I
was asked to go to Skytrex, Shah Alam several years back by my friends and if I
remember correctly, I was not interested back then.
Recently,
I read in an article that Skytrex is a place to get your adrenaline pumping
with its extreme activities. So, that’s when I decided to give it a try by booking
my slot and invited my husband, sister-in-law and niece to join the fun and
excitement. I successfully convinced them to go for the Extreme Challenge
(which is the most difficult challenge in their circuit).
We
booked the earliest slot at 8.30am on 26 September 2015 and was asked to be at
Taman Botani, 30 minutes before the actual time. Prior entering Taman Botani,
we have to pay RM3.00 to park our car just outside Taman Botani. We arrived at
7.45am and there was ample parking. We
waited for the guides to arrive. Our meeting point was at the green guardhouse.
Our
guide arrived and took everyone’s attendance. We were asked to pay RM3.00 for
each adult as entrance fee to Taman Botani. After that, we were asked to board
a bus as the bus will take us 3km inside the 817 hectares forest of Taman
Botani Negara, Shah Alam.
Upon
arrival at their little counter, the guides took our attendance again. We were
given a short briefing by the guides and asked to fill up and sign a disclaimer
form. Then, we were handed with our pre-booked gloves. If you did not
purchase a set off gloves during booking, it is advisable to purchase the said
gloves as we were told that your hands will be holding the cables. The gloves
have to be hard material, i.e. PVC gloves and not cotton gloves. The gloves
cost RM5.00 per pair excluding GST. Other facilities provided are:-
- lockers; prices start from RM3 for
small, RM4 for medium and RM5 for large lockers with RM10 deposit (to be
refunded upon returning the keys to the lockers);
- bottle holder with a rental charge
of RM2;
- cold drinks
After
that, we were asked to proceed to another counter for the guides to put the
harnesses on us. Once the harnesses were fitted for the 25 participants in the
slot, we were asked to go to the starting station for the start of our extreme
challenges!
We were presented with a confusing looking contraption with a crampon-like thing on each side of a short cable. Everyone was playing idiotically with the contraption trying to figure out how it worked but having no success. Our guide then explained to the group how the “link-It” device works and demonstrated that one side (which is in a “C” shape and has an opening for a cable) must be connected properly to a cable before the clamp on the other side is able to be opened so that it can also be attached
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| Link-It |
This one at a time theory is so that once connected, it is almost impossible to accidentally free yourself as one of the clips will have to be attached at any time. Of course the question everyone had was how you eventually leave the cable once you’re back down. Thankfully there was a bit of free cable at the end, so that you could attach to the cable and then slide off the side. After a few minutes of playing everyone seemed to get the hang of it and we proceeded to the initiation.
Our first challenge was to climb up a ladder (approximately 5 metres) to a platform. Then using the “link-it” device, we have to go across to another platform. After that, it was flying fox, climb up a ladder again, flying fox, monkey bar, walk on the single cable, bicycle ride on the cable (seriously this is no fun as everybody was unable to stop and not enough of cushioning and you will CRASH!), walking across U-shape ropes, walking into the nets.
Please be reminded to read the instructions on each platform as to what to do. If you see only a single cable hanging, it means, flying fox. Also, certain platforms only allowed 2 or 3 persons to be there and certain platforms, there are no guides!! Always remember what the front person is doing and copy what he/she was doing and shout for HELP if you need to. The people in your group are friendly to help you out.
For bookings and more information, please visit:
http://www.skytrex-adventure.com
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| Climbing up the ladder |
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| Using the skills that you have learnt to good use and SAVE YOURSELF! |
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| Walking on "U" ropes |
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| Check out the "U" ropes |
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| The "U" rope walk |
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| U rope |
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| Single cable walk |
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| Inside our bus for our ride back to the guard house |
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