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Trying to finish Cyprus trip. Four new videos uploaded into previous posts.

After trotting around Southeast Asia over the summer, I'm now back in the UK - Cambridge to be exact. Am trying my best to update as frequently as my clinical course will allow.

Entries on Italy and France two winters ago have been put on hold indefinitely. Read: possibly never. But we shall see.

Entries on Greece and Turkey last winter have also been put on hold for the time being.

Posted:
Don Det (Laos), Don Khone

Places yet to blog about:
Ban Nakasang, Champasak, Pakse, Tha Kaek, Vientienne, Vang Vien, Ban Phoudindaeng, Luang Prabang, Khon Kaen (Thailand), Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), London (England), Cambridge

Wednesday 29 June 2005

wall climbing & bouldering

dear emilyn...

what a day!...seriously!...phew!...did something completely out of the ordinary...something unusual for once...well kinda...met up with shanti n irvin...n we went to summit usj to do some wall climbing n bouldering...it's been 4 years since me n shanti did something like this at obs...

sorry we didn't call u but we knew u wouldn't b interested in this kinda stuff...we did call yinn yinn n shangari...but they couldn't make it...so it was just me, irvin n shanti...rather sporting of her though...she being the only girl...but then again...she's into stuff like this...so it wasn't really surprising...

we had a blast though!...after a quick n brief lecture n the safety procedures n all...just to jog back our memories since obs...like tying the figure of 8s...belaying n stuffs...we went to climbing immediately...we (well me n shanti) tried the 5b's n 5b+'s...all of them...seriously tired out...by the time i tried the 5c one...didn't have enough energy in my hands to pull myself up...seriously...there was a sense of helplessness where i just simply couldn't push myself up to the next footing...or even hold on to the footing to rest...so i just had to give it up...but that was almost to the end already...will keep that for another day...coz i'll definitely return

we tried traversing...along the walls horizontally...n bouldering...which was fun...coz u didn't need the uncomfortable harness...n it's n interesting route to climb...tried that like four or five times...coz u didn't need a belayer too...so we all did that...fun!

while climbing...we also rested...sat down...n chatted...caught up on each other...discussed philosophy...which was surprisingly interesting...n definitely something different for a change...a weird day of unusual-ness today...heh...

damn tired now...my hands don't ache though...yet...i'm pretty much sure they're gonna ache like hell tomorrow...they're just numb at the moment...lifeless...can't even lift up anything light...not to mention typing...tiring...but the thought of blogging it makes it bearable...i'm practically resting my wrists heavily on the keyboard...heh...damn...how ar?...i have work tomorrow...

haih...anywayz...i'm not complaining...i truly enjoyed myself for once...it's been a long time since i last had a workout like this one...n i'll truly go back there to work out like maybe once in a week...i have a climbing kaki now...heh...irvin...he's such a fanatic...n a pro at the same time though...so that's it i guess...really wanna rest...tomorrow's gonna b a long day...

cheers
k

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