Tuesday's Climb (24/4/2007)

Climbers: Bing, King, Sean
Venue: Summit Climbing Gym
Featured friends: Benjamin

This is the place where we had our first ever indoor rock climbing experience. It all started about 5 years back, where Jeen Sern (a very close friend) introduced us to this sport. We got most of our rock climbing basics from here, mainly basic belaying, climbing and bouldering. But we were still in high-school back then, which means we didn't really have the convenience and cash to actually climb as frequently as we do now, so we eventually stopped climbing until recently.

The day started with us having some problems signing into the gym to climb because we either lost or forgot to bring our old 'certified belayer' cards. Bing forgot to bring his, and King's card probably evaporated after leaving it in his wallet after so many years. So as a formality, they had to test us to re-certify us as climbers again. That's when we met Benjamin, a very nice chap whom we got to know as we continued climbing. Benjamin is also a fellow climber, and is pretty advanced judging by some of the trails he set for us, and the advice he gave us regarding some of the 6B trails we attempted.

Benjamin

For this climbing session, we managed to complete some of the 5C to 6A+ top rope ranked trails. Then we kinda got over our heads and decided to try some 6B and 6B+ trails, which were really difficult, so we couldn't complete them. After doing some top rope trails, the bouldering section seemed to catch our attention as there were many people doing it. So we tagged along and did some bouldering, and somehow we ended up bouldering for the rest of the day!

(Clockwise from top left): 1. Sean about to make a jump during bouldering; 2. Bing finishing a bouldering route; 3. The bouldering area in Summit; 4. Bing attempting a 6B top rope route

During bouldering, we got to see some really... really insane maneuvers and feats done by some of the regular climbers that were there! That really showed us that we still have a long way to go. Oh, and we forgot to take some pictures of those climbers because we were too busy admiring their moves and learning from them. But we did manage to get some shots of them when they were resting though.

After the climb, we decided to head over to Tanjung Mamak Bistro in Subang Jaya ss14 to have some unique fried kuay teow, highly recommended by Bing for those who haven't tried it before. What makes this fried kuay teow so unique is that they serve it in two ways - "basah" (wet) and "biasa" (normal). If you're feeling adventurous, Bing recommends that you try the 'basah'. The portions are not spectacular, so you could always try the 'biasa' after. Both taste even better with the green pickled chilli. And what makes it even more special is that it's cooked by a Malay couple! And who said only the chinese knew how to cook good chinese food? It should be noted that you are supposed to place your order at the stall and not with the mamak waiters, as they only rent a small part of the premises to operate their stall. You can however, eat it anywhere.

Clockwise from top: outside view; fried Kuay teow basah, fried kuay teow biasa.


Map to the place.