Monday, September 04, 2006

Many hours spent under the sun these few days.

and..this has result in an even more uneven tan on my arms due to the attire-pe shirt and track pants. The worst and salient tan is found on my face.Reddish and a mixture of brown at the cheeks and forehead..tomato again.but turning brown real soon.

On Saturday, it was the first hpt training session.And so..we learnt belaying and the different roles in the belaying team.Suffered from minor rope burns.

1st line of safety:Belayer (of course) to belay the climber

2nd line of safety:Anchorman to hold the belayer to the groud at all times

---rope man(helps to keep the rope and also acting as a line of safety----

3rd and last line of safety:Rope Manager to make sure that the ropes aren't entangle and keep the ropes properly(acting as a last line of safety in case the first 2 lines of safety 'break' off)

Belaying marked the first half of the day while learning about knots and equipments wrapped up the second half.

Knots:
1)Reef Knot

2)Clove Hitch

3)Double Figure of 8

4)Alpine Butterfly

5)Double Figure of 8 on a byte

6)Double Fisherman



Went back to school this morning for another practice of belaying once again.Changed into half-u, went for lunch, returned a library book and sauntered my way back to school.
[waiting there] 9:32:00 PM