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Lao Staff Climbing
Laughter echoes through the valley. Someone is cheering. Someone is giving advice. Someone is hanging on the rope, laughing too hard to continue climbing
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Not just questionable beta and dirtbag stories - although there's plenty of both. Life from the perspective of the ones who call this crag home.
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Season 2024/25 Part 3
The aftermath of Camp 2 burning down, and the unexpected support from guests, staff, volunteers, and friends that helped keep Green Climbers Home alive.
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Season 2024/25 Part 2
The day Camp 2 burned down, and the unexpected support from guests, staff, volunteers, and friends that helped keep Green Climbers Home alive.
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Season 2025/26 Part 2
The Season starts and new climbing gear from our sponsor Beal arrives.
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Season 2025/26 Part 1
Every October, Green Climbers Home comes back to life after the rainy season. Before the first climbers arrive, there's weeks of repairing, building, digging, and problem-solving. Here's a look behind the scenes as we prepared the camp for the 2025–2026 season.
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Season 2024/25. Part 10
Water fights for Lao New Year, learning the Lao language and climbing at Xe Bang Fai cave.
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Season 2024/25 Part 9
A traditional Lao spirit ceremony, weeks of uncertainty reopening a climbing area, and how a climbing comic was born during one of our hardest seasons.
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Season 2024/25 Part 8
This chapter describes the first fatal climbing accident in Laos from my personal perspective.
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Season 2024/25 Part 7
Read about staff climbing sessions and the featured article "Climbing through cultural barriers" in the British Mountaineering Council's Summit magazine.