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I am going to be in thailand from the 5th of july and i am currently looking for someone to go climbing with , i know that its possible to rent sports climbing gear in thailand , it seems most of the climbs there are bolted . anyone who's interested , give me a shout , or advice if you have been climbing in thailand before ,

thanks , raymond

In reply to raymond gouws:

Think about going north to Chiang Mai, there's a good crag 35km out. The crag's less busy than Krabi/Raileh at any time of year, though the latter shouldn't be too busy in July anyway. Chiang Mai & environs are much more interesting culturally and "more Thai" than Raileh (which is now pretty much given over to tourists & climbers), but you don't get limestone karsts rising from a beach. Don't know what the weather's like up North in July, though.

Most Thai climbing is on bolted limestone, but there's also bouldering on granite at Ko Tao if you practice the dark arts

Simonfoley.com has a page for finding climbing partners in Thailand, plus advice. Feel free to email me though if you want more info

In reply to raymond gouws:
isnt it extradordinarily hot and humid at that time of year?

In reply to virgil:

As Simon Foley puts it:

Thailand has 3 seasons: hot, f!@#$%g hot and hot and wet. The best time to come for the weather is mid November until mid February. There are drawbacks to coming at this time, but the weather is slightly cooler and it rarely rains. From mid February until about mid September the weather is warmer and rain a little more frequent but you would be very unlikely to get more than a couple of rain days a week. If you remember that it rains in spurts and eh rock dry very quickly this is not big deal. The only really hot month is April. From September until November it is the rainy season and there is more chance of rain. You could see some rain every day for a week.

In reply to raymond gouws: i climbed there once over christmas and once during july/august. july and august were just humid and nasty and slippy and unenjoyable. far better nov to feb!
cheers

In reply to raymond gouws:

Big Mac's goin there for his Honeymoon for 3wks at the end of June.

Mail him, he might be up for a spot of climbing... If he's allowed to leave the bedroom???

Luv Barra! xx

In reply to Barra:
I also went on my honeymoon - but the wife was a climber so that was ok.
Had a great time climbing (and other honeymoon stuff) at Krabi/Railiagh.
We went in Oct/Nov and the climbing was excellant, and you can hire everything there - we only took our own shoes and harness.
Enjoy

In reply to raymond gouws:
yepheading over from nz to thailand via malaysia will be in krabi july 6th maybe. Taking draws ropes etc so allset to go, just needguidebook! Will be heading to chiang mai after a couple of weeks aswell, then whateveri can find in laos vietnam.
Email above if you need it.
Cheers.
adam

adam ,

I will be there around the same time , i have my own harness and shoes , anything else required i can hire from the local climbing guides , they also sell the guide book for the region , so that should not be a problem , drop me a line on [email protected] closer to the time if you want to hook up for some climbing , i climb up to 6a on sports grades , been doing more trad recently . I am also contactable on my mobile on +447816892710.

Regards ,

Raymond

In reply to raymond gouws:

I will be in Chang Rai from 1st july, Chang Mai from 5th july and Koi Samui from the 9th july for 8 days.

Let me know if you are around... I didn't realise there was a crag near Chang Mai - where can I get info on it??

Regards

In reply to BigMac:

http://www.thailandclimbing.com