Selamat datang (Welcome) from the Challenge Park in Putrajaya, Malaysia! Here the weather is pleasantly hot with a touch of constant humidity. We have tigers, white beaches, beautiful mosques, and oh… awesome rock climbing.

For a climber the country is quickly becoming an international destination (See Rock and Ice July issue 170) that will soon rival the famous limestone caves of its northern neighbor, Thailand.

But the climbing isn’t just in the jungles, it’s also in the cities.

In Putrajaya, Malaysia’s beautiful new capital city, the government has just completed its first and only national training center for Malaysian’s official climbing team. Travelers sick of sweating at the crag can also head to the Putrajaya Challenge Park where they can pull laps on 35-meter routes or practice their speed climbing.

So who had the privilege of designing this notable facility? The Swiss/Malay company of BlocX. BlocX is best known for creating Camp5, a world-class commercial gym in Kuala Lumpur.

Patrick Audrey of BlocX was so excited about the new Challenge Park wall that he got in touch with Routesetter.com so he could tell us all about it. Here’s what he had to say.

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