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LOCAL FOOD w DRINKS w SOUVENIR BAZAAR w LIVE MUSIC
Event schedule
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Friday 23 Sept
1400 stalls open |
Saturday 24 Sept
1000 stalls open |
Sunday
25 Sept 1000 stall opens |
There are road signs to Fairy Cave from Kuching.
1. Information at a glance
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What? |
ROCK ON 2, Marathon Rock Climbing Festival – sports climbing competition with a festival element |
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When? |
23 (Fri) to 25 (Sun) September, 2011 (3 Days and 2 Nights event) |
| Where? | Fairy Cave Climbing area - Batman Wall, Stage Wall, Nepenthes Wall, Zoo Wall and Fairy Cave Wall - all in Bau District, 45 km from Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia |
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Who? |
Organised by: Outdoor Treks and Adventures in collaboration with
Climb Asia (Singapore) |
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Whom? |
Rock
climbers form around the region – Peninsular Malaysia,
Singapore, Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak - those from elsewhere are
also most welcome |
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Why? |
To promote a fun, short weekend climbing destination and festival |
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How? |
A fun event, not a hard strict climbing competition |
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What else? |
All climbers are to bring and climb with their own gears; rope, quick draws, belay devices, cow’s tail, etc. |
2. Fairy Cave Climbing Area
Sarawak has a fantastic natural climbing wall at the Fairy Caves, Bau. In 1999, together with a group of Australians came to bolt and put up sport climbing routes here. It has some of the hardest and technical routes found in SE Asia.
There are several walls here: Batman wall (main climbing area), the Roof (where some of the hardest roof climbs are found), and the Stage (Baby) wall. The Nepenthes and multi-pitch wall are found at the Fairy Cave. The Zoo wall is on the same mountain on a different side about 3km away.
3. Why should you come to Rock On 2?
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To climb interesting natural sports routes in an all weather climbing area.
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Motivate yourself to get back to climbing harder grades or notching up your climbing grades outdoors
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Outdo your climbing buddies on natural wall
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Learn from more advanced climbers
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Get to hang out with other climbers in a fun and yet challenging event
4. Entry fee
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Outstation climbers: RM 75 per person
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Local Kuching based climbers: RM 35 per person
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Fee includes: Score card, Event T-shirt and Entry to festival party (live band)
5. Travel information
By Air
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From Singapore: AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, and Tiger Airways
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From destinations from within Malaysia: Firefly, AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, MasWings
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From Brunei: Royal Brunei Airlines, via Miri by: Malaysia Airlines, MasWings, AirAsia
6. Transportation
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Kuching Airport to Climbing area (and return) 40km one way
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Chartered vans (max 10 persons) at RM 100 per van (booked through organizer). Price will vary according to number of passengers in a van. It is easier if you organize yourselves and arrive and depart in groups.
7. Accommodation
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Homestay (clean, with local hosts) at Peros Village (5km from climbing wall) at RM 55 per night with breakfast, RM 110 for duration of festival on shared room basis. (Transportation available to go to climbing area RM 5 per way per person).
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Camping (in your own tents) at climbing area (public wash and bath facilities) RM 10 per night, RM 20 per person for duration of the event.
8.
Food and Beverage
The local villagers will set up food and drink stalls at the climbing
festival venue. Expect to pay RM 5 – 6 for a meal. Pop and hot drinks,
and other beverages are available.
9. Itinerary for climbers
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Day |
Activity |
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Day 1, 23 Sept (Friday) |
Arrival at Kuching International Airport |
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Day 2, 24 Sept (Saturday) |
Full
day climbing |
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Day 3, 25 Sept (Sunday) |
Morning free and easy |
10. Event format
This is an open ‘marathon’ style event where each climber scores his/her own climbs. Prizes will be awarded to those who excel in the following areas:
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Successfully climb routes by On-sight, Flash, Red-point, Hang-dog, and Toprope.
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Climbs their own most difficult route
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Climbs the most routes
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And other achievements as the organizers sees fit
A score card will be given to each climber and they are to fill in the card as they climb and send it in to the organizer for scoring to gain points for prizes.
11. Climb Categories
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Men’s Open
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Ladies’ Open
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Sarawak Close (Men)
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Sarawak Close (Ladies)
12. Event Rules, please click this link.
13. Cost and Packages:
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Entry fee- Outstation climbers RM 75 per person includes T-shirt, score card and entry to festival party.
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Entry fee- Local Kuching based climbers RM 35 per person includes T-shirt, score card and entry to festival party.
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Camping: RM 20 for the duration of the festival (3D/2N)
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Homestay at Peros Village: RM 110 per person includes daily breakfast for duration of the festival (3D/2N) on shared room basis.
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Kuching Airport to Fairy Cave/Peros Van transfer RM 100 per van (maximum 10 persons) per way. Return cost is also RM 100 per van per way.
14. Entry form. Entry form is now available for download. Please follow instructions given in the form. Thank you.
15. Some climbing route maps at event area can be found in Climb Malaysia, Edition 1 by Climb Asia on Pages 182-195. New routes have been bolted and some are open projects.
16. Please note that all climbers are to bring their own rope and climbing gears.
Outdoor Treks and Adventures, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
link
Climb Asia (Singapore) link
This event is supported by:
Ministry of Tourism Malaysia
Ministry of Tourism and Heritage, Sarawak link here
Ministry of Social Development and Urbanisation, Sarawak link here
Thanks to our sponsors:
X - Fab Sarawak Sdn Bhd link here
Hilti (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd link here
Red Bull Malaysia link here