Saturday, September 5, 2009

Rock Climbers Get Tough

Rock Climbers Get Tough

School Bag.sg featuring Janice Li & Bin Bin Tuesday,(25/08/2009)

Outram Secondary School rock climbing club

Binbin (left) and Janice (right) are two of the up and coming climbers in Outram Secondary School's Rock Climbing Club.

If you've ever seen the ease, speed and agility with which Sec 4 student Janice Ng Li can scale a rock wall, you'd understand why she deserves the nickname 'Spiderwoman'. This rock climbing star from Outram Secondary School won the Fastest Female title at this year's National School Sports Climbing Championships, as well as picking up four individual gold medals and helping her team to come in as the fastest female team.

Janice picked up rock climbing in Sec 1 and has been in love with it ever since. "Initially, I had poor stamina and lacked physical strength. My arms would really ache after each training!" she recalls.

But as she got better at the sport, the gung-ho climber began to enjoy the challenges that come with the rock climbing and set higher targets for herself at every competition.

.......Continue reading Rock Climbers Get Tough.

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