jennie Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 Hey Does anyone know of any climbing spots in Java. Thanks Jen Quote
olyclimber Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 Jen, other than whats mentioned and what you could easily find out yourself by tying in "climbing in Java" in google, I don't have anything to add. But if you're in that region and you have any interest I have a small handbook titled "Climb Singapore, a climbing guide of Singapore and West Malaysia" you can have if you stop by that area. PM me with an address if you interested and I'll mail it to you. I don't think I'll be in that area anytime soon, so you might be able to make better use of it. Quote
marylou Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 Keep an eye on the State Department website. It's not a great time to travel in Indonesia. Quote
cj001f Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 Keep an eye on the State Department website. It's not a great time to travel in Indonesia. State?! CNN! Things are changing quickly over there... Quote
marylou Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 The State Department website is updated daily or as needed as well. Quote
cj001f Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 The State Department website is updated daily or as needed as well. Marylou- The current State Dept. Travel Warning for Indonesia makes no mention of the Tsunami that hit last month, the chaos that has ensued, and the current tension over relief workers. That's not very useful information. Quote
marylou Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 The travel advisory has not been updated, but there is information about the tsunami on the site. In any case, I apologize for causing a shitstorm about the State Department website. I am traveling to that part of the world in a couple of weeks and just did some research on Indonesia and Malaysian Borneo recently, and was surprised to see that there are numerous political problems besides the obvious with the tsunami and stuff in Indonesia that has been widely reported. Quote
cj001f Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 If you haven't found them already the Economist's briefings are an excellent source of uptodate world information. Indonesia briefing If I were headed to Java I'd go surfing Quote
jennie Posted January 19, 2005 Author Posted January 19, 2005 (edited) Thanks for all the info. Java was not effected by the tsunami. Sumatra is where all the chaos is. I'm out here to help with the tsumani releif. We just have some time before we head up to Aceh. The reports are pretty scary , the word in Aceh at the moment is aid workers will not be targeted. Keep your fingers crossed! As far as climbing the outward bound Indonesia staff showed me some great stuff in Jatiluhur. I would love to check out climbing in singapore and malaysia, but I wont be heading ou there this trip. thanks again jen Edited January 19, 2005 by jennie Quote
Dustin_B Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 Mt. Kinnabalu in Sabah (Borneo) is a nice chunk of granite (4095 m). Good luck getting permission to climb it without a guide though. Quote
marylou Posted January 27, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 But, unfortunately, Sabah is one of the places where people are getting randomly kidnapped. If you're looking for cool stuff to do, you might check out Tioman Island. It's fairly mountainous, and there are some peaks, and by the looks of it, some rock, and lots of jungle and stuff. It has some plants and things that don't grow anywhere else. Palau Tioman is off of the east side of the Malay Peninsula. Hey, how's monsoon season been? I've been looking at some weather websites and it looks like it has been pretty bluebird the last couple of weeks. Quote
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