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Emmanuel Lacoste - Reader Blogs
Emmanuel Lacoste, Eman to most, was 13 years old and hiking in Pinnacles National Monument the first time he saw rock climbers. A month later he did his first route at Goat Rock State Park on the California Coast and has not stopped climbing since.
Emmanuel moved to South East Asia in 2000 and started developing new crags in Okinawa, China, Hong Kong, and now Indonesia. Emmanuel is supported by Black Diamond Asia and Arc'teryx. For more about Eman follow his personal blog at: class5photos.blogspot.com; check out his Okinawa climbing page: okinawaclimbing.com and see more of his photos at: alamy.com Get the RSS Feed |
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8/24/09 - The Internationals - Every parking space has a car parked in it, so we pull off to the side of the road. The scene is pretty much the same every weekend. Men, women, and children of various shapes and sizes check and double-check their gear, before they burden their backs with the heavy load. My wife or other climbing partner looks at me, “Scuba diving is too much work,” one of them will usually say.  Emmanuel Lacoste - Reader Blog 2
7/03/09 - A Foreigner in Guangzhou, China - “Quoi!” “Quoi!” yelled belayers to their climbers all around me. Finding the 25 climbers, 15 routes, and three ropes was a joy. Their gear lay in a community pile, which resembled the communist culture these Cantonese climbers lived in. One owns the quickdraws, the other a rope and they met at the cliffs to climb together, if one couldn’t make, then the other borrowed his gear or didn’t climb. -sq.jpg) Emmanuel Lacoste - Reader Blog 1
5/29/09 - Geese, Mopeds and a Cloud of Dust: Stalking the White Cliffs of China - I’ve done some climbing. I’ve been cold, hungry and scared, but my first climb in The People’s Republic was all that, with some rustic flavor thrown in. It's my third week in China, and my climbing partner heard a rumor of some cliffs north of us. Based on only a sparse description and a very small photo, I quickly agree to spend my weekend looking for China's next climbing Mecca. It’s like that. |
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