Rock Climbing

Rock climbing is one of the best outdoor activities. When you are ascending you concentrate on your moves and can't think of all the everyday stuff. It is not quite easy to define rock climbing, but it is not difficult too. Anyone who claims to be a rock climber has his own version of the game. Rock climbing for some is to challenge their spirits and explore new heights, to give a fillip to their unbounded imaginations; for others, it is a way telling the world that he/she has finally arrived. For many of the professional rock climbers, it is not a sport. Can you call a mission to moon a sport or pastime? Rock climbing is a test of strength, concentration and coordination as well as skill and technique. A climber learns from experience that the mountain must not be taken for granted.

While some would possibly notice their adrenaline kicks in the water or on the land, some others realize the same amidst the rocks! One among the foremost exciting and captivating journey sports in Chennai, rock climbing is on the hike among the city mongers. Additionally to the natural settings, the city additionally has many clubs and different institutes that provide wonderful hiking expertise.

Kambakkam; situated around 100km from the city limits, is considered collectively of the most adventuresome places in Chennai, giving an exciting variety of climbs, this region merely proves to be a paradise for the climber. Professional guides, expert trainers and adequate safety measures make rock climbing in Chennai one among the must experiences for the adventure junkies.

Rock Climbing

Safety requirement and Tips while doing Rock Climbing

Rock Climbing is the activity of using one's hands and/or one's feet to ascend a steep object.
Climbing activities include the following:

Rock climbing
Rock Climbing need ascending rock formations, often with climbing shoes and a chalk bag. Equipment such as ropes, bolts, nuts, hexes and camming devices are normally employed, either as a safeguard or for artificial aid.

Types of Rock Climbing

Rock climbing may be divided into two broad categories:

Free climbing
Free climbing requires the climber use only natural features of the rock formation.

Aid climbing
Aid Climbing involves using artificial devices placed in the rock to support all or part of the climber's body weight, and is normally practised on rock formations that lack necessary natural features suitable for free climbing.
 

Best Time to go for Rock Climbing

Rock climbing is an almost year round sport in India, except during the Monsoon season.

To take part in this activity, 

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-Rajalakshmi S

Surfing

Every surfer remembers catching his initial wave. The expertise of standing up for the first time never gets washed away, despite the number of waves he or she encountered there on.
Get ready to hit the waves and make a splash!
40 kilometer south of Chennai, on the way to Mahabalipuram, is the fishing village of Covelong. it's on its sandy delight that the surfriding course is conducted to enable you to experience both surfing and stand-up paddle surfing.

This basic surfriding and paddle surfing session can be undertaken in the morning from 7-11 am or in the evening from 2:30 to five pm. surfing is a surface aquatics in which the wave rider, remarked as a surfer, rides on board on a moving wave and heads towards the shore. stand up paddle surfing is an off-shoot of surfriding and permits the surfer to venture more into the ocean while standing and paddling on the board.
Along with the two water sports, the excursion additionally includes learning the fundamentals of reading the ocean and weather. you'll be supplied with life jackets and surf boards for the water sports.

Surfing

The First Wave surfing classes in Covelong, best-known for its pristine beaches, offers an exquisite chance to water sport enthusiasts to find out the thrilling sport of surfriding within a brief span of 4-8 days.
These 3-hour long classes, conducted on weekends, have two time slots of 7-10 am and 2:30 – 5:30 pm. you can also make a choice from a four day and eight day course during which you'd be supplied with life jackets, soft top surfboards and connected course material.
The content covered include understanding the ocean and its waves, the weather, surfriding equipments and gear, and rip and current. you'll be trained in ocean safety, surfboarding skills and methodology, the way to enter and exit water safely, and surf etiquette. you'll get to follow on soft top boards and gain mastery over surfing in the ocean waters beneath the able guidance of professional surfers. On finishing the course, you will be given a certificate.

Duration: 3 hours each for 4 days

Other Inclusions

• Lessons and board rentals
• Life jackets
• Instructor charges

Advisory

• Men: Round neck t shirt (with sleeves) and board shorts
• Women: Round neck t shirt (with sleeves)and shorts or tights.
• No other clothing is permitted for entering the water.

To book your first session, 
visit : http://bayoflife.com/ and http://www.covelongpoint.com/ 

-Rajalakshmi S

ATV Rides

Chennai may be the melting point of cultures and traditions; however when it comes to fun and journey, this city never stands back! And for people who like to challenge all sorts of terrains, this ethnic metropolis offers teemingness of choices for ATV rides.
Bestowed with rugged and exhilarating terrains, lush and dense forests, ATV rides ar so the most effective thanks to explore the daring part of Chennai. the city has an ample of venturing camps that provides these rides; professional instructors, utmost safety measures and also the fascinating terrains can certainly add an additional quantity of fun and thrill to your ATV rides. to add here, East Coast Road (or ECR) is among the foremost in style destinations for these enchanting rides.
Off-Road Sports is an ATV(All terrain vehicle) club to entertain and to possess totally different expertise in sports for all ages higher than 6. The club will have fun filled and thrilling track to ride all kind of ATV's from 50cc to 1000cc steam-powered. Trainers will be available to guide the new users.

On Track ATV Rides

People generally spend fifteen min to one.5 hr here. It is safe enough to permit your entire family to enjoy.
Activities

• On Track
• Beach Ride
• Woods Ride

To check out more,
visit:http://beachadventures.in/adventure-rides/atv

-Aathira Prabha 

Scuba Diving

Located off the Coromandel Coast bordering the Bay of Bengal, Chennai has a huge and uninterrupted shoreline which permits you to explore all the beauties of the underwater world.This vast and charismatic coastline with its calm and clear water tempts the scuba diving enthusiasts to take a dive and discover the captivating beauty of Chennai’s enchanting marine life! Among all the scuba diving destinations, the Covelong Beach is known for its clean and calm waters that offer a perfect environment to indulge in shallow sea diving. The sea shore is moderately shallow with a relatively even floor. In scuba diving, the diver is usually in the wet suit with fins and oxygen masks attached to his body. This is probably the only adventure activities in Chennai that allow you to experience marine life at its best!

These scuba diving experts set up Barefoot Scuba at Covelong Point in October. It suffered a setback because of the rains, but it’s picking up again now.  Considering these are the best months for diving (till April). The visibility is 10m now. There are interesting sites like North Rock, Middle Rock, Anchor’s Point…and you can see octopus, butterflyfish, bannerfish, honeycomb morays, pufferfish, snappers and manta rays. A fishing boat takes the divers eight km into the sea, from where they dive to a depth of 12m for beginners. The deepest the divers have ventured here is 30 m. They offer fun diving programmes for non-swimmers and PADI-certified courses priced Rs. 2,600 onwards. Scuba diving experience is Rs.6800 INR per person.

To experience a lot more,

visit : http://divechennai.com/

-Rajalakshmi S