Last Adventures in Ton Sai

Our last few days in Ton Sai we did some of the things we had talked about.  We went through one of the karsts in a cave system that accesses one of the climbing areas.  It wasn't too complicated, but it was fun and makes you realize that the mountains are made of swiss cheese.  We also went deep water soloing with Wee's climbing school.  This was super fun and more about jumping into the water than actually climbing.  I was amazed at the people in the group that immediately climbed 60 to 80 feet to jump.  Though they did hesitate and ponder the decisions in life that brought them to that moment.  A few had to be talked down and one got a massive bruise on his leg.  Ian and I were a bit more cautious, Ian being much braver than me and we worked our way up to higher jumps.  It was a great way to spend our last day.  We are currently in Krabi, we did a visa run to the Malaysian border today and are taking an overnight bus to Bangkok tomorrow.  We'll head to Chiang Mai in another day or two to spend our last two weeks in Thailand.  It was hard to leave Ton Sai, though the climbing isn't the best we've done, you can't beat the location.  Being able to jump in the ocean right after a climb and the quiet, chill island-like lifestyle is tough to beat.  I have a feeling we'll be back again in the next few years.  We also changed our plane ticket back to Florida to March 2nd rather than the 30th so Ian could easily go back to work when he gets called.  Our current plan is to go to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky and get a little more climbing in before returning to winter.  If you want to climb in March/April come to Kentucky!

Climbing up the bamboo "ladders" inside the mountain.

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Our caving experience.

The cave ended in a rappel down to the ground which overlooked the beach on Railay West.

Riding in the longtail boat out to deep water solo.

The fun/craziness begins!

Ian takes a plunge.

A modified bat hang.

Ian goes higher.

Took a little thinking before he made the jump.

Britta falling off the 5.11d, super fun but sharp climb.