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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

How to survive a fall

Published in Adventure Magazine NZ, APR/MAY 2015 Rannveig Aamodt lay on the ground, bleeding and broken, cradled in the arms of her husband Nathan Welton as the life-force slowly faded from her body. It was April 26, 2012, and Aamodt, … Continue reading

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