Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Climbing up

There is much work. The AsiaWater 2010 exhibition just finished, Im working on a partner research for a Danish company, a market research of the ICT market is waiting along with a general look at a development project called Iskandar.
But everything is not hard work - or it is, but not at the embassy.

Its hard work to go climbing in the climbing studio Camp5. I have blisters on 4 of my fingers and very sore musles. Dont worry, we did not go high this time - instead we were doing what we call "bouldering". Going low, but practising skills and technique. Dont relax too much, because bouldering is actually more dangerous than real climbing. In climbing you have your robe, so you would never fall more than a meter. In bouldering you dont climb high, but you dont have a robe either. You can easily fall more than a meter with only the madras beneth you to catch you (at least if your bouldering partner is not paying attention to "guide" your fall).

I had a visit from a Dutch friend, that I meet in Laos, and he has been climbing for many years. He was teaching us some basics and he made it look so easy! He was a really good teacher but now he has gone again - so I need a new teacher. But I can feel that I get better - even though it cost me some blisters in my palms (aw putting shampoo in your hair in the morning is really not a easy thing!).