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rtwilli4
May 12, 2009, 3:14 AM
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Do you mean how do I like guiding there? Or how are the guides? The guides in southern Thailand are hit and miss. The other shop (not mine) will hire anyone! For the most part, there are always two or three guides between the two shops that are competent enough to go and get the latest dumbass who forgot to back clip on the way down the multi-pitch. All of the guides on Phi Phi speak much better English and smoke a lot less weed on the job than the guides in Railey/Tonsai.
I enjoy it. I work a lot, but I can usually wear everyone out as fast as I want so if I'm feeling good, I make sure I get an hour at the end of the day to work on something. I meet people from all over the world and get a lot of invites to come climbing in the wildest places. Hopefully I'll be able to take some of them up soon.
Every once in a while someone really takes to it, and extends their vacation. I've taken a few people from their first time climbing to sending hard 5.10s. It can be rewarding.
I've climbed pretty much everything on the island but there are a few harder .12's that I haven't sent, and a .13b that I hope to rebolt next year. And I never get tired of the multi-pitches where you climb right out of a longtail. For me, living there is about a lot more than just climbing though. It's a very peaceful lifestyle. The beach is my front yard and the crag is my back yard. I can literally throw a rock into the ocean, AND onto the crag, from my front porch.
I go months at a time without watching television, eating processed foods, or even seeing a car or motorbike. I go weeks at a time where the only shoes I wear are my climbing shoes. I couldn't think of a better job :)
(This post was edited by rtwilli4 on May 12, 2009, 3:17 AM)
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