Putrajaya Challenge Park to open in June 2009
Mar 18th, 2009 | By putra | Category: Featured Page, Putrajaya Challenge Parkthe star
Tuesday March 17, 2009
By GEETHA KRISHNAN
A park for extreme sports will soon be opened in Putrajaya and it will be scoring a number of firsts.
The Putrajaya Challenge Park in the southern part of the city straddles Precincts 5 and 20, covering 46.73ha in Taman Selatan.
Possibly the largest in South-East Asia, it incorporates three key elements designed to give thrill seekers the time of their lives. The RM38mil park is 99% complete and is set to open in June.
Besides extreme sports, the park also hopes to draw those into passive sports like walking and jogging.
Putrajaya Corporation landscape and parks department (parks development) deputy director Haslinda Khalid during a recent media tour said the components for the extreme sports were the Wall Climbing Complex, Skate Park and Bike Trail.
“Every effort has been taken to preserve the park’s topography and slope disturbance was kept to a minimum. Landscaping was done along the natural contours so sports enthusiasts will have the chance to appreciate the flora and fauna during their adventures,” she said.
“The overall design conforms to international standards because we hope to hold national and international competitions here. The park is also meant for recreation sports and organised or corporate training,” Haslinda added.
The focus of the 2,100sq m Wall Climbing Complex is the colourful trapezional climbing wall stretching 42m wide, 42m long and 20m high. To cater for novice and expert climbers, the wall is divided into the beginners’ wall, competition wall, speed wall, advance wall and boulder.
Kids can also experience the fun of climbing by attempting to clamber up the kiddie wall.
“We sought the advice of the Youth and Sports Ministry and input from the National Climbers Association to design and build the complex,” said Haslinda.
The competition wall is said to be among the highest in the world.
Stretchmarks Asia managing director and established climber Patrick Andrey, who was present during the media tour, said the other wall was located in an indoor climbing gym in Scotland.
National climber Hafzanizam Bokhari, 25, wsa on hand to give a demonstration. Apart from winning two Asian X-Games silver medals, he is now ranked 14th in the world for the lead-climbing category.
Asked about his climbing experience in Putrajaya, Hafzanizam described the wall as having an 8A+ difficulty.
In the event of a competition, the complex has standing room for 2,000 at the spectators arena.
Other facilities include warm-up rooms, changing rooms, administrative block, cafeteria, kitchen area, a surau and parking bays.
Once the complex is open, trainers will be stationed there to guide climbers and offer tips. Climbing equipment will be available for rental.
A short drive away is the 2,600sq metre Skate Park designed for skating activities with numerous bowl steps, railings and mini-vert ramps.
The large skate arena is best viewed from the first floor of the small complex.
he Bike Trail near the Skate Park has two components, Free Ride Park and Fun Bike Park.
According to Haslinda, the Free Ride Park offers a 9.1km trail for mountain biking with obstacles like the core trail loop, XC loop, downhill, downhill fun ride, free cross and slope style line.
“The trail is built within the jungle setting with natural canopies for shade. The Fun Bike Park is suitable for pump track biking, dirt jumps with north shore element and slope- style jumps,” she added, while watched pump bike enthusiast Kresten Stets, 40, tackle the obstacles.
The Ridgeline Park or natural metropolitan park is built within the Challenge Park to offer basic facilities such as lookout tower, gazebo, platforms and foot trails.
As a garden city, Putrajaya was designed to incorporate 12 parks.
The Challenge Park is the ninth park set to open under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. Three other parks will be opened using funds from the Tenth Malaysia Plan.
Yep.
Its open to the public already.
putra
Think its all available for the public to use already….. i have been using the bikepark for some time.. climbers.. drop by and take peek there..
^^
Hi There,
We share your disappointed that it is not open yet. We have heard no news of it opening at any time soon due to it being gridlocked in government procedure. We will inform people via this site and on facebook when the gym is open. But as of now, we have no clue when this is going to be. The building and the walls have been ready and waiting for a year plus now with no movement on the ground to open it to the public. The doors are locked and the walls stand majestically locked up inside away from climbers, lonely.
Regards,
putra
hey all, its been a month. Any news of the opening? Has any1 went to check the place out?
I went there a few days ago. Yup, looks like it will only open after Rahmadan.
Still pretty much the same from the my last visit – no furniture in the office and cafeteria. But, at least, the water is connected.
Sigh…
Its not me that opens it…..
Com’on guys, you cannot delay it so much, I’ll go home without any chance to give it a try…
i heard is after Rahmadan…
However, i think i will go there within this week to check it out…
guys
on august 10 was official hand over from the main con to the client. the operators have been practicing for a while, so you can expect the gym to open to the public very soon. the exact date i cannot give you, since we are not involved with the operation and there was a grace period planned to let the interior design to be installed (reception, lockers, furniture and such)
hye guys ??
is it open already ??
hi guys, so is the gym opening on schedule? When can the public start using the facilities?
lompek AKA suhaimi, ex BLOCX staff.
Hi everyone, don’t know how i got myself into this website. Might as well register and tag along…… only when the time comes… like whose Lompek?
Hi Patrick,
Thats good to know. Who is managing the gym in the end?
Am not sure who Lompek is…. but he seems to know you.
Regards,
Zee
today we had hand over inspection and training for the operators. you can expect the gym be operational mid of august.
btw, who is lompek?
Hi Bajee,
Actually the gym is quite fast to get to if you know the right way. The way you took goes through putrajaya itself and is really long.
What you do is from KL you take the Maju Expressway, then exit through the toll left toward putrajaya… but you dont go into putrajaya, there will be another sigh shortly that says Dengkil. Follow this sign and it will take you on to a main highway road… about 4 lanes wide on one side (B15 road). You will go for some2 or 3 km. You should be able to see the Putrajaya Convention Centre building (on top of a hill in the distance… it looks like a UFO) and the lake on your left. Keep following Dengkil signs and you will be asked to turn left into a slip road, turn left immediately following the slip road, before the chinese cemetary.
THis will lead you into a kampung area, where you will see signs on the right to the Putrajaya Challenge Park.
You can also find the google map with the location of the PCP gym here. The road you want to take there is the B15 road.
Regards,
Zee
Went there to find the gym few days back and yeah as what ‘nighthart’ said, good luck finding the place.. it took us about 45 mins then only we managed to find the place but the gate was closed because the time was close to 7.30 p.m already.. We went to ask some guy ( near the aquatic center) they said the Putra Xtreme park most probably will open somewhere in mid or end of July 2009, but of course there is confirmation about this. When u in somewhere around putrajaya, just head to Precincts 20 not 5.. yes u need to go to precincts 5 first then only u`ll find 20.. just follow precincts 20 untill u see ‘Tanah perkuburan putrajaya’ (yes, we were there around 7.30 when we realized its cemetery), u just go straight then u should be able to see the place..
heard d date on 30th..dis tuesday..
but………………………….jus wait n see
can wait to see an opening gym near to my hometome ……. by the way … patrick long time no see so how ur doin … heheheh
hahahaha…
so much for the “Open in June”…
hmmm…. Maybe the Reporter have written wrong, it should be “open in june 2010″??
Hi Lili,
Unfortunately it has shown no sign of opening yet.
Regards,
Zee
The map to the gym is already given on google maps at the location below:
http://www.putraclimb.com/2008/11/putrajaya-challenge-park/
Regards,
Zee
can u show da map ??
has it open?
Yes there are a few free gyms mostly owned by the government scattered around the country.
However they are normally not maintained and are in doubtful safety.
If you want a free one in the Klang Valley, the best you can find is probably at Shah Alam Extreme Park.
Click on the link above for directions and more information
Regards,
putra
Went there to check it out yesterday (good luck finding the place to you).
Sad to say but the place is empty apart from the walls you see in the photos. Not a soul in sight.
Talked to a guard, and was informed that some water and piping works yet to be done. At least another 2 months before it is ready for the public, though the facilities look really promising, so keep your fingers X!
are there free gym to climb??
No one knows the exact date unfortunately. Hopefully soon. The star article says June or July…… but it doesnt look likely.
OMG! I can’t waiiiiiiiit!!
Anyone know the exact date?
i cant wait for this opening !!!
at least i have a activities to do that i like …..
yeahhh
i cant wait for this openin!!
would like to know if they need staff
zee
why, if I put up a comment, it is not published on this website?
“We sought the advice of the Youth and Sports Ministry and input from the National Climbers Association to design and build the complex,” said Haslinda.
Hahaha. That’s the joke of the century
“Every effort has been taken to preserve the park’s topography and slope disturbance was kept to a minimum. Landscaping was done along the natural contours so sports enthusiasts will have the chance to appreciate the flora and fauna during their adventures,” she said. THAT is the joke of the millenium