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About The Author
Full name: Ahmad Nadir Askandar Age: Born in 1977, you figure out!! Other hobbies/sports : I also enjoy fishing, being in Penang, who doesn't......... I also do some rock climbing , and mountain biking. Both of these sports I'm not that good at, but am picking it up slowly. I also enjoy keeping old stuff, woodworking and other little - little things. I'm also an amateur photographer. I have tons of photos which I took during my forays, and if anyone is interested to buy any of my pictures, please feel free to email me . Contact: nadirX@pl.jaring.my !! remove the "x" to email me !!
The long story : I began experiencing the outdoors since I was in form 2, where I would sometimes organize my own weekend camping trips with friends. We used to camp at Batu Feringhi , Sungai Tukun as well as Pantai Kerachut. I also sometimes followed the Malaysian Nature Society , Penang branch on their weekly hikes and also sometimes on their weekend trips to the mainland. Life then was OK, but not that exciting .... I spent most of my time going through equipment catalogues , and any outdoor books I could get my hands on, which wasn't much. Catalogues had to be obtained by writing to the big companies , and an outdoor book on a local bookshop shelf was like finding gold among rubbish. By then I was a techno weenie / gear freak..... I knew quite a lot about gore-tex , sympatex , polyester rain fly, cordura ,nylon, split grain, full grain , multi fuel stoves , cartridge stoves , clothing layering , hydrophilic/hydrophobic cloth bla - bla - bla....... However, when I entered Matriculation , that's when things began to get more
exciting. There I met Nizam Mashar, who first introduced me to mountains. My
first trip with him was to Gunung Tahan. During my 2 years in matriculation, I
met many other friends who already had some mountain climbing experience as well as
those who
Now I try and join other groups for their mountain trips, just to get to know
the climbing community better . I like to read outdoor magazines , such as
Outdoor Australia, Climber, Rock and Ice , and our local Majalah Rekreasi
which sadly isn't much. Magazines are expensive and are not available regularly
here in Penang. I wish I had a few surplus 100 dollar bills I could use to
subscribe to these magazines.......... Click here for a list of my forays
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Hi!. Here's the page on who else, but myself . I'll tell you a bit about
myself , what I'm doing, where I live bla - bla - bla...... read on below if
you're interested, if not ........ just skip this page.
were just beginning like me. Together, we formed a club and went
everywhere together. From caving to mountain climbing to camping and later
on, rock climbing. Times then were the best , we were one large family. After
matriculation , some began to break off, some stayed and some were offered
different courses in different campuses. We tried to keep in touch , but
our group was slowly reduced to a hardcore bunch of about 10 people. The
number of people were a lot less, but we kept our pace, going everywhere
whenever we had the chance.