Camp 5 ~ Basic Wall Rock Cimbing Course

I am curios to try out the indoor rock climbing.

We, me and my climbing buddy, Brandon, and two of his friends (Joseph and Bryan), signed up the Basic Wall Climbing course at Camp5 at 1U last week.

The course costs RM100.00 per person and it's a 4-hours long course plus RM26.00 each for new member registration. We are given a membership card card.

We are supposed to start the course at 4pm. But it was delayed till 5pm because Joseph got lost on his way to 1U from Seri Petaling. He is not familiar with KL.


Camp5 has a cafe for climbers to 'fuel up' their energy especially for those hardcore ones who are planning to climb whole day long. They have a pro-shop selling those rock climbing gears (various brands) as well.



This is the Autowall section (12 meter high) ie with an Auto belaying systems. It means that ones does not require another person to act as a belayer when climbing.



This section is the Sentinel Wall with 14 meter high.



Our instructor, Dayang (dunno why he introduced to us using that name) showing and explaining to us all the climbing gears.



From left: Joseph, Brandon and Bryan. All of them are giving 101% concentration.



There are two types for the climbing rope ie static (non-expandable) or dynamic rope (expandable upon pressure). We are using static rope for your training and actual climbing. According to Dayang, a dobule Figure-8 Follow Through-Knot is the best knot to tie on the climbing harness. And he assures us that a climber would not fall of a rope if it was being done correctly.



This is a setup for person acting as a belayer. Important: Need to check on the direction of the carabiner depending on whether a belayer is a right-handed or left-handed person. We cannot set the carabiner facing right if a belayer is a left-handed person.



We used sand bags to practice on the pulling and releasing the rope.



We practice our actual climbing and belaying on the Castle Wall (8 meter high).



We are also being reminded to have a Buddy Check system. The climber and belayer need to check against each other that all the setup is 101% correct and properly done. You just can't risk your life away.



This is the Bouldering Wall ie short climbing without rope. However, climber is encourage to have a supporter to direct the climber down to the floor in case the climber fall down.


Some of the climbing gears like powder, fingers tape and kaput punya climbing shoe. All these are available for rent at the front counter with a minimal fee.




If you ask me, I would enjoy much more when going for mountain climbing than the indoor rock climbing... lol

Anyway, this is a good experience and we are sure that we will come back for more climbing again.