The Great Dopamine Rush of 2025

Day 5 – Epic Crag Day

Todays Post will be pretty short, Its all in the title. I am absolutely knackered. This was my final day in Chiang Mai, one of the biggest reasons I came back to Chiang Mai was to climb The Crazy Horse Buttress and more so to climb Crisis Anxiety State Cave, This cave is something else its about a hundred feet in diameter and several hundred feet high inside.

Today I linked up with a rag tag bunch of climbers from all over the world and I got to complete the mission I had set out on to climb in this cave. we started our day at reunion wall and smashed out a couple awesome routes there as we were all getting to know each other. When the sun was reaching its peak and it was becoming uncomfortable to climb, we moved into the cave and it was spectacular I led 2 routes and they were both very fun technical climbs

As I arrived an hour before the rest of the group, I went on a little solo journey into Anxiety Crisis State Cave. I understand now the name, It was So quiet it was absolutely deafening, the complete lack of any sound was very eerie. I sat alone in the cave and contemplated life for that hour and it was surreal. After the cave we finished our climbing day at Tamarind village wall for lunch and a few more routes. My hands are starting to get used to the limestone so I’m not in nearly as much pain as the last two days. All in all it was an amazing day, I didn’t take any pictures of food or really anything for that matter I was so spent after climbing. I’m excited for tomorrow as I am driving the famous Pai highway, This will be the most dangerous day of my whole trip so wish me luck.

Don’t be swayed by how things appear. In the wake of a perceived loss, its easy to feel disappointed and discouraged. If your head is hanging low, you’ll miss the opportunities hidden in “misfortune.” But if you remain steady and unbowed, you’ll make your own fortune. For good fortune consists of a good attitude, good thoughts, and good actions. -Marcus Aurelius

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Devin Van Hierden

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