Fri 16 Nov 2007
Giddy up and No child’s play
Posted by Abner under Climb
Was on mc yesterday due to diarrhea. Had to wake up a few times in the middle of the night to ride the porcelain pony. Was practically riding with my eyes wide shut. Am not sure what caused it though. Perhaps the curry laksa I ate? Mmm. Anyway a visit to the doctor and taking the med as prescribed settled it. Did some laundry and I was out to Summit to climb.
Luckily I did not shat on my belayer, which happens to be Eddie. Had a good climb yesterday for I managed to finish two 7a routes. My first 7as. So happy… but honestly I think the route was over-rated. It could be a 6C/6C+ at best. Anyway it was fun. Balance and some technical moves but not too much strength. Gave a 7B route a shot but alas… the dyno move part was not that easy. Gave up after several tries.
Oh yeah, a talent scout approached the few of us when we were resting. He said he was looking for some talent for a commercial shot. I shall not reveal who/where/when/why as it might be trade secret for now. As for how, his requirements was simple (according to him) : get it on like the guys in Yamakasi. I drew a blank at the mention of that. Actually I was amused by the suggestion, as it was directed at us. How to do wor… so hard. Yamakasi le… not child play sand wor.
Erm… did I lose you back there on the Yamakasi thing? Well check the video out so you know what I am talking about.
In one sentence Yamakasi means a practitioner of art of displacement (parkour), free running, street stunts and other types of acrobatics. Wikipedia
Yamakasi I cannot. Kamikaze I should have no problem. So any of your friends can do it? I would be waiting to see the outcome of this ad. Interesting to have some talents like this in Malaysia.
Check out the movie if you have never seen or heard it before. It’s a French movie though.

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