Escaping from a a very cold and snowy winter here in the European Alps i decided to book a flight to Kuala Lumpur.

Wondering if there are any possibilities for climbing i discovered the web and i found this informative homepage. I got in touch with the putra climb community and  i was able to find climbing partners too.

Camp5
First i have been in Camp5 together with Zee. Camp5 is a big gym with a lot of possibilities. After some sportive activities we went together with friends of Zee for dinner and to discuss some holiday and – of course – climbing [...]

It was my first trip to Tambun so was not sure what to expect. I had heard that the routes there are no child’s play so I was quite intimidated even before we arrived at the site. Jan was kind and led me to a 5c on lead as warm up. After topping another route, I got the chance to tackle the Needle. As I struggled to find my way up, I find myself molesting the rocks with my arms and legs. Definitely nothing graceful or clean about my ascent, good thing nobody had a camera [...]

The day was slightly drizzly. From Kuala Lumpur we came in 4 cars, starting early in the morning. Some leaving at 7am to beat the traffic northwards for the long weekend break. We made it to Ipoh in 2 hours, straight into the heart of town to satisfy our hunger with a nice Dim Sum breakfast. Ipoh is famous for this and we found the popular Dim Sum places packed with people at 945am. This is late for Ipoh standards, but the place was still jam packed with families and shouting waitresses. They were quite “triad-like” in their treatment of [...]

Ipoh is  located some 2.5 hours drive north of Kuala Lumpur via the convenient North South Highway (PLUS). Traffic signs leading to Ipoh are very well displayed even from parts of Kuala Lumpur. Just make sure you follow the bright green signs (which in Malaysia indicates a tollway/highway/motorway) and not the blue signs (these can lead you into long winding country roads with lots of potholes, trucks and will take you significantly longer that 2.5 hours).

Ipoh is a very picturesque town surrounded by limestone hills and was previously founded to support the growing tin mining industries run by the british. [...]