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Q & A about Abang
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Jin Tang Li, 13c Photographer: Leo |
Q: Birthday? (dd/mm/yyyy) A: 06/05/1988
Q: Year you first started climbing/skiing?
A: 2004
Q: Three climbing/skiing achievements you are most proud of?
A: Receiving BD sponsorship, First ascent China Climb (first 8c in China), Men's champion in both Point Ranking and Hardest Route competitions in 2008¡¯s Yangshuo Climbing Festival.
Q: Memory/story of the first time you ever went climbing/skiing?
A: First time I climbed at the Wine Bottle crag in Yangshuo, 5.11c, and I lead it with five-minute climbing introduction. Crazy!! The introduction went like this: my cousin shows me this is the quickdraw, this is the rope, clip this quickdraw into the bolt, and then clip the rope into the quickdraw. Easy. Okay, go! The first bolt was 6m high; I stopped at 4m and asked, "What if I fall before I get to the first bolt?" The answer was: "Don't fall." I was so scared, eventually I get to the sixth bolt, and that was enough. I couldn't do the next move. No one could finish the route. They told me when I get down I should unclip the quickdraw and jump. I was so scared that I fell and went hard into the rock. I had to do this for all the bolts all the way down. It nearly made me cry, and I thought when I get down how does everyone do this, just jump after cleaning every bolt?!?!? When I went climbing the second time I saw people being lowered down. I was 15 years old.
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The White Mountain , 13c Photographer: Colton Lindeman |
Q: Favorite climbing area and why?
A: Yangshuo. It's my home.
Q: Best climbing experience?
A: Climbing in Tonsai, Thailand. Waking up at 6am and finishing at 7pm.
Q: Worst climbing experience?
A: Hurting my foot by slamming into the wall.
Q: What's your dream trip? Where? With who?
A: Catalunia Spain, with my girlfriend, Chris and Daila.
Q: Guilty pleasure?
A: None
Q: BD gear you use every time you go climbing?
A: Harness and quickdraws
Q: Something that annoys you while climbing?
A: Getting injured and not being able to climb.
Q: What/who inspires you in climbing?
A: My friend Rocky.
Q: Favorite apre-climb/ski meal?
A: Spicy noodle. It gets me warmed up.
Q: Favorite climbing flick?
A: Dosage Vol 5.
Q: What's in your iPod?
A: Bob Marley.
Q: Three things you'd never roadtrip without?
A: Rope, shoes and harness.
Q: Superstitions?
A: I always climb with one BD quickdraw on my harness, which never comes off.
Q: What's your dream job?
A: Getting to climb and travel around the world on a huge sponsorship.
Q: How are you training when you are not climbing?
A: Eating good food
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Jin Tang Li, 13c Photographer: Leo |
Q: If you could steal one thing and not get caught, what would it be?
A: Power
Q: If you could have dinner with three people (dead or alive) who would they be?
A: My Grandfather, my girlfriend, and my dog 'Onsight'.
Q: Which would you prefer: power of flight or invisibility?
A: Power of flight
Q: Do you have any tattoos or piercings?
A: None
