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Is anyone climbing in Zhangjiajie, China??

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Taylor Spiegelberg · · WY · Joined May 2012 · Points: 1,686

Looks wild and other worldly!!

Kyle Elliott · · Granite falls · Joined Jul 2015 · Points: 1,773

I believe you need permission from the CCP to climb there. Permission was granted for the first time ever in 2016, I don't know if they relaxed their stance since then. 

Arjun Dongre · · Newton, NC · Joined May 2008 · Points: 0

The Nav'i people do. James Cameron had a couple documentaries on them.

Matt Robertson · · Long Dong, TW · Joined May 2001 · Points: 115

In September 2002 I participated in an outdoor climbing comp in Zhangjiajie National Park organized by a regional liquor company.  The competition route, protected by a massive toprope, was a steep 60-meter line on some fairly loose rock next to a beautiful waterfall, complete with bolted-on holds at blank sections.  There was a ton of local and national media (it was carried nationally on CCTV -- for a few minutes I might have been the most famous white person in China), local government officials, several hundred spectators, and exactly one Yankee.  China was a different place then, but just as now, the local people were incredibly friendly and the natural beauty was stunning.

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