1. ORGANIZER
1.1 Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Wilayah Persekutan
1.2 Putrajaya Corporation
1.3 Extreme Sports Association of Malaysia
2. WITH COOPERATION
2.1 Mad Monkeyz Climbing Gym
2.2 Climbing Instructor Academy (CIA)
3. PARTICIPATION
3.1 This is a team event
1 team : 2 men & 1 woman
4. CATEGORY
4.1 Open Team Category
Quota : 30 team
5. EVENT DISCIPLINE
5.1 Bouldering
5.2 Speed Climbing
Jabatan Belia dan Sukan
Wilayah Persekutuan
6. REGISTRATION
6.1 Registration form to be email to shah2412@gmail.com
6.2 Registration closed on 19 November 2009.
7. COMPETITION FORMATE
7.1 Each team should do bouldering and speed climbing.
7.2 Each team has to collect points in bouldering and speed to determine the
winner.
7.3 Bouldering :
• 10 minutes will be given for each [...]

I have visited the gym yesterday and have seen many newby climbers and some familiar regulars as well, who are now busying themselves doing project routes on the massive overhanging wall there. The beginners are crowding the top rope routes at the back of the overhanging wall.

I have spoken to Shah (a.k.a. Abang Long) who manages the gym and he has informed me of some interesting facts that I shall hope to share with you all.

The gym is now open to the public. There is no entrance fee at present. Entry is FREE! Until prices have been finalized. So take advantage [...]

Its been common knowledge amongst a select few people that this gym is now open to climbers. It is open from 10am to 8pm on weekdays and 10am to 10pm on weekends. Equipment can be rented although I am not sure yet how much this will be charged. We are also not sure yet how the training offerings will be structured.

I will go today and speak to Abang Long about these various things and will post it tomorrow.

At the moment entrance is free and will be for some months until a more thorough pricing policy is decided.

So its great that [...]

So many people have been asking us when this gym is finally going to open. The climbing walls have been completed a year ago and the building around it has been ready since late last year. From time to time we go back to the Putrajaya Challenge Park climbing gym to gaze through the enclosed climbing walls lying silent and lonely behind the glass doors. There is no one inside, and outside, there is a guard who sits around watching as visitors look on into the facility.

The news article in The Star said June 2009 would be when it opens [...]

I didnt  exactly have a good experience climbing in Hong Kong. In fact, I didnt have any experience at all. The weeks prior to my trip there I made numerous attempts at contacting the climbing community there which yielded no result. Emails went unanswered and requests for more information was also to find no response.

Trying to connect to the community I tried going to the YMCA with a climbing gym in it and perhaps hook up with some climbers there. I managed to get some directions to Beacon Hill which is just off the Kowloon Tong station
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Taxi driver [...]

Sorry that lately there have been no updates on this site. It is in a way because I have grown tired of being the only one updating it even if we have a list of contributors who are able to log in themselves and add content about their experiences and news. I have received lots of support from friends and strangers online and offline… but for the most part support has been of the lip service variety, and only a few individuals made the effort to contribute anything, and to those few I say thank you very much.

For all those [...]

A few months ago a group from Singapore had come down to stay at Volleyball court wall (Batu Caves) and sought help for accommodation and such. Having helped them get this, I then had a day of climbing with them and also dinner. It rained a little but otherwise I hoped they had enjoyed themselves. The group climbed normally at the SAFRA Yishun Country Club, Yishun Singapore, which is one of many community clubs for the use of the Singapore national service (NS) men and their families. There is a day climbing charge there of some 16 Singapore Dollars and [...]

A while ago, we posed some QnA to MadMonkeyz to get more information about the history of this gym. Due to their extremely busy schedules from first opening, we were unable to get a response from the founders. But as per below now they have gotten back to us.

Thanks to Lok Hon San (or Ah Lok as he is known) for the answers to the questions below. Also the slideshow is from pictures donated by MadMonkeyz.

1. Who started it or who are involved in it? A list of names and pictures
will be quite good info.

Wong Shi Wen, Lok Hon San

2. [...]

The Noble House and SloPony Adventures

The Noble House  stands slightly obscure amidst the madness of the main Catba harbour street called 1/4. The 2nd floor of the Noble house is home to SloPony adventure company. Run by two American climbers Onslo Carrington and Erik Ferjentsik (a.k.a “Pony”… I never got round to asking why) whom have (in their love for east asia and climbing) come down to Vietnam and invested their time, money and energy to develop climbing routes around Catba island and the surrounding islands.

On a backpacking trip across Vietnam, I arrived at Catba island at a very [...]

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 [...]