Skytrek: Report

Dear SDCians..

About a month ago, 25 of us went to revisit Bukit Cahaya for its skytrek challenge. As for this time, it was kind of special gathering as some of us brought their spouse along. Hopefully we can maintain this spirit and imagine 10 years from now, the headcounts grow bigger as they will be briniging their children along. Okok..lets not dream to far, anyway, to some of us who have tried the normal trek before, this new trek was kind of tough for us. As for those who were new, this trek was really extreme to them.

"Lets go to the zoo..."

Another positive thing happenned that morning was everyone arrived the venue on time. Some of us went there straight from home and some of us had a convoy from Kelana Jaya as we took our breakfast there. Upon arriving, we alredi had our first challenge because we had to pay RM3 per person for the entry fees which were not included in the initial skytrek's fees.

Kanak-kanak Special

The atmosphere were like a bunch of school children waiting for the train-ride in Zoo when we were sitting by the side while waiting for the feeder bus to bring us to our destination. No matter how old may some of us be, everyone just throw away their mask and allow themselves to be filled with fun and laughter. The 10-mins ride in the bus were seems like turning the clock back to our kiddish era we had in the Zoo.

The empire of SDC

Upon arriving, we registered ourselves and pack our stuffs into the lockers. Then we went to collect our hardness belt and the intructors were kind enough to help us putting on properly as this belt was our lifeline throughout the journey. While it was important to get it tight, it was also important not to get too tight, which may caused discomfort to our "little half". After everyone were well-equipped, we had a briefing by the instructor of the day. The instruction were clear and there were little sense of humor as well by the instructor. Next, everyone had the first taste of skytrekking when we walked across the trial trail.

Brokeback Mountain: The Rise of Keciks

In the beginning itself we already had our muscle grilled as we had to climb a multiple feet-tall of ladder before we can proceed to the longest flying fox of the entire trail. Such experiences in the beginning were making us wondering whether did we make the right decision to attend this outing. As we were attempting trail by trail, the 'feel good' feeling came and we slowly got ourselves adjusted to the challenge in both mental and physical aspect. Eventhough some of the trail may looked simple, the height and shaky platform did gave us hell of tough time. There were this saying of "save the best for the last", and we did had the best at the end of the course. It was more like a killer indeed. You need to have a DNA of gymnast to get past that obstacle. Most of us got stucked half-way through that particular challenge. However, our Japan-bound GTF did us proud as she was one of the few who managed get through that trail.

Briefing session

After four-and-the-half hours, all 25 of us managed to graduate from the course without losing any arms, legs or mentally traumatized. Although we began to feel the strain throughout the organs in our body, the sacrifice was worthwhile as we really had fun and we felt proud of our achievement for the day. It was really Extreme to some of us who were first-timer to the course and I personally respect everyone for their perseverance along the course as none of us choose to give up along the way.

The Return of Native Boy

Coincidently same as previous year, we proceed to Asia Cafe for our meal and end the day with a belated birthday celebration for Prasanth. It was great and memorable outing indeed. Hopefully there will be another new course for us to attempt, or perhaps a 'super-extreme' trail this time.

Example how Japanese invaded our country

Let's look forward for more fun and adventurous outing !!! Paintball perhaps? Any recommendation?

Happy belated birthday, Prasanth

-Live with Passion-