Last Saturday was the first wall climbing competition my second daughter attended as a participant since she started this sport seriously. It was held at the Putrajaya Extreme Park Centre. She was one of the youngest participants. Interestingly, there was no age limit. She had to compete with the adults!
Me and her.
Here is some of the walls that the participants had to climb. The various sponsors of the competition had their logos mounted on the walls. Behind the plastic line is where the competitors as well as spectators had to wait. At this point when this picture was taken, the participants and spectators were just coming in.
Briefing time by the organisers.
Safety briefing is important. Note the wild angle of some of the walls!
Mu daughter all decked out and waiting for the competition to start.
The first wall she tackled. They called this "boldering". Points will be given to climbers on style and speed (there are other references but I can't remember them). For this set of walls, no safety lines are required as it is not high and there is cushion.
The scary walls...
Even looking at her climbing the high wall makes me shiver!
Climbing a new wall.
She looks like spiderman!
Another wall.
I cringe when she had to do a maneuver that requires her to jump to the next set of footholds.
Other participants competing.
The speed climbing wall.
Final picture of her ...
Prize giving ceremony. She actually won something!
Group photo of the climbers.
Below is the result sheet. She got 30th placing.
