Am sure everyone except me has already been to the new MadMonkeyz gym at Wangsa Maju. As I have been in Vietnam for a holiday, I was unable to attend their opening ceremony and still have yet to visit them. So all my knowledge of the place is from their website.

I hope climbers who have been there themselves can add to what I provide below. The website of MadMonkeyz can be found at http://www.madmonkeyzclimbing.com for more information.

…. I’ve just spent the last half hour typing something about this gym based on what I have read about it on but a glitch in the computer has erased all my work and suddenly I dont feel compelled to rewrite it…. but I shall in brief. I cant say much anyway because I have not been there myself and I would welcome any comments from whomever has gone there to contribute their views and feelings about the gym.

From the pictures that I have seen, it looks like the gym has two levels, operating from a 3 story shoplot occupying the top two floors. The 1st floor is more for beginners and has very basic walls while the top floor has more advanced routes with lots of overhangs, and a roof.

The colours of the gym added to the pristinely clean surfaces free of black marks from climbing shoes and chalk on the holds adds to a clinical view of the gym. It looks like it belongs on the starship enterprise NC1701. It looks so clean and virgin… almost embarrassingly so. But I believe this wont last for long and as the number of visitors to this gym increases, so will its battle hardened looks reveal itself in due time, much to the relief and self pride of all.

The pictures of the lower (beginner) section shows quite sparsely populated walls. The holds are probably reserved for the more advanced walls upstairs which brandish a greater selection of routes and bouldering opportunities. In time I would guess the beginner section would see more routes created and perhaps even more advanced problems to cater to the increase in the number of regular climbers hungry for challenging routes. It would be interesting to see how fast the routes get added and how this gym evolves in the time to come.

The 2nd floor looks quite dark. This is probably due to the obstructing protrusions of the walls blocking natural light from the window. I hope that there will be adequate lighting else boudlerers will need to wear a head torch. It looks also that the 2nd floor may be quite hot and stuffy when filled with crazy testosterone pumped climbers. Please someone confirm with me that this place is fully air conditioned?

The website for MadMonkeyz is yet to be updated with more information, and so far my attempts to get more information from them has not yielded a response. I dont know whether there are showers there or whether we can buy a drink or some simple food at the gym. I am even unsure of where the gym is. The map below provided from MadMonkeyz is lacking some landmarks on the MRR2 highway. I am really unsure where on the MRR2 highway the turnoff is. Looks like you need to be pretty familiar with Wangsa Maju to find this gym with that map… and since I am not familiar, I cant find it.

I hope to make a trip soon to MadMonkeyz gym to find out more about this place first hand and also to find out where it is, so I can include a google map of the location to clarify its exact location at Wangsa Maju. For those who have already been to the gym and therefore have comments about it to share, please do share them here for others to see. I shall write again about my first hand experiences once first hand experiences are available.

Regards
Zee