Archive for August, 2007

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GOOD THINGS ABOUT ROCK CLIMBING 01

August 14, 2007

GOOD things about ROck climbing

good thing abt ROCK CLIMBING 01

 

Hi GTZ,

Story above is one of a good example of how useful Rock Climbing in our daily life is. However, good application of Rock Climbing in daily life starts from having good technical knowledge.

The story above uses some of the gears of Rock cllimbing. However, the application of the in the story has been planned with sufficient technical knowledge and support before it’s being illustrated. Do not simply follow without proper instructions and expert guidance.

TECHNICAL INFOMATION:
As all of you can see, the rope used is a should be a leftover static rope. If u use a good rope, U are trying to retire it… A static rope holds a load better, but it’s not meant for climbing. This is due to the unstretchable characteristic of a static rope that’s unable to absorb impact. It’s as stiff as a cable. Normally, ppl use it for abseiling, hauling, rope climbing and fixed rope.

As for the carabiner. When locking a carabiner onto a system that is going to be loaded with big load,  always remember to twist the lock half round to the reverse lock direction. This can prevent lock of the locking carabiner from jaming due to the heavy load that stresses the gate and the threads.

Note that all climbing equipment that is used directly on a climber (does not include accessories) is designed in such a way to take minimum of 20kN (about 1.9 tons). So, pulling up a car vertically is not a problem, but not a falling car.

The intructions of a few related knots is in the pdf file at the link below. Do download it and have some time practicing it. U never know when U’ll need it.

Download here:
Download KNOTS FOR ROCK CLIMBING

Happy climbing

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BREAKING NEWS!!! GTZ will be interviewed by The Stars at Damai Wall at 3p.m. today!!!

August 11, 2007

Wake up people…. wake up!!! Shiwen had just informed me that the Stars will be interviewing Green Trekkerz Members at 3p.m., Damai Wall today.

This interview is arranged by our HR Minister of GTZ, Beatrice Lee Kar Ling.  I understand that Shi Wen, Ee Mei, Jie Hong, Kenny Low, Choon Meng (Poksy), Beatrice will be our team there. Our much awaited spokeperson for GTZ, Steve Yap will have to give this a miss this time!!! I guess he has something urgent to attend to… sigh…

Having said that, I believe all of you, yes you… are able to bring GTZ to the next level.  Today…. we now creating public awareness. Tomorrow… we will have more eager GTZ joining us. Really looking forward to it !!! Ale Ale!!! :D

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2ND GREENTREKKERZ ANNUAL DINNER & CONVENTION 2007

August 8, 2007

gt-annual-dinner-2.jpgGreentrekkerz at AHLOK’s

Well guys and girls, as the title suggests. Its that time of the year again. The day we stop monkeying around and start cookin’.  Greentrekkerz and co. presents, besides being a dinner and convention,  The cook-out of the year!!!!!!!. Yes, everyone, prepare your ultimate culinary skills and show us what you can do. 

 I came to this conclusion (as I am not very democratic) of a pot-luck as a BBQ would be very troublesome and will mess up the verandah of which I have no interest in cleaning till the wee hours of the morning. A steamboat would be difficult knowing our increasing number of members. So to feed all the hungry climbers, I believe that there will be enough food once everyone brings something. Also, I am giving the opportunity for Greentrekkerz’s many diverse members to show off their specialities. Person who brings the best dish will have bragging rights for the entire year.

 Some Details:

 START TIME :  5pm…..(Those who wanna use my kitchen to prepare food, can come earlier)

VENUE             :  30, Jalan Tropicana Utama, Tropicana Golf & Country Resort, 47410, Petaling Jaya, Selangor  (Which is my house larrrrrrrr)

DATE              :  31st August 2007   OR   1st September 2007   (Depending on whether there is a trip on the 1st). 

MENU             : As mentioned above, a pot-luck.

WHO MUST ATTEND: All Greentrekkerz members.

WHO CAN ALSO ATTEND: Pretty much everyone, bring on your friends, boyfriends, gurlfriends,parents,relatives, children, gay & lesbian partner……etc.etc.

EVENT RATING:   U, suitable for the whole family………………………..But don’t blame me if the event turns into 18SX or  18SG after the drinking sessions.

Now, I know that not everyone should bring food, we also need drinks, liquer, snacks & drugs….

Also, take note of the need for appetizers, starters, dessert, etc. etc.

 So guys and gurls, please propose on the comments section of this post and tell me what would you all like to bring. Then we can discuss about whether we have a good & balanced menu. I know that most of you will take the easy way out and just bring something easy to make, but please, if you want it to be easy, you can buy something from a restaurant and claimed you cooked it yourself also :)    We promise we won’t ridicule you  (yeah right).

Program for the night:

Usually for dinners like these, we just sit around and stuff ourselves and have a good laugh. However, this time, it would be great if a creative person could come up with some games or activities. I know we will watch some videos but here is my preview of some activities:

 i) Opening Speech by Greentrekkerz president.

ii)  Discussion of the future of the society by all who wanna speak up.

iii) Nomination for positions in the society (the last time we did this everybody was high, lets finalise this one) .

iv) Speech on safe climbing by Mr. Kenny Low (I think lots of new climbers need to hear this one).

v)  Sales session by the team behind CRUX climbing pants.

vi) Sales talk by Deltarovers about new stocks (expecially CAMP & Mad Rock products)

 AND FINALLY

vii) Drunken storytelling session by drunken Greentrekkerz President. Our Yang Berhormat, Proffesor Meng.

(Just kidding larrrr poksy :)

Do me a favour guys and gurls, invite as many potential members as you can. The only ticket for the event is contributing food ( and of course drag them to bring enough cash to pay the membership fees and become Greentrekkerz members).

Do mention if there are any muslim friends coming as we would need to make sure they have dishes that they can eat.

So ladies and gentlemen, honourable members of GreenTrekkerz, the greatest amateur climbing society in Malaysia, please give me your feedback and please confirm your participation and don’t forget, state what you wanna contribute to the menu and also possible activities & games we can entertain ourselves, during the night

warmest regards everyone,

AH LOK KOR

If I left anything out of the post, do correct me…..

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Proposed Trip–2days1nite Camping

August 6, 2007
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31st Aug 2007, 7.30pm– Gathering @ Alok’s bungalow.
1Sept 2007(12.00pm)2Sept 2007(8pm) –2days1nite (light&easy) Camping at Chilling, OR needs a hard core one!
*’ONLY‘ for gtz members.

 *Terms & Conditions Applied

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Kemensah Abseiling Photos

August 3, 2007

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