied and interesting

Pretty hard for the grade I think

Awesome

Was dirty, meaning I had to squeeze extra hard on the long sections of .75 and 1. Thumb got a serious workout, and I could have used another .75 because I had about a 6m runout above the half way ledge. Top section was really fun. Felt stiff for a large hand climber.

Super quality.

Linked the 2 pitches. Was an excellent last route of the trip!

Linked all three pitches to rig a fixed line and access Another World

The most wild move I've done outside of a climbing gym. A wall run to a jug on an arete and then beautiful climbing to the top. Sick!!

Would be a classic if the rock quality was better. Quite flakey. A 50m pitch with all sorts of sizes and techniques. It definitely beat me with two sits in the offwidth. Climbed in one pitch.

A wonderful two days climbing to the summit of Bai Yan Si. The route is very approachable and route finding was fairly common sense. Stoked to spend the night in the cave at pitch 12 and play some cards and drink too much baiju. The altitude made me work pretty hard and climbing with a pack meant the hard free moves were not so approachable. Pulled on one draw at the crux of both hard pitches. Was a memorable adventure with wonderful company.

Some good moves at the start and end connected by some absolute choss ledges