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Thakhek (Green Climbers Home)

Sport climbing in Khammouane, Laos. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring an 80 m rope. It lowers off 95% of the 501 sport pitches listed here. A 70 m does 88%.

16 quickdraws cover 90% of pitches. The longest needs 24.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m48%
  • 60 m69%
  • 70 m88%
  • 80 m95%
Median
21 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
43 m

Routes run from 12 to 40 m. You can rent an 80 m on site for the long days.

Source: greenclimbershome.com

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

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

80m

70 m works for most routes

Draws

16

Your 70 m covers 88% of pitches

Median
21 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
43 m

Draws: Covers 90% · longest needs 24

Routes run from 12 to 40 m. You can rent an 80 m on site for the long days.

Your 70 m lowers off 88% 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 Thakhek (Green Climbers Home)

  1. Jungle King Extension6b+43 m–
  2. 420 Lockdown7a42 m9 bolts
  3. Ruma Corona6b42 m9 bolts
  4. Fischkopflassi6c41 m19 bolts
  5. Unbreakable6c+41 m18 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
Pha Tam Kam469 pitches80 mcovers 95%43 m
Tha Falang32 pitches70 mcovers 91%35 m

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

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