150 climbers take part in MOCC

JAKARTA: Around 150 climbers are taking part in the Mega Open Climbing Competition (MOCC), which began on Monday here.

The competition is being held at the parking lot of Tarumanegara University, West Jakarta, and will run until Thursday.

Andi Gunawan, from the organizing committee, said the participants had come from a number of provinces in Indonesia, including East Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi.

With a total of Rp 10 million in cash prizes, the event has five classes of competition: Men's and Women's Difficulty, Men's and Women's Speed and U-19 Difficulty. --JP