Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay’s seascape of karst towers provides the setting for deep‑water soloing sequences in the catalog’s short film, and the entry leans on the bay’s documented geology and status to explain why climbers come. The verified record notes Ha Long Bay’s thousands of limestone karsts and islets; that distinctive limestone landscape is precisely what makes it a destination for psicobloc, where routes rise straight from the water and climbers rely on falls into the sea rather than ropes.

The film Vietnam’s HARDEST Deep Water Solos | ft. Kyra Condie & Tim Emmett centers on a practical exchange between Kyra Condie, known from competition and bouldering, and Tim Emmett, a climber closely associated with developing deep‑water soloing in Vietnam. Scenes follow Condie working a route identified in the film as the “Lightning Crack” (billed there as 5.13) while Emmett coaches her through technical moves and the particular management of exposure and falling over water. The piece mixes close-up movement footage with drone and environmental shots so viewers can appreciate both sequence detail and the landing zone.

As a record, the film is valuable for watching how gym and boulder skills translate to sustained, high‑above‑water limestone, for seeing fall‑management and psychological coaching in real time, and for understanding how the bay’s vertical, marine terrain shapes route choice and risk management.