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Bouldering at Lahaul summer 2011

CHATRU
This summer we went rock climbing in the high Himalayan valley of lahaul, this was the most memorable climbing trip for us . We went to Chatru (3350mt) & Chota Dhara (3850mt), two very small road site settlement during the summer months at the border of lahul with spiti in Himachal pradesh, India .Both of these areas were opened by legendary British boulderer Pil  and offers very high standard 's of bouldering both difficulty wise and quality wise. The amazing backdrops of Himalayan peaks add's  an extra motivation to come and boulder in this place .We were  joined by Dave from Manali   a British climber now living in Manali and Oskar from Sweden.Dave had been  coming to these places to boulder for the last five years and has lots of knowledge on these  areas, a super strong boulderer  himself he inspired us to push ourselves harder . We started our trip at  Chatru a  perfect place to boulder before Chota Dhara . It offers amazing problems and the chance to acclimatize before heading up to Chota Dhara .  The areas we climbed in Chatru were the Diamonds area,and the Red house boulder area, among others. Some of the problems we did at Chatru are
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  1. mAdamOctober 21, 2013 at 12:12 AM

    Hi,

    nice pictures Jibbi&Nibbi. Its a pitty Pil's site is no longer available...Well I guess there is some reason behind it so I respect it. But his pictures and guidebooks were really good...

    adam

    PS: Some of my pictures from Chatru and Chota Dhara are here: http://nzclimb.blogspot.cz/2011/09/indie.html

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