Tali Tinggi

Tali Tinggi or High Element is one of the activities under physical module. Generally, Tali Tinggi consists of activities like abseiling, repelling, flying fox and etc. The main objective of Tali Tinggi is to build up confidence in us. So, before we undergo the activities, we need to listen to the theory first. The trainer in charge of Tali Tinggi is Cikgu Rosnan or commonly known as Cikgu Nan. He gave us all the theory about Tali Tinggi, what are the terms to be said when we are doing abseiling, the precautions that we must take note, etc.

Before we did abseiling or flying fox, we had a session of building confidence first. I can't exactly remember what that session call. Each of us must have a partner (roughly of the same size), one stand in front and the other behind. I did this session with Nadiha. Then, the one standing in front will have to cross her hands. When both of them are ready, the person one in front will shout "SEDIA". Then, the person behind will shout "SEDIA". The person in front will then say "SAYA JATUH". "JATUHLAH", the person behind will answer. The person in front will then close her eyes and drop herself. The person behind will catch their friend and say " ANDA SELAMAT" and push her up. The person in front will say "TERIMA KASIH". Besides building confidence, this session also test us whether do we trust our partner. Here, I would like to thank Nadiha for ensuring that I am safe. Thanks, Nadiha!

After all the theory and self confidence session, we finally allowed to experience abseiling and flying fox. We did not do both on the same day. We did it seperately. We started with abseiling. Abseiling is kind like repelling wall, but what make abseiling and repelling wall different is abseiling has no wall! There is nothing for you to step on. The only thing that you can count on is the rope. Before climbing up the tower, we need to wear equipments like harness, gloves and helmet. After the trainer checked and ensured that we wore them correctly, we just have to wait for our turn to climb up the tower. Experience climbing up and looking your friend doing it is so different. It might look easy to do so from below, but when you are climbing up, you will feel differently. Upon reaching the top, if you are lucky enough, you can actually see KOMTAR (according to the trainer). Before descending down, we need to say " ON BELAY, ON REPEL". Then, off we go! When we landed on the ground, we had to move backward and then shout "OFF BELAY, OFF REPEL, THANK YOU SIR!" One word to describe: BEST!

FLYING FOX, I did this once in Pusat Kokurikulum in Bukit Mertajam for a Kursus Kepimpinan. But, once is not enough. Haha...Same like abseiling, we need to wear all those safety equipments and let the trainers check us first before climbing up the tower. For Flying Fox, I did not scream ( I did scream during abseiling :P). Everything turned out fine. But, if the distance is longer, then I think I will have more fun...hehe...

There is also another High Element tower in my camp. That tower consists of four elements. Unfortunately, only BRAVO wirawati and those who never did Flying Fox were allowed to do that. I only remember 2 part of the tower; Postman Walk and Catwoman. Too bad, I don't get a chance to do. Haih..

Overall, I felt that Tali Tinggi activities are very challenging and I enjoyed myself doing it very much! If I am given a second chance to do all these, I will definitely grab that chance!