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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

Dirtbag Dispatches: The First Rule of Ice Climbing is …

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Derek Cheng

Published in Adventure Magazine NZ, June/July 2016, and in Gripped, December 2016 My ice tool traced a curve against the sky and pounded into the ice wall. Except there was little ice to accept it. Only thin layers of sugary slush. May as well be climbing … Continue reading →

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