I WENT OUTDOOR TO CLIMB FOR THE FIRST TIME OHOHOHOHOHOH!! XD
but first!
Let me recap to a few days ago (thursday)
OMFG LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT F***ing HOLE!! XD
Sigh... I'm a climbing addict please forgive me
Hahahahaha, both shoes also got hole, but the left shoe was HUGE
Guess I put too much weight on my left in my climbs
My nails are messed up and outta shape and dirty too thanks to climbing at camp5
Uhh.. really need a pedicure XD
T_T my toe suffered a lot thanks to d hole
Hahaha, you can ask my friends, when I climb can here my toe nail scrapping on the wall
*scratch sounds*
The moral of the story is... cut ur nails?
NO!! it's BUY NEW SHOE MUAHAHAH! XD
So I went to camp5 in this morning to get em!!
i SOOO wanted the predator!! it looks cool!!
But sadly... outta stock T_T
So my second option.... OPTIMUS PRIME!! XDDDDD
I like strap on shoes, easy :D laces literally kill me
BUT DON'T HAVE OPTIMUS PRIME NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!! T_T
Okay lo so I go for optimus :D
It's a slip on, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT LACES IM HAPPY OKAY!!! :D
Though I admit its kinda tight..
LOOK AT THAT!! THE CURVE!! my poor feet.... T_T
Well, it was supposedly designed by Chris Sharma
If you don't know Chris Sharma you should totally watch this vid
9A route by chris Sharma, Dreamcatcher
Take note im just a 6B climber.
Lowest grade is 5C+ at camp 5
SO it goes 5C, 6A, 6B, 6C, 7A and so on
WHICH MAKES HIM 8 GRADES ABOVE ME OMFG!!
So hehe I bought it :D RM350
Hey, guys pay huge sum for their shoes okay!
Just like how girls would spend for clothes!!
After buying the shoes I thought I was late, so I rushed over to Ben's house to discover...
HIS HOUSE IS BIG!! OMG
Benedict Tan, male 27 year-old
GIRLS HE'S STILL SINGLE FOR NOW GRAB THIS DUDE WHO HAS RICH PARENTS
his address is.....
Oh god I scared I won't see the sunlight tmr if i reveal his address hahaha
Well, being his modest self, Ben says :
"People are rich if they save, its people who spend that are poor"
WOOO WISE WORDS!! XD
Well, to afford such a land in DJ area, (Yeah near SMKDJ my old school)
his parents must've been pretty thrifty
That's my car keys and my wallet :D I soo should get a new wallet
Anyway Ben you have a wonderful house (I WOULD MARRY MY SISTER TO YOU IF I HAD ONE OKAY)
hahaha
SO WE'RE OFF TO GUA DAMAI!! XD
He's gotta get used to me taking sneak shots of him
This is... I think the back part of Batu Caves.
Half naked guys are common here, not at camp5
Difference number 1 between outdoor and indoor climbing :
-you can't go half naked indoors but outdoors WHO THE HELL CARES!?!??!
wahahaha
Fang looking sexy :D
And by that I meant the guy
Hm... IM EXCITEDDDDDDD!! XD
Difference number 2 between outdoor and indoor climbing :
-indoors you look down and go "shit!", outdoors you go WTF-CB-BBQ!@#!#!#!#!!$%$^@!?!?
One pitch is about 30meters
Or so I was told
The entire height of this side of batu caves is 100m approximately
it SOUNDS short, try and go up there look down and you'll change your mind (:
Oh, this is Z, he has a whole set of quickdraws
Difference number 3 between indoor and outdoor climbing :
- you need a shoe, harness, belay device and at most rope in an indoor gym, BUT OUTDOORS YOU NEED ALL THAT AND A SLING AND LIKE 12++ OVER QUICKDRAWS
and other stuff if u plan on doing other kinds of climbing
my lunch... was FAMISHED I TELL YOU
Ben spotting Z, we had to get used to outdoor climbing
So Z showed us how its done
You see what that quickdraw is for now?
There it is! the quickdraw, literally the thing that is saving you from dying other than the rope XD
Difference 4 between climbing indoors and outdoors :
-The holds in the indoor gym are colour coordinated so you know what to hold, outdoors its WHERE THE HELL IS THE GODDAMN NEXT HOLD????!!?!?!? *touch* touch* touch*
GOT IT FINALLY!!!!
lol, yea you gotta feel around for a nice hold.
Or what are you expecting bright yellow rocks or something? LOL
So yea, we had to get used to that
To be honest though if the hold is really nice its REALLY nice
Ben was pretty nervous as it was his FIRST EVER outdoor climb!
Mine too, but it's not as scary as ya think la actually
It's just a mental block since we're so used to indoor climbing
Z explaining somethings about climbing
Z : "NEVER EVER UNCLIP THE LAST ANCHOR"
lol
if you do I salute you cuz there's no way your getting down (:
Ben : "Rock, be nice to me :D "
Ben actually did pretty well, he fell once, but otherwise it wasn't much of a problem
I didn't fall, that's bad.. I should fall in order to get the feel of it.
Oh well.
Difference number 5 between indoor and outdoor climbing :
-indoors you hear the shout "ROPE!!" once in a while, but outdoors you hear it A HELL LOT! It's like a call of the jungle "ROOOO~~OOOOO~~OOOPPPEEE~~"
Trust me, they shout, cuz they are so high up when they drop the rope down to the ground
You don't wanna get hit by falling rope trust me (:
Ben reached the anchor!!
Difference number 6 between indoor and outdoor climbing :
-indoors they have sweepers and all to clean the place, but outdoors ITS SHIT DIRTY I TELL YOU!!! XD
my NEW SHOES GOT STAINED THE MOMENT i wore it and walked around T_T
too used to walking around in the gym already so didn't notice that it would get stained...
See what I mean? Ben's shoes haha, I bet he's probably polishing them now or something
Okay so this is how to use quick draws. you see the bolt? it's in the middle of the picture
you see it right? its that small metal thing.
(yes your life is dependent on that bolt :D)
clip the quickdraw into the bolt as shown above
Clip in the rope to the other end of the quickdraw like above
Difference number 7 between indoor and outdoor climbing :
- indoors there is aircond. Outdoors there is sun and BUGS OMFG BUGS BUGS BUGS BUGS!! XDDDD
got ants, i flick them away before holding the next rock
alot of moss too, and also flies buzzing around, bee nests etc
hey, its nature man (:
and sometimes you hold a rock dirt starts falling onto ur face LOL!!
But hey that's true rock climbing man (:
You don't get dirt smacked onto ur face in the gym do you?
There goes Z again :D
This is the highest pitch we climbed today
It went through trees and ALOT of bugs
I seconded it (unclipped and collecting back the quickdraws, you ain't gonna leave them there!)
to unclip it you gotta climb the route of course :D
and ben top routed it (climb all the way to the top and reach the anchor)
A guy actually reached the top today (it was 3 pitches!)
and who is that guy?
none other than "kamikaze" Yan
why is he called that?
Cause he's known for really daredevil and courageous climbs
what do I mean by that?
Okay this is his belayer, a girl
PAY ATTENTION
you know when u climb you need to clip in your quickdraws right?
This is his FIRST quickdraw clip
WTH MAN SEE HOW HIGH IS HIS FIRST CLIP!???!?!?!?
THAT'S 10 METERS OF UNPROTECTED CLIMBING OMG!!! XD
He's really a daredevil :D
If he falls in that 10 meters before the first clip you can risk breaking ur back or even worse
But the say it trains your courage, wonder if i have the guts to do it one day?
Andddd, were done
Sorry, I didn't take pictures of myself :D
Maybe next time, i'll take a video of myself climbing
Bring videocam next time!! XD
Oh yea, Z's girlfriend retina- oops, i mean RENITA
(sorry I should be an eye doctor)
anyway, she had a climb!
Take note she NEVER climbed before, not even once
SOoooooo
Difference number 8 between indoor and outdoor climbing :
-indoors usually beginners can only do castle wall, but OUTDOORS THEY CAN CLIMB OVER 15 METERS !! EASILY!! cuz the holds are nice
and with our guidance of course XD
and you must hv guts of course to go that high haha
but that's what makes climbing such a great sport!!
Hope you enjoyed the post, I certainly did
Oh, my beautiful Optimus... MY PRECIOOOOOOOOUSSSS!! XD
Washed it with shokobutsu just now muahahaha!
love it love it!! XD
Difference number 9 between indoor climbing and outdoor climbing :
-you come back home from indoor climbing and you say, it was a good climb, BUT OUTDOORS YOU COME BACK YOU SAY IT WAS A FREAKING EPIC GREAT CLIMB OKAY!! XD
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