Yangshuo Climbing Festival

Festival Team

Festival Coordinators

Alex He – Comp and Volunteers Coordinator

Alex He at White Montain	One of the festival founders, Alex is a Yangshuo area local and has been climbing in Yangshuo since 2001. Last year Alex designed and built the bouldering wall and ran the festival’s bouldering comp. This year, he will continue to run the comp and coordinate the volunteers. Alex is the owner of X-Climber.

Bob Keaty – Site Access Coordinator

Bob Keaty GW Yos Flake	Bob Keaty, a part-time resident of Yangshuo, has lived in China since 1995. Last year Bob coordinated the volunteers for the festival. He will lead a team to resolve the site access issue for this year's festival. Bob is the founder of the Yangshuo Access Initiative (YAI), and translated the YS climbing guide book into Chinese.

Xiaosun – Logistics Coordinator

Xiaosun	Originally from Sichuan, Xiaosun has been in Yangshuo since 2005. Last year Xiaosun coordinated festival logistics, mc’d the event and came up with the idea for climbing treasure hunt. He will continue his role as Logistics Coordinator for this year's festival. Xiaosun is a partner in Terratribes Expeditions.

Zhang Yong – Headquarter Coordinator

Zhong Yong	A Guangxi area local, Zhang Yong is a new member of this year’s Festival team. He will coordinate all activity at the festival headquarters. Zhang Yong moved to Yangshuo in 2004 and he is the owner of Yangshuo Climbing School. With more than 10 years climbing experience, Zhang Yong is one of the very fewer 5.14 climbers in China.

Simon Dilks – First Aid Coordinator

Simon Dilks	Si Dilks moved to Yangshuo in 2006 and has worked at China Climb since. Si is licensed as Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) Instructor and coordinated festival safety and the Treasure Hunt at last year’s event. As the first priority of the festival, this year's festival safety will contiune to be managed by Si.

Ryan Gellert – Festival Committee Organizer and Festival Sponsor Coordinator

Ryan Gellert at Central Crag of Hong Kong

Ryan Gellert moved to China in the fall of 2005 to start up BD Asia. Since the founding of the YSCF, Ryan has coordinated the festival working committee and the festival sponsors.