It has long dreamed of trying to rock climbing on natural terrain. Before that, it was possible to climb only indoors and outdoors on specially equipped with hooks pipe, but it’s all completely that It was interesting to climb it on the rocks. And in glorious the city of Vang Vieng in Laos, I finally stood out such opportunity. This pleasure cost 130.000 kip (500 rub) with man for the so-called half-day sports enjoyment. On in fact, we climbed, of course, less.
There was an opportunity to go on this entertainment in the first half. of the day, but we slept lazily and ordered a “lesson” for the afternoon time.
Slowly came to an hour at the appointed place, extinct climbing shoes (good, I knew the principle of how they should sit, explanations of the girls working there, we would not understand), we gathered the rest of the equipment and we set off on a special way Imported for us tuk-tuk. A few fun minutes of the road to rattling local transport, fast walking along a small original village – and we are in place.
Instructor we got a laconic and slightly indifferent. In two semi-English words explained how to insure man hooked a safety device to me, handed me rope – and climbed fasten carbines on the rock. And I stood in horror down below, trying to intuitively understand when to release the rope, when to pull. But she coped with the task and even received praise, like a good insurer! The most terrible, it turns out, not to insure, while the man climbs, and lower him down! Especially if this descending almost twice as heavy as you. I already flew sometimes when she released the rope too sharply.
Rock Climbing in Laos
Part of the necessary climber
We were given all the necessary gear, even climbing shoes.
The instructor shows how to attach the carbine to the harness
The learning process is in full swing
My first partner insurance experience
To insure a person is more terrible than to climb
To insure a person is more terrible than to climb
The tracks we climbed were not the most simple, as the instructor told us, that’s why I am even more full of pride in herself. Natural relief is very strong different from the standard walls with hooks in the hall. First, in Unlike artificial, natural surface is all one colors, and it is not always clear what to grab here. And while not hand you will feel, and you will not understand, and whether you can hold on to it. Secondly, you can slightly cheat, grasping at random growing on the route liana. And although our instructor is laughing and told us that this is rock-climbing and not climbing trees, but not I could not succumb to this temptation.
Sometimes on the route there are auxiliary elements in the form the first
For the first time on a lively terrain!
For the first time on a lively terrain!
The top point is reached!
It is very important that an experienced person insure. Not once to me personally it seemed that I kept and did not fall just because pulling up the rope, the instructor helped me a lot. And the most fun in rock climbing is a descent (again, with an experienced insurer), when, reaching the desired height, you rightfully with the breeze you fly swiftly down the rope, periodically pushing off feet from the rocks.
First climbing steps
Higher and higher
Higher and higher
And the most interesting thing is to get down!
We were glad that for the beginning we took only half a day of classes because rock climbing implies a pretty heavy load on all the muscles, and personally I got used out of habit pretty quickly, my hands were shaking.
Rock climbing perfectly develops almost all the muscles!
Rock Climbing in Laos
The instructor below gives tips in Lao English
Tired but pleased with their new venture
After eating free banana and the same free water, we headed to the nearby river in order to swim and jump with a five-meter bungee towers. For the first time flew so long over the water on the cable and This is truly a strong impression! The main thing when you jump, watch where you fly so as not to accidentally please in passing down the boat. Because of this, Oleg had to rock a little bungee back and forth, before jumping into the water. Good fun, fun! There would be more clean water, so generally beautiful it would be, and then jumping into the floating garbage is somehow not quite cool. After swimming and jumping, we rested a bit and were again ready to go to the rocks, but our time has come to an end and just drove back to town.
So we flew a bungee over the river
Landing almost the boat is not quite fun.
That tower, where we jumped
Another landing almost in the boat
After bathing, wet and contented
Climbing is generally beautiful and very useful. entertainment, which is much more interesting to do in kind relief. Eh, still the equipment would not weigh so much, it would be completely OK!
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