Penang’s Komtar to have highest rope course challenge at 239m

Penang’s Komtar to have highest rope course challenge at 239m

The Gravityz, situated on the 65th floor of Komtar tower, is an outdoor adventure platform that boasts the flying fox and high-rope sports features.

Fully geared up staff members of The Gravityz walking along a platform outside TheTop, located on the 65th floor of Komtar, Penang.
Fully geared up staff members of The Gravityz walking along a platform outside TheTop, located on the 65th floor of Komtar, Penang.
GEORGE TOWN:
Penang is set to boast what may be the world’s highest rope course challenge in a city centre, at a height of 239 metres from the ground.

Scheduled for opening next month, the RM4 million The Gravityz is touted as an outdoor adventure platform located at TheTop, which also houses a restaurant and viewing deck, on the 65th floor of Komtar here.

According to its chief executive officer and founder J Hong Low, The Gravityz will feature popular recreational attractions, including a flying fox zipline and a high-rope course.

He said it would also have obstacle challenges — A Great Bridge, Z-Wire, G-Rocky and High Bench.

He said a team had visited the Macau Skywalk, which is 233 metres high along the outside of the Macau Tower, and planned how to provide an improved course at Komtar.

“The entire experience will take an hour, which will comprise briefings for the participants, the wearing of gears and the course challenge itself,” Low said at a press conference here yesterday. Present was Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

“The most challenging obstacle challenge is the zipline, which is the fifth obstacle,” he added.

The Gravityz expects 20,000 participants by this year-end.

Low said the course could hold a maximum load of 600kg, which is about six persons, at any given time.

The facility would be closed during bad weather, he said.

Tickets will be sold at a retail price of between RM79 and RM399, with Penangites getting the special price of RM79, which includes a T-shirt and entry to TheTop.

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