Siu~V: skytrex high ropes adventure

Here's a clue on what this is all about.......

scream after me, Tarzan-style..........."Orr YEE-oRR yEE-oRRRrrrrr!!!"

thanks to our sports club, i had the opportunity to try out the Skytrex high elements/flying fox adventure in the lush Bukit Cahaya Agriculture Park. it's a great way to overcome one's fear of heights, also known as 'acrophobia' (luckily not the case with me). plus, if you're looking for a place to scream your lungs out or show off your tarzanic skills, well, this is it, fellas!

me and yin at the entrance; see how afraid i look already?? *_*

there's never a dull moment, except if you were the first to arrive and you had to wait for the rest of the pack

And once we hopped onto the bus that takes us deep into the jungle (where all FUN starts), we knew there was no turning back!!

oh no..what have we gotten ourselves into!!

(mark takes a sip to calm his nerves?)

The most important thing during this outing is s-a-f-e-t-y; and the second most important thing is listening very closely to the instructors and following their orders every step of the way. Do this and I'm pretty sure you can avoid even the slightest scratch or bruise by the end of the day.

Each of us wore a harness equipped with 2 carabiners and a pulley

Even to put on the harness took about 10 minutes for me! And the guy who helped me wear it kept telling me i'm too skinny for the harness, even after tightening to the max! well, as long as my ass doesn't fall out of the harness in mid-air, i'm fine.

the effect of too-tight a harness! lol

some REAL excited faces who welcomes the fear factor challenges!!

our trainer; petite looking female but she climbs like a weasel!

The briefing session just before the 'real thing' is a must as this was where we learnt how to operate and fully rely on those 'stuff' hanging around our waist. I was wondering, is this how wearing a chastity belt feels like? For beginners (like me), even to remember the word 'c-a-r-a-b-i-n-e-r' was a difficult task. Maybe i can relate it to 'Kara', the 4th judge of American Idol.

Those carabiners (metal hooks) are the only things that will save me from plopping onto the ground like a ripe tomato, in case i lose my balance and fall!

Looking peanuts to you? That's because this is only the training ground.

THIS is the real deal!!

There are 3 courses to choose from-

1) Little Adventure (30-40 mins, RM 25)

2) Extreme Challenge (min 2 hours, RM 40) - newly opened in June '09

3) Big Thrill (1.5 - 2 hours, RM 35) - ours!

These fees are on top of the RM 3 entrance fee into Bukit Cahaya.

It's like an obstacle course, and one where you have to endure on your very own with no outside help!! That is why you have to listen very carefully during the brief.

I was quite surprised that once we were up there, it was kinda like 'ok, so long, take care, hope you come back in one piece..'

So thank god we went in a group so we could look out for one another. Girls, trust me..you'll need some strong muscles to help pull you up or give you a push for that nerve-wrecking headstart during the flying fox...i know i did... heee.

some of the obstacles are a piece of cake! *bangga*

Some are slightly more challenging, like when there's no netting around me and the only thing on my mind was whether those trees can cushion my fall..errr.

The plank walk - my oh my, what big steps I will have to take.

Another kind of plank-walk where you can easily contract the 'wobbly-knee' syndrome.

They have just the cutest names for their obstacles.

This was a toughie for me and I kinda cheated by flying-foxing between those ropes! muahahaha....

Another adorable name-calling

errr this is me looking more like monkey sLy than Lara Croft...

There was also a net challenge like in those army commando training centres.

Truthfully, I never ever would have imagined myself swinging from a tree-top and lunging into a net like this...it was so much fun!

Me with Cher and errm...(whodatagain)..werr, what i'm trying to say is only a maximum of 3 persons allowed on a tree-top station at one time. And at ALL times must our carabiner be hooked onto the ropes, just in case someone accidentally elbows me or the winds blows me OFF the tree-top. Don't be like me who forgotten (twice!) to hook myself up..keke..

My favourite part of the course was the flying fox and there were about 3 or 4 times i got to do it! very very enjoyable...haaaaaa...and this coming from a girl who's afraid of roller-coasters.

Enjoying lunch after a whole lotta mid-air fun!!

Later we found ourselves some dirt bikes, so we grabbed one each to pose with..'cept me of course..huuhuu..

Too bad as the park was about to close, we didn't have time to ke-poh around doing other stuff like biking, fishing or hiking up Bukit Sapu Tangan- so we took more photos lor!

All in all, I recommend everyone to at least try this once! Of course, there'll be moments where you'll be thinking 'can i do this...dare i do that..'