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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

The Dirtbag Diaries: Climbing campsites both worryingly fragile and wonderfully therapeutic

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Derek Cheng

Published in NZ Adventure Magazine, OCT/NOV 2015   by Derek Cheng A headache at 5400m feels like a million shards of glass stabbing just inside your temples. And being in a small tent pinned to an enormous glacier, 1000m below … Continue reading →

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