Thursday, June 18, 2009
Yesterday zac and I went Orchard Central to try the Via Ferrata system of rock climbing. I feel that generally it's easier than normal rock wall climbing, because you're basically climbing up metal rungs. feels like climbing ladder. But it's harder than the ladder because the rungs are not arranged in a straight row. They zig zag around the wall, there're slight overhangs and all that. The troublesome thing about this is that there is no belayer. There're a whole lot of carabiners that you have to use to hook yourself to the wall so you won't fall to your death if you slip. So most of the time, I'm using one hand to hold onto the rungs, and my other hand is hooking and unhooking those carabiners.
We were supposed to climb onto this platform. I was doing fine, great even. Until zac reached the platform first together with the FEMALE instructor, and they started chatting up there like old friends. I tell you, the instructor has the hots for zac. Like so obvious! During briefing, she kept looking at zac, barely taking a glance at me. Like hello??? are you explaining to both us or him only. Then throughout the climb, she was beside him, guiding him, and no one was guiding me. Only until they reach the top then they look down and try to guide me. Nevermind. I'm pro enough to guide myself. But looking up at them chatting like they know each other for damn long, i got distracted and bashed my knee against the METAL rungs, followed by my head. So i've got bruises on my head and knees.
After we reached the platform, we're to abseil down. She was still chit chatting to zac while hooking him to the abseil equipment. Then after zac went down and it's my turn, she barely talked to me. And she didn't teach me how to abseil. She wants me to die ok! after hooking me to the equipment, she said go when I'm ready. She didn't tell me to reach this brown piece of wood on the wall with my feet, before lowering myself down. BUT i heard her telling zac. So I purposely asked, "Huh so you want me to just jump off this platform?"
She's like, "No, reach for that brown thing first!"
So i said, "yea why don't you tell me first since it's an essential step in this."
She took really really long hooking zac up to the equipment and teaching him the steps and stuff. She took about a minute to hook me up to the ropes and basically left me on my own. What a bitch.
She is LYDIA from BORDER-X at orchard central. Short bob-style hair, dyed. Anyone see her, especially girls who go with their bf, BEWARE OF HER!
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