Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 115: Parkour Tournament Vlog, Full Throttle

Chapter 115: Chapter 115: Parkour Tournament Vlog, Full Throttle

The next day.

May 18th

7:12

Saturday.

Wang Ye got up early and went to a nearby package station to pick up his delivery.

After opening the cardboard box, he found a mountaineering backpack wrapped in a plastic bag inside.

Upon touching it, he could feel that the fabric of this backpack was quite abrasion-resistant and waterproof.

Wang Ye tried to take out the dry food, bottled water, camera, tripod, and other items from his shoulder bag and placed them one by one into the compartments of this mountaineering backpack.

The items that originally filled his shoulder bag to the brim didn’t even occupy 40% of the space in the mountaineering backpack.

When Wang Ye put the backpack on, he instantly felt a lot lighter.

His original shoulder bag only had one strap, so it was suitable for casual outings but carrying heavy items would put a lot of pressure on his shoulder and neck. Moreover, it was unstable and tended to sway. In comparison, this backpack with two straps was more stable, more suitable for carrying heavy loads.

Wang Ye felt that even if he carried this backpack while doing parkour, it probably wouldn’t be an issue. The strap design fits the body well, capable of withstanding maximum jolts and movements, even enduring professional parkour moves like "flips" and "rolls".

"Maybe in the future, I could even do weighted training with this backpack."

The skills he is currently training for, such as climbing, rushing, and light body technique, can all be trained with added weights.

Wang Ye wandered around the room with the backpack on twice.

Then he prepared some materials for the vlog he would be shooting later.

After completing these preparations, 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Wang Ye put on his shoes, went out for a meal, did a 40km morning run in the park, and headed to the venue of the [Wutong Mountain Parkour Competition].

The competition was set to start check-ins around ten o’clock.

Taking the shortest path on foot from the base of Wutong Mountain to the venue would take at least two hours, and after arriving at the venue, some time would be needed to recover energy. Therefore, most participants start preparing to ascend at least by eight o’clock.

Wang Ye rented a shared bike and rode to the base of Wutong Mountain.

He took out a gimbal and camera from the mountaineering backpack, held them in his hand, and started filming mode.

Then he began rapidly stepping up the mountain while intermittently explaining the detailed content of his participation and some recent daily fun facts.

Since he had already seen the scenery along the way, this time he climbed the mountain at extreme speed, maintaining an average movement speed of about "3 minutes/km".

It’s worth noting that the world record holder for the 20-kilometer race walking can only reach a pace of about 3 minutes and 50 seconds while walking.

Although this pace is somewhat ordinary in the field of running, it’s an extremely terrifying speed level in race walking. It could be said that you can’t find a second person in the world who can reach this speed with a "walking" posture.

But what’s most astonishing is that Wang Ye maintained such a terrifying speed while walking and was still holding the camera, explaining the scenery along Wutong Mountain and the parkour competition content, with no trace of breathlessness in his voice.

"Speaking" seems simple but is in fact an action that requires sufficient lung capacity. Most people stutter when speaking while walking slightly faster, gasping for air.

However, Wang Ye, while maintaining such a fast speed, still managed to speak fluently while climbing.

Seeing this scene,

The surrounding tourists were stunned.

Is this even human?

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Wang Ye walked for about half an hour.

And arrived at the mountain peak where the venue was located.

It was around nine-thirty,

The high platforms and slides of the competition venue were fully built. Due to the heavy moisture and swirling mist at the mountain peak, much of the track was hidden in fog, making it look daunting.

Numerous contestants, referees, and event organizers were standing near the venue, preparing for the event.

Wang Ye ate a Snickers bar to replenish the energy lost from the climb, then queued up for the staff’s check-in and entered the preparatory backstage area.

Many contestants were seen warming up, stretching their waist and hip ligaments at various venues. Some contestants carried cameras — explaining something while warming up, seemingly also vloggers here to shoot videos.

Among them, there were even familiar faces that Wang Ye had seen in videos before. For example, Zhang Yijie, a top influencer in the extreme sports field. The presence of such a major influencer with millions of followers indicated that although this competition wasn’t widely known among ordinary people, it had a certain degree of influence in the community.

Wang Ye sat on the ground, awaiting the start of the competition.

While also searching for relevant information about the Wutong Mountain Parkour Competition.

It’s said that the Wutong Mountain Parkour Competition not only has the speed race Wang Ye registered for but also includes a wide variety of events such as chase races, skill races, and special move races.

However, Wang Ye could only register for one speed race, as he didn’t understand the rules of other events.

The skill race, for instance, is judged mainly on the attractiveness of parkour movements, with judges scoring and ranking them. It doesn’t entirely pursue speed and agility.

Wang Ye had just been introduced to the sport of parkour and wasn’t familiar with the various skillful movements, so he couldn’t sign up for the skill race, and even if he did, it would likely be in vain.

Currently, Wang Ye’s only advantage was agility, so he was confident that he could achieve a good result in the speed race.

Soon.

It was ten o’clock.

Event organizers and staff also began preparing to organize participants to start the competition.

This competition determined the order of participants by drawing lots and distributing number plates on-site.

Wang Ye received the number plate 025.

This meant his participation order was 25th.

The total length of this speed race track was 450 meters. Without accidents, it would take a participant about four to five minutes to complete the course. Even high-level participants would need around three minutes to finish.

Therefore, it would take over an hour for Wang Ye’s turn.

Wang Ye seized the time to stand by the speed race track, holding the camera to film other contestants’ competitions.

While filming, he would occasionally make comments on other contestants’ techniques and movements.

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