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Fairy Cave

Sport climbing near Bau (Kuching), Sarawak, Malaysia. 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 92% of the 75 sport pitches listed here. A 60 m does 81%.

16 quickdraws cover 90% of pitches. The longest needs 20.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m64%
  • 60 m81%
  • 70 m92%
  • 80 m99%
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

16

Your 70 m covers 92% of pitches

Median
20 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
40 m

Draws: Covers 90% · longest needs 20

Your 70 m lowers off 92% 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 Fairy Cave

  1. Rama-Rama6c+40 m17 bolts
  2. Francesco Manzo7b+/c34 m–
  3. Meet My Mother7a33 m18 bolts
  4. Pulik Likau7a+/b33 m12 bolts
  5. Verlängerung7a32 m17 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
Batman Wall41 pitches80 mcovers 98%40 m
Tiger Wall12 pitches60 mcovers 92%26 m

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

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