Mostly granite on the inner hills and vast quartzite formations by the coastlines.
Easy access to most crags with public transportation arriving as close as 10 minutes walk in some cases.
The history of rock climbing in Hong Kong starts in the 50s following the British wave of explorers.
Interesting reading, a guide to Hong Kong Rock Climbing from 1968 : http://hongkongclimbing.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/a_guide_to_rockclimbinginhongkong.pdf
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theCrag.com is a free guide for rock climbing areas all over the world, collaboratively edited by keen rock climbers, boulderers and other nice folks.You can log all your routes, connect and chat with other climbers and much more...» go exploring, » learn more or » ask us a questionAuthor(s): Francis Haden
Date: 2020
ISBN: 9789887508908
A comprehensive guidebook detailing the sport climbing to be found in Hong Kong, covering 1,055 routes (from F4 to F8b), across 33 different crags.
Author(s): Stuart Millis
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9789887582809
This is a comprehensive guidebook detailing the bouldering to be found on Hong Kong, covering over 1,300 problems (from V0 to V12) spread across 14 different crags.
S 4a | ★★★ Clothes line | ||
5+ | ★★★ Gweilo | ||
V1 | ★★★ S Crack | ||
6b | ★★ Impavidi Destini | ||
6b+ | ★★★ Peel Street | ||
6c | ★★★ La Dolce Vita | ||
6c+ | ★★★ The Corner | ||
7a | ★★★ Break Away | ||
7b | ★★★ Natural History | ||
V7 | ★★★ Obe Wan Extension | ||
8a | ★★★ Tide | ||
8a+ | ★★★ Double Espresso | ||
8b | ★★★ Local Spirits |
Kevin on ★★ Unnamed 4 6a
Cliff Torrijos on ★★ Moon Night's Snake 6c - Cliff on Moon Night's Snake
Beacon Hill - Beacon Hill / Hong Kong
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