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Cat Ba Island

Sport climbing near Cat Ba Town, Hai Phong, Vietnam. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring a 70 m rope. It lowers off 95% of the 168 sport pitches listed here. A 60 m does 81%.

15 quickdraws cover 90% of pitches. The longest needs 18.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m58%
  • 60 m81%
  • 70 m95%
  • 80 m98%
Median
20 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
40 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

70m

60 m works for most routes

Draws

15

Your 70 m covers 95% of pitches

Median
20 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
40 m

Draws: Covers 90% · longest needs 18

Your 70 m lowers off 95% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at Cat Ba Island

  1. Tesco ya Slut7a40 m15 bolts
  2. Ants Marching Left6c38 m15 bolts
  3. Ants Marching Right6b38 m15 bolts
  4. Root Vine7a38 m14 bolts
  5. Little Dragon7c35 m15 bolts

Rope by wall

The shortest rope that lowers off 90% of a wall's pitches (80 m where none does), and the share it covers.

WallRopeLongest
Butterfly Valley69 pitches70 mcovers 96%35 m
Squanch Wall/Fisher Valley43 pitches80 mcovers 91%40 m
Hidden Valley / The Farm33 pitches60 mcovers 94%30 m
The Cave16 pitches60 mcovers 100%23 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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