November 13th: Climbing in Huu Lung
Day 31
Climbed early today. The main crag is in the sun for only 1 hour during the early morning at this time of year. The rest of the day it is all blissfully shady and cool. Also the winter has brought us perfect conditions: no more than 27 Celsius today, with cool and dry breeze. No excuses if we didn’t send today.
Completed some nice climbs. The easier climbs on the right and left ends are a bit sharp, being exposed to the rain, since they are less overhanging. On-sited all routes in 6a range, we will move on to 6b’s tomorrow.
Getting to the crag from the hotel is a long haul, 45 minutes each way over rough dirt roads with patches of concrete. We would consider finding a guest house or a room near Yen Thinh, but Lam Son hotel on AH1 is a great place to stay. Coming back after climbing, we always find our room tidied up, our grocery items neatly arranged in a pile. It’s amazing how your perception can change based on emotion. When we first arrived, all we saw was a run-down hotel, now I’ve been calling it home.
