We just spent the last 3 days climbing near a little village called Vang Vieng (or not so small a village). The first day was in an area call Sleeping Wall. We had to rent bikes and cycle to it. The setting was magnificance, however the climbing was dirty and a bit loose. There are few bolts and mostly tat ... which for me makes it a bit scary.
The second day was more of an adventure. A 7km cycle out of town - to a blue house (this was supposed to be our land mark)... there are loads of blue houses. Down a lane and across a paddy field, where we locked our bikes. Then to the river, which we waded across, our bags high on our backs - luckily the water was only waist deep. Then a hike through the jungle where we found the Tha Nam Thaem Cave, head torches on and off we went underground for about 10 minutes. We popped out the order side and low and behold there was the climbing area. Unfortunately the quality of routes didn't live up to the trek in. The routes were short, dirty and scrappy. We did 3 routes, which had a combined height of about 20 metres tops. But what can I say the approach was fantastic.
Yesterday, however, my faith in rock climbing in Loas was restored. We climbed at Phe Tham (I think that is how it is spelled) and did 6 routes. 3 of which were FANTASTIC. My only complaint is all the tat.... but they swear it is safe.. hmmm.
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