Go back to China.
Go back to CMDI Wall.
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2494-225x300.jpg)
Golden Boy.
Photos
![Getu](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_7910-1024x660.jpg)
Getu village scenes. Photo by Ola (Sept. 2016).
![Pussa Yan](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_7936-1024x682.jpg)
On approach to Pussa Yan. Photo by Ola (Sept. 2016).
![Getu](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0241-1024x681.jpg)
Easy, easy…
![Pussa Yan](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_7940-1024x638.jpg)
A pagoda near the base of Pussa Yan (Sept. 2016).
![Pussa Yan](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_0171-1024x681.jpg)
Southeast face of Pussa Yan. Golden Boy follows the right hand margins of the yellow rock (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4955-768x1024.jpg)
Leading pitch 1 of Golden Boy on Pussa Yan. Photo by Ola (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4964-1024x768.jpg)
More pitch 1 action …shortly before taking. Photo by Ola (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_7949-1024x683.jpg)
Shirley and I on the first pitch of Golden Boy. The route diagonals up/left along the margins of the golden colored rock. Photo by Ola. Click for full resolution (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2408-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley nearing the top of pitch 1 (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2411-768x1024.jpg)
Looking back at Shirley from midway up pitch 2 (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2404-1024x768.jpg)
Views from Golden Boy. The haze is likely due to the mugginess (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2425-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 2. The route traverses quite a bit and would be quite difficult to bail from above pitch 2 (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2420-1024x768.jpg)
More views including some pretty rice paddies (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2431-768x1024.jpg)
Beautiful limestone – pitch 2 (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4976-1-768x1024.jpg)
Leading pitch 3 (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2433-1024x768.jpg)
A cluster of houses outside of the Getu village (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2452-768x1024.jpg)
Think this is pitch 3 (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4983-768x1024.jpg)
Pitch 4.
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2482-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 4 of Golden Boy (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2489-1024x768.jpg)
A herd of goats enjoying a morning walk down below. Click for a short “ambiance video” (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2494-768x1024.jpg)
Pitch 5. The position is getting more spectacular (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2498-1024x768.jpg)
Rice paddies again (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4985-768x1024.jpg)
Leading pitch 6 of Golden Boy (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2511-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 6 (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2536-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley topping out on pitch 6 with almost the entire height of the proud southwest face below your feet. Here the two routes join for the belay before their respective finishing pitches (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2561-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley topping out on the summit ridge of Pussa Yan after 7 pitches of very nice climbing (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2564-1024x768.jpg)
Best route of the trip!
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2567-1024x768.jpg)
Hiking the summit ridge in search of the start of the descent. Hint: drop left and traverse in general direction of CMDI when you reach a large cairn (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2571-768x1024.jpg)
The steep forest bushwhack off the summit of Pussa Yan (Sept. 2016).
![Golden Boy](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2578-1024x768.jpg)
CMDI Wall as seen on the descent from Pussa Yan (Sept. 2016).
![Pussa Yan](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0252-1024x681.jpg)
Water buffalo – photogenic beasts (Sept. 2016).
![Pussa Yan](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0253-1024x681.jpg)
Hiking back to the barn (Sept. 2016).
![Pussa Yan](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0257-1024x681.jpg)
More local wildlife (Sept. 2016).
![Pussa Yan](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0266-1024x681.jpg)
Pussa Yan – what a beautiful formation!
![Getu](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0263-1024x681.jpg)
Water buffalo and a chicken (Sept. 2016).
![Getu](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0267-1024x681.jpg)
Looking to get picked up for the last 3-4 kilometers (Sept. 2016).
![Getu](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_0115-1024x768.jpg)
Ola in the local grocery shop (Sept. 2016).
![Getu](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0100-1024x768.jpg)
Post climb entertainment. Other than drinking, it was really the only game in “town” (Sept. 2016).
Go to Cave Village.
Go back to China.