Sunday, February 11, 2024

Southern Thailand Bouldering

Tonsai / Railay / Krabi




Tonsai

Temple Cave aka Boulder Cave  {Topos courtesy of Bill Bubb / Boulder Bill}

2024 Update - left to right - select classics + warmups*

1 BRAT Traverse 6b+/V4 

2 The Flash 6b/V4 (5+/V2 drop off at big stalactite*)

3 The Slash 7a/V6

4 Bar Fight 7a/V6 (6b+/V4 stand start at jug)

5 Temple Warmup 6a+/V3 (stand start Bar Fight traverse right to drop off Touchy Heely stand*)

6 Heelfight 7a+/V7

7 Haymaker 6b+/V4 (6a+/V3 stand start at jug*)

8 Track and Field 7a+/V7

9 Gaeng Tai Pla 8a/V11 (7c/V9 stand start at jug)

10 Try Hard 8a+/V12 low right start to Gaeng Tai Pla!

11 Killing Time 7b/V8

12 Touchy Heely 7a/V6 (6b+/V4 stand start at jug)

13 Monkey Business 7c/V9

14 Swedish Tiger 7b+/V8

15 Kissing Apples 7b/V8 (7a+/V7 direct variation)

16 Evanescence 6b+/V5

17 Superpons Wing 7c/V9

18 Snail House Rock 7a/V6

19 Ten Commandments 6b/V4

20 V13 start on far right traverse left into Gaeng Tai Pla!

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Twisted Cave (Left/West side of the main Temple Boulder Cave)

31 Twisted Vines 6a+/V3 FA

32 Twisted Vines Traverse 6b+/V4 FA

33 "twisted roof"?

34 "twisted roof traverse"?

35 ?





















Tonsai Beach - North Boulders (Low Tide)

1 Melting Traverse 7a/V6 FA (Melting Wall Base)

2 Wat Wat 5/V1 FA? (Wat Bar)

3 Legacy V2 low drop off - V? (Legacy Restaurant)

4 legacy direct?

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Tonsai Beach - South Boulders (Low Tide)

1 Tonsai Beach Boulder Arete 7a/V6

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10 traverse(s)?


Tonsai - Gibbon Roof

1 The Flock 5+/V2 FA

2 Gibbon Traverse 6c+/V5 FA

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Railay

Tiger Wall - Stalactite Tiger Cave

1 Stalactite Tiger 6a/V3 sit - left-to-right FA

2 Stalactite Tiger Traverse 6a/V3 sit - right-to-left FA

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Railay-Tonsai Boulders (Low Tide)

1 Back Pocket 5+/V2 FA

2 Pocketasia Traverse 6b+/V4 FA

3 pocket face?

4 ?

5 pocket roof traverse!?

6 "railway"? pocket roof mid start!?

7 "railway direct"? pocket roof direct?

8 ?

9 ?

10 ?


Railay Beach West - North Boulders (Low Tide)

1 Prickly Pear 5+/V2 FA

2 arete?

3 slab?

4 ?

5 ?


Railay Beach West - South Boulders (Low Tide)

1 Rock Bottom 5/V1 FA

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Wees Wall

Python Cave

1 Python Traverse 6c+/V5 FA

2 full python traverse!?

3 python face?

4 python cave traverse?

5 ?

Monkey Boulder

6 Alpha Monkey 6a/V3 FA

7 Monkey Tail 6a/V3 FA

8 Monkey Tail Direct 6a/V3 FA

9 Monkey Butt 5/V1 FA

10 ?

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Railay Beach East - Muay Thai Boulder (Low Tide)

1 Rockhaus Roof 6a+/V3 FA

2 Muay Thai Roof 7a+/V7 FA

3 Jellyfish 5+/V2 FA

4 Thread Roof 6a/V3 FA

5 Corral 5+/V2 FA

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Railay-Phra Nang Trail Boulders

1 Trailside Cave 6a+/V3 FA jug start to small stalactite - or - V4/5 to large stalactite!?

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Phra Nang Boulders

Phra Nang Southeast Beach

1 6a/V3 black streak - or - Dynoir 6c+/V4 FA eliminate variation dyno! or 6c/V5 sit?

2 5/V1 jug line - or - 5+/V2 dyno!

3 5+/V2 jug line

4 ?

5 ?

6 ?

7 ?

8 ?

9 ?

10 traverse(s)?

Phra Nang Southeast - The Orchasm

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Phra Nang Northwest Beach

20 ?

21 ?

22 Phra Nang Prow 6b/V4 FA?

23 Lunasea 6b+/V4 FA

24 ?

25 "belly of the whale/magnum opus"!!??

26 ?

27 ?

28 ?

29 ?

Leaf Monkey Boulders

30 ?

31 Leaf Monkey 5+/V2 FA

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Krabi

North Wall Bouldering

Patio Roof

1 Patio Roof 6c+/V5 FA

2 patio roof direct?

3 ?

Dragons Cave

4 "dragons teeth"?

5 "baby dragon"?

6 "dragon king direct"?

7 "dragon king"!?

8 Way of the Dragon 6a+/V4 FA (Way of the Dragon Traverse 6b/V4 start far left)

9 Dragon Fire 6b/V4 FA (Dragon Fire Traverse 6b+/V4 start far left)

10 Enter the Dragon 6a+/V3 FA

11 Dragon Soul 7a+/V7 FA

12 Dragon Eyes 6c+/V5 FA

13 "dragons cave traverse"!?

14 ?

15 ?

Shell Cave

16 ?

17 ?

18 The Eye 5/V1 FA

19 The Shell 6c+/V5 FA

20 Shell Cave 7a/V6 FA

21 Shell Game Direct 7a/V6 FA

22 Shell Game 7a+/V7 FA

23 Seashell 6a+/V3 FA

24 Seashell Direct 6a/V3 FA

Jurassic Cave

25 ?

26 ?

27 steep face!?

28 steep face into Dynosaur?

29 steep face into Jurassic Jugs?

30 steep face into Jurassic Traverse?

31 Dynosaur Roof 6c/V5 low roof start into Dynosaur! FA

32 Dynosaur 6a/V3 dyno! -or- Dynosaur Sit 6b/V4 roof start FA

33 Jurassic Cave Traverse 6c+/V5 - low roof start into jurassic traverse FA

34 Jurassic Roof 6b+/V4 low roof start into Jurassic Jugs FA

Jurassic Xmas

35 Dynosaur Jugs 6a+/V3 low right sit start jugs into dyno! FA

36 Jurassic Jugs 5/V1 low right sit start FA? -or- 4/V0 stand start jugs FA?

37 Jurassic Traverse 6a/V3 FA?

38 "from russia with love" huge overhanging stalactite!?

39 ?

Life of Leif

41 ?

42 "got the life traverse(s)"??

Rock n Roll

43 Rock n Roll Traverse 6b+/V4 FA?

Mythical Beasts

44 Mythical Traverse 6a/V3 low traverse (5+/V2 upper lip traverse) FA

45 ?


Suay Boulders

1 over the water problem 1?

2 over the water problem 2?

3 over the water problem 3?

4 over the water problem 4?

5 over the water problem 5? - traverse??

Dojo Cave aka The Dojo

6 far left up problem?

7 far left traverse start?

8 Dojo Fun Traverse 5/V1 FA

9 Dojo Fun 4/V0 FA

10 ?

11 Suay Cave 6a/V3 FA

12 suay king!?

13 dojo seam traverse?

14 dojo roof traverse?

15 ?

16 Doja Cat 5+/V2 FA

17 Doja Direct 5+/V2 FA

18 Dojo Cat 6a/V3 FA

19 ?

20 Kung Fu Coconut 5+/V2 FA

21 Karate Coconut 5+/V2 FA

22 5+/V2 FA

23 5/V1 FA

24 dojo cave!?

25 ?

The Stash Cave

26 ?

27 ?

28 Must Stash 5+/V2 FA

29 Stash Roof 5+/V2 FA

30 Stash Roof Direct 6a/V3 FA

31 ?

32 ?

The Viewpoint Boulder

33 viewpoint traverse?

34 viewpoint face?

35 viewpoint arete?




Boulder Bill - Temple Cave Tonsai

Mikko - Temple Cave

Elan - Temple Cave

Melting Traverse FA - Melting Wall Tonsai

Wat Wat FA? - Wat Bar Tonsai

Suay Cave FA - Krabi

Prickly Pear FA? - North Railay Beach

Rock Bottom FA? - South Railay Beach

Stalactite Tiger Traverse FA - Tiger Wall Railay

Alpha Monkey FA - Wees Wall Railay

Python Traverse FA - Wees Wall Railay

Rockhaus Roof FA - Muay Thai Wall Railay

Muay Thai Roof FA - Muay Thai Wall Railay

Pocketasia Traverse FA - Tonsai-Railay Beach

Tonsai Beach Boulder Arete - South Tonsai Beach