Climbers: Bing, King, Sean, Joey
Ok, I admit that most of you would probably be dead after reading the striked-out sentence, but hey, it was striked out for a reason. But anyhow, after my exam on Monday, Joey and I jumped into the car and picked King up, and we went on our way to Corezone as Joey wanted to get some gear and shoes. Corezone is a pretty cool place (and classy too!), and it sells lots of outdoor equipment like rock climbing, camping, kayaking, and mountaineering equipment. As for rock climbing, they sell brands like Camp, Madrock, Sportiva, Edelweiss, and so forth. They are relatively easy to find, it's opposite the Mobil station in SS2, and you turn in from the famous Sri Siam thai restaurant. The map to the place can be found here.
Joey managed to buy herself a blue dynamic Edelweiss lead climbing rope, and some carabiners and ATC's for her friends back in London. Unfortunately she couldn't find a shoe that fit her, so we then headed down to the Camp5 proshop in 1Utama. There, she purchased herself a nice pair of Evolv shoes and a little sling also.
All that equipment didn't come cheap though. All in all, in left poor Joey around RM1000 short. However, being the great sister she is, she got me a RM2 toy carabiner for my chalk bag!
Rope, sling, shoes, carabiners and ATC's.
By then it was already 2pm, so we had a quick bite of some rotiboy mexican bun, and then straight back up again to climb!
Of course it's been almost a month since any of us last climbed, so we weren't exactly in the 'best' physical condition. Nevertheless, since we were the only ones in Camp5 at that time, we took it slow, and even managed to snap a couple of pictures here and there.
From left: Sean the hardcore Prana fan; Sean and King watching Joey attempt a 6a route; Joey attempting the route.
Joey started off with a simple 5c+ warm up route, which she finished in a jiffy. Later we then tried a tough black in colour 6b+ route which non of us could complete. So we each felt a little better cause all of us couldn't complete it.
Left: Joey warming up with a 5c+ route, King attempting the black 6b+ route.
Of course we had our reasons. King had sprained one of his fingers while doing campus training at home:
Of course we had our reasons. King had sprained one of his fingers while doing campus training at home:
King showing his sprained finger.
Bing had his super hero duties to perform, thus having little time to train over the past month:
Bing had his super hero duties to perform, thus having little time to train over the past month:
SuperBing saves the day again!
Some of us just had to look pretty:
Some of us just had to look pretty:
My sister... the poser.
While some of us were just plain lazy that day:
While some of us were just plain lazy that day:
An alternative use for fallmats.
But coming back to climbing, we soon found ourselves climbing old routes which we didn't finish the last time, and suprisingly we finished it this time!
But coming back to climbing, we soon found ourselves climbing old routes which we didn't finish the last time, and suprisingly we finished it this time!
Clockwise from top left: King climbing a 6b route (finished); Bing climbing the same route; Bing showing a thumbs up after completing the route; Sean attempting the same route.
Unfortunately on Monday, the trad wall section was closed due to maintenance done earlier in the week. Apparently the trad wall was damaged due to wear and tear, and thus Camp5 has so efficiently repaired the wall, however the new coat of paint over the patched up areas would stain your hands if you touched it (water base paint), so they were still in the process of cleaning it on Monday. It should be done by Friday's climb though!
Unfortunately on Monday, the trad wall section was closed due to maintenance done earlier in the week. Apparently the trad wall was damaged due to wear and tear, and thus Camp5 has so efficiently repaired the wall, however the new coat of paint over the patched up areas would stain your hands if you touched it (water base paint), so they were still in the process of cleaning it on Monday. It should be done by Friday's climb though!
At 6pm, I had to leave, and Joey went shopping (girls....), so King and Sean continued bouldering for a while longer, and attempted some new overhang routes. They left soon after. All in all, it was not a very exciting climb, but it sure was good to climb after such a long time. Stay tuned for Friday's climb as Joey would be giving us some tips on lead climbing!
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