Go back to China.
Go back to Yangshuo.
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5266-225x300.jpg)
Nice position with fun exposure.
Photos
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0378-1024x768.jpg)
Hot wiring the scooters – one of our cherished morning routines in Yangshuo (right there with having a decent cup of coffee at the hotel).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0382-1024x768.jpg)
A Yangshuo breakfast…I was almost getting used to the freshly blended soya bean milk when it was time to leave…
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0384-1024x768.jpg)
Steamed buns and dumplings – maybe the reason that I found some of the 5.10+ routes difficult (many buns for breakfast make ass heavy for climbing).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0388-768x1024.jpg)
The Grandfathered In in formation (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5151-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley topping out on pitch 1 or 2 of Grandfathered In…just clearing the jungle canopy (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5141-768x1024.jpg)
Odd looking stacked limestone on Grandfathered In (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5163-768x1024.jpg)
The nice pitch 3 dihedral (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2601-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 4 of Grandfathered In: 5.10c and our favorite pitch of the trip!
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5206-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley following pitch 4 – crimps to a slight bulge/mantle at the end. Very fun (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5213-768x1024.jpg)
Topping out on the same pitch (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/yangshuo01-1024x411.jpg)
Views from Grandfathered In (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5251-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 5 of Grandfathered In…or a variation of it. I should’ve checked the guidebook but did not. In the back of my mind I recalled a 5.11 variation going left and the pitch proper going right. In short, I fucked up and we ended up at the rap anchor.
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5266-768x1024.jpg)
Nice position with fun exposure!
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/yangshuo03-1024x711.jpg)
Views from high up on Grandfathered In (Sept. 2016).
![Grandfathered In](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0385-1024x768.jpg)
Packing up back at the “trailhead”. Kind of loved the whole experience of commuting to climbs on our scooter (thanks Ola!!).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0402-1024x768.jpg)
Scenic drive on some narrow backcountry roads outside of Yangshuo (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0409-768x1024.jpg)
Postcard perfect scenery (well, maybe not the concrete buildings).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0591-1024x681.jpg)
An old man and his fishing “tools”, the cormorants (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0590-1024x681.jpg)
A close-up.
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0616-1024x681.jpg)
More random Yangshuo sights (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0618-681x1024.jpg)
A bar we actually checked out. Bar hopping is not really our thing but this one seemed OK with some live (Chinese) music though I suspect that my dram of Glenfiddich was actually Johnny Walker Red (Sept. 2016).
![Thumb Peak](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0435-768x1024.jpg)
Thumb Peak from the base (Sept. 2016).
![Paparazzi Pete](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0427-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley at the base of The Thumb Peak racking up for Paparazzi Pete route (Sept. 2016).
![Paparazzi Pete](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2613-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 1 of Paparazzi Pete on The Thumb Peak (Sept. 2016).
![Paparazzi Pete](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5270-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 1 (Sept. 2016).
![Paparazzi Pete](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5283-768x1024.jpg)
Into the hot sunshine on pitch 1 of Paparazzi Pete (Sept. 2016).
![Paparazzi Pete](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2617-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 2 of Paparazzi Pete (Sept. 2016).
![Paparazzi Pete](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5300-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 2 (Sept. 2016).
![Happy New Year](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5326-768x1024.jpg)
From the top of pitch 2 of Paparazzi Pete, we traversed over to Happy New Year. This is the first pitch of the latter (Sept. 2016).
![Happy New Year](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5342-1024x768.jpg)
Views of the busy road from high up on Thumb Peak (Sept. 2016).
![Happy New Year](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5337-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley topping out on the same pitch. Beautiful – black and sharp – limestone. Although at the time it felt like an oven in the blazing sun (Sept. 2016).
![Happy New Year](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_5355-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley in the sauna at a belay…see how fogged up the lens is?
![Happy New Year](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_2621-768x1024.jpg)
Leading the third and final pitch of Happy New Year (Sept. 2016).
![The Thumb](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/yangshuo04-1024x437.jpg)
Views from high up on The Thumb (Setp. 2016).
![Thumb Peak](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0432-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on the very short hike back to our scooter. A horse and the Middle Finger are visible (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0446-1-1024x768.jpg)
Lotus flowers (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0473-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley and the lotus flowers. Should’ve taken more photos since the entrance fee to this field was like 40 Yuan (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_0461-1024x768.jpg)
A lotus flower. The yellow center will eventually turn green and produce edible nuts (fruits?).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_0649-1024x681.jpg)
Swimming in the river was a great way of capping off a Yangshuo day (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0610-1024x681.jpg)
Yangshuo (Sept. 2016).
![Yangshuo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0583-1024x681.jpg)
Dinner time in Yangshuo (Sept. 2016).
Go to Yangshuo Climbs 2.
Go back to China.