Tonsai: Climber’s Paradise
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So, I’ve done a lot of cool stuff, and met some really amazing people here in Tonsai the last 4 days. Tonsai really is this amazing mixing pot of great and cool climbers as well as backpackers. I’m having a great time.
So, deep water soloing is a fun and kind of spooky sort of thing. The majority of holds in DWS are super slick, and once you start to get high up on your route, it takes some getting used to to be ready for that 30+ foot (or in the case of two guys in our group 100+ foot) fall into water, which can hurt if you fall awkwardly. Once you’ve gotten in the water once, there’s no getting around it, your hands are going to be wet for all future roots, and your shoes will be soaked. The experience in general with the sunset trip was spectacular, afterwards we drank a whole bunch of beer, had freshly caught live fish and squid, as well as watched an amazing fire show by Wee’s climbing. I’ll soon have some video to follow this when I return as well. Thanks so much for suggesting this Mikhaila!
Today was a much more relaxed day, an off day before I hit some hard and longer stuff for my last day here. So, as per Nate’s suggestion I took the one day scuba course here, which pretty much blew my mind. The instructor here, Peter Brouckner, was just phenomenal. I can hardly believe I have never tried this before, so getting PADI certified in the Puget Sound just got added to this year’s tick list.
And for tomorrow, Humanality, and Sunday, off to Tonsai. Cheers everyone!
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Posted on: Friday, November 21, 2008 at 3:13 am 
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