Heh well back from caving... wonderful experience... get to add more orh chehs to my already growing collection.. if this continues on i'll never be able to wear shorts out again... ever.. haha!
well i have to say caving is really fun... and contrary to wat pple normally think.. the entrances to caves are not these huge gaping holes u see in movies.. haha those are probably bear caves?? heh anyways it's more common to find caves with really small entrances..
yup so caving is NOT a sport for the... meaty type? haha i guess it all depends on the cave u go but the one i went.. it was really squeezy at some places..
well anyway the cave i went was called Labertouche (say Lah-Ber-Toosh) .. it's a granite cave... lots of nice shiny gold coloured flakes on the rocks.. haha... from one opening to the next... its only ard 300m ON THE SURFACE... aka it's DISPLACEMENT is 300m... below it's winding in n out plus scrambling up and down rocks.. we took 4 hrs to complete the thing...
well first we decended thru a TINY opening via a ladder tied to a tree... the cave's really cold.. the weather outside was quite warm but it's cold in the cave.. the rocks are so cold that my hands were freezing... cos they were muddy n we haveta keep on holding on to the rocks so yeah yr hands freeze.. oh yeah there's an underground creek in the cave.. really cool.. until u step in it and get yr shoes all wet and squishy that is.. haha..
but yeah it was alot of climbing and scrambling there.. haveta use yr whole body n try and move yrself up the rocks... or down the rocks for that matter... some parts are really tough n scary.. esp when there's a large gaping hole... TIRING man... n... i din wear long sleeves! sigh... scratchy scratchy....
oh and some parts it's really a TIGHT squeeze.. when i say tight i mean tight... i pity some of the guys on the trip... must be really squeezy for them man! haha... u have ta get down on yr hands and knees.. sometimes even yr belly.. and crawl from one place to another... so glad when there's a clearing n u can STAND up... haha..
well got alot of orh chehs now... sigh... but was worth it.. so fun.. yeah i guess u'll only do these kinds of things when u study overseas in places like here? i mean firstly there's not much to explore in s'pore... u'd haveta get out of the country and that's not always very convinient.. here u can do all sorts of fun stuff just a few hrs drive away... plus the club basically does all the preparative work for u... also... i guess it's just the thrill of living somewhr else that makes u wanna explore... i have 2 tests next wk and i've barely touched my work.. slacking all day and watching ANIME borrowed from my fren... i'm too slack.. i need to start studying more... i mean all i haveta do is pass my exams to go on next year... but why settle for passing when u can try for something better? ah well... next wk is easter hol week.. maybe will go more places... tasmania? who knows...
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