CONGRATULATIONS TO ARIES, FROM HONG KONG, FOR EMERGING AS THE WINNER OF THE GREAT WELSH SHOWDOWN!

Yuko crawling commando-style

Dong Gu taking the leap

Imagine wearing a wetsuit and navigating along the Welsh coastline, with the sounds of the waves of the Atlantic Ocean splashing against the rocks in the background. Sometimes you have to perform a commando crawl under boulders, other times you are perched precariously on rocks that are home to thousands of barnacles, grabbing on to them for dear life and donating a lot of skin to these sea creatures in the process. And the most exhilarating part of it is when you’re standing at the top of a cliff, with the raging waters churning below you, and you take the giant leap of faith (most literally) and plunge right into the blue deep. This is coasteering and this is what our 6 bloggers had to do today.

Walking to the Ocean

The instructors Libby and Jon adjusting everyone's straps

Aparna practising some coasteering techniques

Preparing for the big wave

Bobbing around in the cave

Another fun part of the activity was swimming in a cave and the feeling of being tossed around by the waves like “clothes in a washing machine” (quoting what some of the bloggers said).  A huge wave would rush in and crash into the rocks at the end of the cave, and before the backwash can leave the cave, another big wave would come in, hitting the bloggers from both sides, giving that tumbling feeling.

Navigating the coast

Anthony jumping

In this challenge, the bloggers had to be videoed jumping off the cliff. The process of jumping (up to 3 – 4 times, with varying heights) was scary for some, exciting for others, but mostly just a whole deal of fun. You can support your favourite blogger by viewing his/her video that is embedded on his/her blog.