k, today we woke up at 6am to get rdy for our trip to mt kinabalu. we had a sumptious meal for our breakfast. the meal includes bread, baked bean with onion and hotdog, fried egg and a glass of hot tea. after having our breakfast, we proceeded to do a final check on our backpacks and then set off at 7am. the sky and weather looks good and we are all set for the climbing of mt kinabalu.
reaching the foot of mt kinabalu for registration at 8am. we had to be given the 'permission' to climb the mountain, so we need to have a mountain guide wif us. his name is luke. and so before we went on our hiking, we were given a lunch box each for us to eat along the way up. 9+ and here we go!
the trail we took is the mersilau trail. it has been said to have beautiful scenery along the way up the mountain. it is oso the harder and longer trail of the two available, it is around 2km longer than the normal trail. when we reached the foot of the trail, we were so energetic dat we started walking up the trail rite away. ok, this trail is quite bumpy, a lot of rocks, steps, steep slopes up and down, even had bridges and waterfalls. the scenery was really very nice.
along the way, the 3 of us decided to do rotation on leading the way up the mountain. (in fact, the mountain guide wasnt the one leading us... seems like we are the one leading him, lol...) anyway, he is here to make sure we are ok and dat we have help to go back if we are hurt. he is oso here to make sure dat we will get to the top on time. after a rotation of 2 times, which is my turn to lead, i did a faster walk so dat we can rest longer if we were to reach the next shelter. (oh ya, forgot to mention, there are shelters along the way up to the top) but i guess i overdid my walk n i suddenly over-strained both my thighs. argh! i had to take a rest and had to let either one of them take over the lead. i had to walk a bit slower and had to rest more in order not to let my thighs cramp.
the longer we walk, the harder the trail. we kept complaining to luke that how come the trail so difficult one, haha... we really keep moaning and kp here n there along the way. song and cf oso offered to rotate in carrying my backpack cos my backpack was quite heavy compared to theirs. (it was quite true actually, and after rotating, we really increased our speed) but still, very rocky and very hard to walk. walk ah walk ah, finally we reached 3/4 at 530pm. dats roughly around 8hrs of travelling along 7km! crazy rite! we were very tired when we reached up there. we had to stop at 3/4 for our stay there for the nite and for our dinner!
(the dinner was buffet style) wah we were very very tired at our legs man. the moment i found a seat, i sat down n rested. really is both legs cannot move sia. so i asked them to get their food first, lol... same la hor, eat until sibei shiok, haha. walked up the mountain for 7km+ is damn hungry de lor, even though along the way we still had some snacks, we are still hungry de!
the bad thing is now, after dinner, we went to take some photos of the sunset. here it comes... we walked back to the restaurant and then head straight for our 'hotel'. we came to a Y junction and then followed the way towards our 'hotel'. we walk ah walk ah, walk for 5mins still haven reach! wth... so far away from the restaurant! n the nite oso very the cold le lor, 9deg leh! somemore we were wearing short sleeves and shorts! knn so far away the stupid 'hotel'. take 15mins to walk to the 'hotel' under so low temperature... haiz... stupid design of the place.
after reaching our 'hotel', i see a lot of ppl wearing thick clothings sitting at the 'living room' having snacks and drinking hot water. so shiok, lol... we proceeded to our room and found out that we had to share our room wif one foreigner. then we took turns to go for our shower. the interesting part is here. there were 3 cubicles for bathing. cf went into the 1st one while i went into the 2nd one. the 1st one had gushes of water, but as cf was bathing wif the warm water, cold water keep coming out occassionally, lol... the way he bathe n talk is damn funny la, haha... mine wasnt any better. at first i tot someone was bathing before me, so there should be water supply. but when it came to my turn, there werent any water! onli drops of warm water were coming out of the shower tap. oh my... same goes for song who came in later too, lol...
soon after our 'shower', we got rdy to rest, by then it was already 730pm. we had to get up at 1am the next morning to proceed wif our climb up the peak. so we had to rest early. nitez for today and rdy for tml!
reaching the foot of mt kinabalu for registration at 8am. we had to be given the 'permission' to climb the mountain, so we need to have a mountain guide wif us. his name is luke. and so before we went on our hiking, we were given a lunch box each for us to eat along the way up. 9+ and here we go!
the trail we took is the mersilau trail. it has been said to have beautiful scenery along the way up the mountain. it is oso the harder and longer trail of the two available, it is around 2km longer than the normal trail. when we reached the foot of the trail, we were so energetic dat we started walking up the trail rite away. ok, this trail is quite bumpy, a lot of rocks, steps, steep slopes up and down, even had bridges and waterfalls. the scenery was really very nice.
along the way, the 3 of us decided to do rotation on leading the way up the mountain. (in fact, the mountain guide wasnt the one leading us... seems like we are the one leading him, lol...) anyway, he is here to make sure we are ok and dat we have help to go back if we are hurt. he is oso here to make sure dat we will get to the top on time. after a rotation of 2 times, which is my turn to lead, i did a faster walk so dat we can rest longer if we were to reach the next shelter. (oh ya, forgot to mention, there are shelters along the way up to the top) but i guess i overdid my walk n i suddenly over-strained both my thighs. argh! i had to take a rest and had to let either one of them take over the lead. i had to walk a bit slower and had to rest more in order not to let my thighs cramp.
the longer we walk, the harder the trail. we kept complaining to luke that how come the trail so difficult one, haha... we really keep moaning and kp here n there along the way. song and cf oso offered to rotate in carrying my backpack cos my backpack was quite heavy compared to theirs. (it was quite true actually, and after rotating, we really increased our speed) but still, very rocky and very hard to walk. walk ah walk ah, finally we reached 3/4 at 530pm. dats roughly around 8hrs of travelling along 7km! crazy rite! we were very tired when we reached up there. we had to stop at 3/4 for our stay there for the nite and for our dinner!
(the dinner was buffet style) wah we were very very tired at our legs man. the moment i found a seat, i sat down n rested. really is both legs cannot move sia. so i asked them to get their food first, lol... same la hor, eat until sibei shiok, haha. walked up the mountain for 7km+ is damn hungry de lor, even though along the way we still had some snacks, we are still hungry de!
the bad thing is now, after dinner, we went to take some photos of the sunset. here it comes... we walked back to the restaurant and then head straight for our 'hotel'. we came to a Y junction and then followed the way towards our 'hotel'. we walk ah walk ah, walk for 5mins still haven reach! wth... so far away from the restaurant! n the nite oso very the cold le lor, 9deg leh! somemore we were wearing short sleeves and shorts! knn so far away the stupid 'hotel'. take 15mins to walk to the 'hotel' under so low temperature... haiz... stupid design of the place.
after reaching our 'hotel', i see a lot of ppl wearing thick clothings sitting at the 'living room' having snacks and drinking hot water. so shiok, lol... we proceeded to our room and found out that we had to share our room wif one foreigner. then we took turns to go for our shower. the interesting part is here. there were 3 cubicles for bathing. cf went into the 1st one while i went into the 2nd one. the 1st one had gushes of water, but as cf was bathing wif the warm water, cold water keep coming out occassionally, lol... the way he bathe n talk is damn funny la, haha... mine wasnt any better. at first i tot someone was bathing before me, so there should be water supply. but when it came to my turn, there werent any water! onli drops of warm water were coming out of the shower tap. oh my... same goes for song who came in later too, lol...
soon after our 'shower', we got rdy to rest, by then it was already 730pm. we had to get up at 1am the next morning to proceed wif our climb up the peak. so we had to rest early. nitez for today and rdy for tml!
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very very long~~~ no pictures ar?
got got, coming soon.
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