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Well, we've made our camp at the base of the route on sunday. First night we arrived everything broke; MSR stove has fuel leak and won't pressurise, water bladder exploded, steve's hammock was unusable due to a manufacturing fault and is as useful as a fruit basket and finally the portaledge fly sprung a random leak.

Though fortunately everything is sorted now. Bad luck comes in tens ; )

The first couple pitches to the big ledge are complete. Climbing is nice and steep and hooks have been used as protection. We can now see the massive roof in clear view half way up the face and some decent crack systems leading to the left edge.

Today we're gathering water and hoping to get another couple pitches underway. There have been some storms brewing in the South China Sea, so the weather has been touch-and-go.

We should have some pictures of the route in the next few days. We can't actually get reception at camp or on the face at the minute.

From the portaledge of Matt and Steve,

Thanks for reading!