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About Derek Cheng

Derek Cheng is a journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in publications in several countries, including the US, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the UK. Since he discovered climbing about ten years ago, he has worked as little as possible so he can travel widely, chasing rock faces in all corners of the world - from stalactite-blessed limestone in China, to the alpine granite of the Bugaboos and the Sierra Nevada, to quartzite giants in Morocco. His work can be viewed at dirtbagdispatches.com

Dirbag Dispatches: Australia’s climbing meccas

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Derek Cheng

Published in Adventure NZ Magazine, Oct/Nov 2018 Words and photos by Derek Cheng An epic scream signalled a fall of gargantuan proportions, and I braced myself for the rope to come tight. But nothing happened. I looked up and saw … Continue reading →

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