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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

Sinbad, Terror Peak, and the barely believable 11-day weather window in Fiordland 

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Derek Cheng

Published in the NZ Alpine Journal, Autumn 2021 Words and photos by Derek Cheng The deluge hit in a sudden moment. I had been fairly calm—and reasonably dry—hundreds of metres up an overhanging rock face in a remote part of … Continue reading →

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