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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: Half Dome, the world’s first big wall

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Derek Cheng

Published in Adventure Magazine NZ, AUG/SEPT 2015 The Dirtbag Diaries: Half Dome, the world’s first big wall by Derek Cheng Darkness was descending, and we were only halfway up the paralysingly steep face of Half Dome, still hours from the … Continue reading →

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