Vie in 大理 Dali

Climb the tufa straight off the ground to a cruxy 4th bolt. There may be an easier way to do the crux. Rest in the cave before continuing through another crux and an interesting finish. Be very careful clipping the third bolt, as Adam almost took a ground fall on the attempted first ascent after a blown foothold.

Climb straight up through some massive ledges, into some nice cracks, then up onto the ledges on the left. If possible, clip the anchor from inside the cave rather than from the chossy rock pile to the right.

Shares an anchor with Hand-Jamming for Dummies.

This route is perhaps the most fun in Shuanglang, interesting moves the whole way up. Just be aware of the massive block on the ledge that may be standing on to clip the anchor.

This route shares an anchor with “If you bolt it, they will come” though it is definitely less interesting.

Some tricky moves down low lead to fun 5.5 moves on the second half. A little dirty at parts.

Short route with a high first bolt.

Cruxy second clip. Finishes at the tufa, high and off to the right, with a pumpy second half.

Weak beginning but an interesting crux.

Crux is harder for short climbers. Nesting birds make full “use” of this route during some parts of the year.

Pumpy and sustained with great moves the whole way.

This route shares the first two bolts with stairmaster. Mind the loose block below the chimney.

It’s possible to climb stairmaster all the way to the top before moving into the second half of Millenium Falcon. Done this way, the crux is bypassed but the route is still quality!

This route is pretty unique at Shuanglang; don’t be fooled by the low angle.

Slabby route with a few nice holds, about 15m down the hill, to the right of stairmaster. Scary crux.

Down and around the corner from Tainted Heart.

There are a couple of ways to climb this one. Be careful clipping the first bolt.

Great line! Don’t be deterred by the chossy bottom. Avoid going left near the top. Hard to clip anchor.

Crux used to be much easier, until a crucial flake was pulled off. Very reachy.

This is probably the best route of the four at the “girlfriend cliff.” Good climbing with the crux at the last move.

The start for this route is annoying/scary because of the band of choss that runs across it.

The choss band runs across this route as well, but there is some sweet tufa climbing above.

Full-on, right from the start, though the crux is higher-up. Powerful climbing leads to delicate crux.

Start by climbing the tufa and join the groove up the start of Mel’s Exciting Crack. Reach out right to clip the bolts and then break right for a relentless series of moves. Interesting and varied climbing leads to a beautiful crux move near the top. Awesome.

Thrust up a ledge into a groove, and then up into the wide crack. Excellent climbing that is perhaps a little run-out. Guaranteed excitement.

Scramble up the short section of somewhat dirty rock to a wonderful and clean dihedral adventure.

A very hard start. Glorious and dynamic slab, tufa, and stalactite climbing above.

Super sustained climbing using crimps, jugs, slopers, and hand-jams. Shares an anchor with PROJECT2.

Start to the right of the obvious tufa line of L.D.G. Balance and crimp strength will see you through the crux and lead you to a choose-your-own-adventure pocket finish.

A beautiful tufa line which leads to a large ominous stalactite. This is one of the gems of Shuang Lang.

A hard start brings you to stimulating and pleasant dihedral and face climbing. The relaxed climbing comes to an end when you reach the upper crux, an Über -technical stemming dance up a featureless overhanging corner. Gym climbers beware.

TRADITIONAL CLIMB with bolted anchor Clip the first few bolts of Scaling the Walls of Mordor and then head bravely into wild, unbolted territory. Good gear and decent rests. The top part of the crack is about as good as limestone crack climbing gets. Falls have been taken, and yes, the gear does hold. Bring gear to 3 inches. If you have no cams, nuts, or ovaries, then you can also climb Scaling the Walls of Mordor and lower into the anchor of this climb to set up a top-rope. But that would be lame.

Head up the groove at the bottom of a large crack and move left with difficulty to establish on the left side of the wall. Climbing sharp black rock for a few bolts is rewarded with great orange rock above.

Climb up the overhanging arête with powerful and precise movement to a fantastic and sustained face and arête climb.

Climb up the right side of the face, using the arête when necessary. Crimpy face climbing. One section of sharp crimps deters from the otherwise pleasant climbing.

Climb up the big block to start and then go up the middle of the wall. Follow the crimpy slopers to the tufas, pull over the dirty tufas to an easy ride to the finish.

Climb up the big block and move into the corner. Stemming, tufas, and hidden pockets, this route has it all. A delightful climb at an accessible grade.

Begin to the left of the short section of dirty rock and do battle with a deceptively easy looking wall of small crimps and shallow pockets. A somewhat good rest hold near the top allows you to prepare yourself for the powerful and technical boulder problem guarding the chains.

Be careful clipping the second bolt.

Climb only to the first anchor. Not sure about the second one above.

Classic route!

This route was originally graded 5.11a but you will see from the last move that this is clearly not the case.

Climb the tufa straight up to the anchor.

Last move to the anchor is basically impossible. Otherwise, the climb is probably 5.11-. Feel free to try it and clip the anchor on the right instead.

Overhanging and sustained. Soft for the grade.

This route is rarely climbed. See name of route for reason.

This route is on the large boulder. There is a V0- boulder problem to establish on the comfy belay ledge. Excellent slab climbing. Worth it.

A thought-provoking and unique start is only the beginning for this rather enjoyable line. Great movement at the top.

Enjoyable, moderate slab climbing to a short arête (climb either side of the arête). The first route bolted in Shimenguan. “Please, be gentle…”

Fun slab climbing takes you to a little intermission ledge, then switch gears and do some powerful moves up crimps and ledges on the upper wall.

Walk up the slab and do some easy moves till you get to a clearly-defined crux: a technical and cool mantle section. This route is more of a boulder problem than anything.

Underclings, slab, crimps, and edges. This climb is short but sweet. PB is in the Climb Dali fridge.

A scary and insecure boulder problem up the arête leads to a sweet roll over and more climbing above.

Stand up on the little ledge and move into a powerful and stretchy undercling section. A great route with non-stop climbing.

This climb features incredibly technical moves on a vertical face. The route makes you puke blood right off the ground and doesn’t really allow you an opportunity to wipe your face off till the end (unless you possess esoteric off-width climbing skills). Excellent climb.

One of the best climbs in Shimenguan. Sustained and hard climbing using crimps, slopers, and handjams. The start is a little tricky to figure out.

Delicate and insecure climbing up a groovy corner into a powerful upper wall of gently overhanging rock. Halfway through the route there is a large run-out through an easy, ladder-like section. If you feel scared then suck it up or bring a cam, anything from BD#1 to #4 will fit.