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Rock Climbing in
Taiwan
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By Matt Robertson
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Taiwan’s premier rock climbing area,
Long Dong (dragon’s cave in Chinese) features 500 trad and sport
climbs (5.4 to 5.13c) on seaside cliffs up to 80 meters high. With easy
international access (30 minutes from Taipei City) and hundreds of first-class
routes in a spectacular setting, Long Dong is among the finest sea-cliff
climbing destinations in the world.
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A new guidebook is now available.
Long Dong Trad Climbs by Matt Robertson describes the area’s
traditional climbing routes and features color photographs, clear topos,
maps, local climbing history and complete visitor’s guide to the area.
The guidebook is bilingual with all text in both English and Chinese.
A new sport-climbing guidebook is also in the works.
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Long Dong Trad Climbs is
available through Sharp End Publishing (www.sharpendbooks.com)
and at selected climbing retailers throughout Taiwan, Asia and North
America. Please contact Matt at climbstone@yahoo.com
for further information about climbing in Taiwan.
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Image:
Matt Robertson on One Way Ticket (5.11a)
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One of
Long Dong’s outstanding traditional climbs. Photo: Vaughan Neville.
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