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In a recent post, Down Memory Lane<\/a>\u00a0, I have written about my mountaineering past. In those days I went during the summer holidays with my friends to Austria. To get additional training we also visited several times, during weekends, a rock climbing site in Germany, the limestone hills of the\u00a0Kanstein<\/a>\u00a0. Here are a few pictures. The two pictures to the left show me (yes, this slender young man is me, lol) climbing a route up the Sudostlicher Buchensluchtfelsen and in the picture to the right I am abseiling from the Liebesnadel (the Love Needle, guess why it was named that way!)<\/p>\n

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And here I am climbing the Vogelbeerfels. If you look carefully, you can see that I am secured by a rope, after all I was a beginner. But the rappelling was unsecured, if you would loose your grip, you would just fall down…:-)<\/p>\n

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That was fifty years ago.<\/p>\n

Last week, one day after my seventieth birthday, I went rock climbing again. My friend Chadel had invited a few friends for a climbing practice day at Bukit Takun, a rock climbing site near Templer’s park. After a thorough instruction we would climb up\u00a0the steep rock face, and then rappel 30 meter down. \u00a0It was especially the rappelling that attracted me…:-)<\/p>\n

Bukit Takun is a conspicuous rocky hill. To reach the rock face, a steep climb was needed. In the right picture Chadel is pointing out the route we were going to follow. An almost vertical wall, rather overwhelming..:-)<\/p>\n

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We would start at the lower yellow cross, first climb halfway, then up through a so-called chimney (second cross). Finally abseiling down from the red cross.Click the pictures to enlarge them<\/p>\n

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First Chadel explained rope handling, some useful knots and how to secure (belay<\/a>) a fellow-climber. He is an experienced guide and has brought numerous clients to this hill.<\/p>\n\n\t\t