Review: Climb Central

Today is my second last day at work.

I didn't know what else to do at work anymore. Post sea games meant a lot of youtube watching and groupon travel deal hunting for me. But that got boring soooo I DECIDED TO CONVINCE THE GIRLS TO ROCK CLIMB!

Out of us four, only Daphne agreed because Syara was fasting and Joey was tired. So we made our way over after I reached work. And little did I know that was the start of a interest I never thought would see daylight.

We went to Climb Central, an indoor rock climbing place inside Kallang Wave Mall.

The one-time registration fee was $30. Subsequent visits are $20 per entrance, with a flat $6 for equipment rental. I think it's pretty fuss free because they provide harness and shoes, so I can go in heels and leave in heels.

 

 

I refuse to apologize for my vanity.

We attended a short intro course and were introduced to the two kinds of belay - the normal one and the auto-belay, which was fucking terrifying to me. I DO NOT TRUST MACHINES THEY WILL REVOLT ONE DAY.

Daphne decided to belay me first.

All taken by the brilliant Joey.

Syara and Joey went up to the second floor to watch us climb heh heh. I wish I could say I made it up the 12m wall on my first try but I pussyed out halfway because I LOOKED DOWN MY GOD ROOKIE MISTAKE.

So I went down like a ton of bricks and Daphne went up.

Unfortunately she did not make it to the top too. She gave up at around the same point I did so I belayed her down slowly, and again we switched. This time I steeled myself and forced myself to keep looking down.

And true enough, fear kept me going.

Oh my fucking god I want to make love to my red hair.











I MADE IT THE SECOND TIME!

Holy fuck towards the end, my palms started to sweat and I was terrified I'll slip off, but the idea of falling terrified me more so I just kept going up. Anytime I needed courage, I looked down. And I vowed not to fall.

Which posed a problem because when I finally did reach the top, amid cheers from the supportive girls so sweet hehe, I refused to let go off the rocks. Daphne was downstairs wondering why I'm not letting go heh heh sorry.

Eventually I shut my eyes and dropped.

Photos post-victory heh heh.

Daphne managed to climb to the top too heh, then we decided to join the girls for lunch because they've been waiting for us for a while now. I was fucking hyped and had the sickest adrenaline rush coursing through me.

Hello purple streak hehe.

Went back shortly after popeyes and started exploring the place. There was quite a wide wall for bouldering, so we decided to give it a go after watching the pros demonstrate. I asked a dude for help too. And so we tried.

Saw a lot of lazy people who refused to take off their harness when they bouldered.

I seriously thought that was a dangerous habit. Maybe it's me, but I am fucking terrified of falling and hence, my jumps are never stable. I cannot guarantee a good landing on my ass, I might slip and hit my spine on the hooks.

So pro-tip always take off your harness. Moving on, I had no problem climbing. My problem, as usual, was with letting go. I reached the top and was like, "OH FUCKING SHIT I DON'T DARE TO LET GO HOW?!"

So I shamefully climbed down.

I jumped from here and bloody near twisted my ankle.

THE FACE OF DEFEAT.

Daphne was pretty good at bouldering. She couldn't reach some of the spots I could, but she could jump without fear. So she got that going for her, which is so great WHY CAN'T I BE FEARLESS TOO FUCK.

She left for the office in a while so I continued, using mainly only the auto-belay lanes since no one was belaying me. And auto-belay terrified me. I climbed up to the top and refused to let go. I climbed back down instead lolol.

What an embarrassment.

Because the auto-belay was in the kiddy zone (6m wall), a lot of kids were hanging around and one of them pointed at me and asked her dad, "Why is she climbing the baby wall?" oh you cute kid, I could just kick you.

Decided to stop after an hour of solo climbing and headed back to office. Grabbed sushi on the way back and had a little meal time alone. Also because I am alone, it meant plenty of photo time. I do not apologize for my vanity.

All in all, it was an interesting experience and I know I'll be back. 

I liked that the place was so convenient to food, so you can chill here the whole day. And I liked that the walls are exposed, so that I am more motivated to climb because I WILL NOT LET THE ONLOOKERS SEE ME FAIL.

I'll be back!