Climbing at The End of the World: Construction Encroaches On a Yangshuo Gem
Writes Scott of Radventures, "The end of the world manifests itself in strange ways. Last weekend, when we went out to sport climb a formerly pristine crag know as The Egg, we were shocked and heartbroken by what we saw."
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“The construction works taking place have transformed the surroundings into a surreal apocalyptic wasteland. Rock climbing above, looking down on it all gave us a chance to marvel at the sheer scale of destruction. The terraforming taking place is beyond comprehension,” Scott writes of The Egg, in Yangshuo.