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The "Spider People"—Luo Dengping and other members of the Miao minority traditionally free solo the cliffs to harvest herbs and guano. They now perform in Getu on an 85m route! They are local celebrities in the village and you can meet them at the Arch.
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The Great Arch. Hard to put this place in scale. It's otherworldly. Photo by Sam Bie
Once you get past the hard vertical climbing in the Great Arch, you are rewarded with some of the wildest tufas on the planet. Photo by Lafouche from the Petzl guide.
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James Xu
May 15, 2020
“The "Spider People"—Luo Dengping and other members of the Miao minority traditionally free solo the cliffs to harvest herbs and guano. They now perform in Getu on an 85m route! They are local celebrities in the village and you can meet them at the Arch.”  

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The Great Arch highline, established Nov. 2019 in a collaboration between US/CAN and Chinese highliners and climbers. Support from AAC and NOLS. Photo by Gerald Situ.
Map of Getu, drawn by Andy Hadesh in the Petzl guide.
The Great Arch. Hard to put this place in scale. It's otherworldly. Photo by Sam Bie
The "Spider People"—Luo Dengping and other members of the Miao minority traditionally free solo the cliffs to harvest herbs and guano. They now perform in Getu on an 85m route! They are local celebrities in the village and you can meet them at the Arch.
Once you get past the hard vertical climbing in the Great Arch, you are rewarded with some of the wildest tufas on the planet. Photo by Lafouche from the Petzl guide.
Christian Black climbing in the Great Arch
Walking back to the hostel from the park boundary, absolutely beautiful place. Nov. 2019 Photo by Gerald Situ
Kaj Pandey walking the 235m CMDI to Pussayan highline, established Nov. 2019. Photo by Christian Black
A good day at Oliver's Crag, with CMDI and Pussayan in the background. Photo by Gerald Situ.
At the anchor of Nihaowokepa! inside the Great Arch. Photo by Sean Simmons.
The ferry ride across to access the Great Arch inside the park. Photo by Gerald Situ.
Standing right in front of Pusayan, with the CMDI Wall in the background. There are routes all over the base of Pusayan that aren't on the topo and look pretty hard
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