today is the climb towards the submit! we woke up at 1am to get rdy for the climb. at which time, song wasnt feeling any better from last nite. (he was having a mild headache and had 4 panadols in the period of 5-6hrs) so me n cf went to pack n change n made sure we had warm water to drink before we went off. luke (as written previously, our mountain guide) came to find us at 145am n told us dat we could onli set off at 215am.
ok, so we waited a while, prepare a bit more before we set off at dat time. n so 215am came n we started climbing! act b4 we even start climbing, we saw a flight of stairs... its like, very very high n steep?... n song was like going, "luke, is it always like dat?" n luke replied, "yes..." me n song was like, "..." we continued climbing and climbing. then a while later, song showed signs of slowing down, so i was asking him every now n then whether he is ok, he claimed dat he is ok too. so we continued our way up until at a point when he say he couldn't take it. he felt like puking and decided to take a rest back at the 'hotel', asking us both to continue our climb. n so we left luke to take care of him n we continued our climb!
along the way up, the mountain was very steep, we had to use a lot of energy to climb up. considering dat the air up there is quite thin, we had to take in huge breaths. we still had to stop every now and then to take a rest. around 1/4 up the way, we had to climb sideways up the mountain. if u fall, dats it liao. its dat steep and its dat high... when we reached 1/2 way up the mountain, there was a check point. we paused for a while cos i had to look for the mountain pass which i kept in the bag. so we paused, then suddenly song came up to us. surprised! we tot he was going back to the 'hotel' to stay. ok, he was feeling alrite already. we stopped there for like 15mins before we continued our climb. (onli me and cf were climbing at tis stage)
so we climbed n climbed, big cold winds and steep slopes were the obstacles dat we had to go thru. along the way, we keep stopping every 10mins or so, to take a breather. at ard 3/4 up the mountain, our water bottle suddenly dropped from the backpack! omg! luckily we were left wif ard 100ml of water in the bag. at least dat could last us up n down the mountain. we reached the peak of the mountain by 530am. woooo, the scenery was very nice and i had taken quite a few photos up there. by the way, the temperature up there was 5deg! dats damn cold lor, feeling the cold on my fingers. oh ya, 4got to mention one thing. after we reached the peak, 10mins later i heard song calling for us, lol... so he indeed came up to the peak after all. dats gd dats gd, haha...
ok, nth much at the peak except dat we saw the beautiful sunrise. but it wasnt beautiful anymore after the sun rose up, cos it was quite hot! so we proceeded to climb back dwn the mountain at ard 630am. wah, walking dwn the slopes were a pain in the ass... making both my feet toes painful. anyway, we kept walking dwn n dwn n dwn, reaching our 'hotel' by 8am. then i went to the restaurant to book a place for the 3 of us, while song n cf went to pack our items n bring them along. wah our breakfast we eat until mad, haha. damn hungry lor... lol...
anyway we set dwn the mountain at 930am. walking dwn the normal trail, we realised dat it was going down-hill all the way, steps n steps n steps. n i m saying really is steps. steep steps n slopes are spoiling our legs n toes. then at one point of time, song was trying to be funny. asking cf whether he is ok, then cf answered 'yes' and almost slipped. i did the same to song n he almost slipped too, haha... but the climb dwn was quite xiong la, we took ard 4hrs to walk all the way dwn the mountain. we finally got our certificate of climbing the Mersilau Trail and reaching the summit (Low's Peak). hehe...
then we went dwn to the hot-springs at Poring. wah dat was the worst place i ever went in sabah. cannot make it sia, the hot-springs were actually designed for the public, n it is really for the public! everyone can see everyone in the tub one lor! then we 3 sian 1/2, we decided juz to go for a dip in the hot water for our legs. after ard 30mins we went off already.
at ard 645pm, we reached our dinner place, sajut seafood restaurant. the worst part about this restaurant is dat it does not have any crabs... in the end we ordered soft shell crabs, steamed prawns, chili kangkong, chili sotong, seashell and noodle. all the chili dishes not spicy at all sia, compared to the ones we ate in singapore, its like heaven n earth! sian liao sian liao... haiz... n it cost us RM$169...
nvm ba, next we went dwn to our hotel for the nite at traveller's inn, the tour guide's inn. which is also the place which he is staying. he even wanted to talk to us after our bath, but we decided not to go dwn cos we were too tired. so we slpt at ard 1030pm dat nite. really is super tired...
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