The long road back – A first ascent (Xialong Rezha (5647m)) in the Genyen range in Western Sichuan, China.
The sense of adventure and exploration is often missing from many mountain trips in modern day climbing and mountaineering. Most climbing is done on routes and mountains in popular areas that have already been climbed. In 2016, Ed Hannam and I were keen to head back to Sichuan Province in China to explore some unchartered…