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Journey to the summit of Mt Kinabalu (Final)

Hello there.... Thanks for keep following my story... This is the final episode.. *smile*

28th April - After we managed to conquer the summit of Mt Kinabalu... Without wasting time, we continue our journey back down to Laban Rata.. everyone is hungry.. so, we have to move fast. hehehehe.... errr... looks like my story banyak cerita pasal makan pula kan.

Beside, we also need to get ready to-go-back to the kaki gunung on the same day. Meaning, we don't have much time. Everything must be done fast.. So, after taking dozens (total 493 photos) of photos for memories, we begin the steps move down the mountain.

From the peak to Laban Rata, it's take half an hour to get there. After having a rest and enjoy some food as well.. we started packing our stuff. Promptly at 11.00 am,. we begin to move down to the foot of the mountain.. ~~err.. betul ka tu ayat untuk "kaki gunung".. hehe.~~

ENJOY the views....

SAFETY FIRST... watch your step

HATI RIANG GEMBIRA.... pasal makan... mmg nombor satu.

Time to go down... Non-stop.... !!! Just relax only for 2 or 3 minutes... mau cepat sampai bawah.. Semasa mendaki kami mencatat masa 5 jam untuk sampai ke Laban Rata... Tetapi apabila turun.. kami berjaya catat masa selama 3 jam 45 minit.. perrghhhh..

Wait a second.. do you think we are too fast??? NO..!!!! Because there are somebody out there who are damn fast... See the picture below.

How they do it..???? Only take a time 2 hours to up and down!!!

PHOTO MEMORIES.... (From Left) Zaid Kacak, Fairuz the Cool-man,
Zamri the Horbet, Johan the Porter/Guide, Asai the Guitar Hero and Yazid the Big Boss.

Goodbye Gunung Kinabalu..... surely I will miss all the memories with you guys (the guide, porter, cleaner, officer, van driver.. climbers and specially my TEAM)... And I will climb this mountain again in future.. choowwww..!!!

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Journey to summit of Mt Kinabalu (Part 2)

10:37 AM | Labels: adventure

Let continue the great story of mine... *smile*

28th April - The watch is showing at 1:30 am.. With great enthusiasm we stepped out of the room and headed to the dining hall ~~(that's only the intention in our mind at that time.. EAT)~~... Hehehehehe. Let's supper !!! because the weather is very cold (understand the temperature stood at negative (-3) degrees Celsius). Thus, we easily get hungry and hungry !!!!

KM 8... another 200m to go

The sunrise.....

One more thing.. actually, when we climbed up to Laban Rata.. I was not feeling well.. experiencing severe headaches. Probably due to the extreme cold weather and the pressure as well.

"Ya Allah !!!! Give me strength to face these allegations. Amin."

I tried to ignore the pain... and at exactly 2:30 am, we started climbing to the summit. everything starts smoothly. Moving with caution in the early morning darkness. It is estimated that a total of 50 climbers (from all over the world) started climbing the mountain at the same time. Totally memang jem jalan time tu..

One-by-one and team-by-team 'over take' us! Mana buli jadi ni... hehehe.. At first, we were in the front position.. kira yang paling awal daki tu gunung la ba kan.. tapi ntah mcm mana team kami blh berada di belakang.. sikit lg yang paling last..... chayokkkkk.... hahahahaha.. nda ba.. *laugh*

The most challenging part is when you have to use the climbing rope.. perrrghhh.. I'm telling you what.. mis-step, you will fall into the ravine. So, don't play-play aaa... must be serious !!! errrr... actually safety first !!

Severe headache strikes again... langkah panjang jadi pendek! langkah laju jadi pelan! With the strong wind and very cold air.. I almost gave up!! although the distance is just 700m away to the peak.

Finally, I made it to the highest peak in Southeast Asia at exactly 6:00 am!! Two of our friends conquered the peak earlier and they managed to say HI to the sunrise. The other friend made it 20 minute later.. ok la ba kan... at least sampai jg semua..

WE MADE IT...!!!!!!! congratulation to all.
(from left: Madonna, Lady Gaga, Fairuz, Zamri (sit), Zaid Kacak and Asai)

After about 15 minutes at the summit... kami pun turun kembali ke Laban Rata... dengan hati yang sungguh riang gembira.... hehehe... dan dalam fikiran time tu... MAKAN !!!!! kami lapar ni...

YEHAAAAAAA....!!!!!!!

To be continued... stay tune... chowwwww !!!!

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Journey to the summit of Mt Kinabalu (Part 1)....

2:19 PM | Labels: adventure

Do you understand the title that I gave? MENUJU KE PUNCAK GUNUNG KINABALU... Yehaaaaa... !!! at last, I made it..!!!

It all started with an empty conversation between me and other colleagues in 2009.. We plan to conquer the mountain.. And the plan became serious in 2010. We started sourcing an agent, of coz the one that can come out with reasonable and affordable price!

The main concern about the the stay during the climb is that for both of the nights that you have, you will have to spend it on a different place and at a different altitude level. You have to stay in Kinabalu Park HQ (Mesilau or Timpohon) on the first night and Laban Rata on the second night.

We need to adjust the date as per the availability of the accommodation and finally 27th April 2011 has been picked to fulfilled our dreams!!

Actually, only four of us are planning for this expedition. However, when we expressed the desire - to conquer the summit - to our Boss, he expressed interest in joining us TOO. What a lucky day... hehehehehe.. bukan senang Boss nak join oiii.

26th April - It's almost 9:30 am and we landed safely at KKIA.. fly with FireFly.. However, we got the bad news.. BAD NEWS INDEED!! My luggage has been opened by someone without my permission!! And I have lost my sun-glasses worth RM380!!! I am not alone but many passengers had the same bad luck like me.... ~~Shittt..!!~~

However, occasional loss of the goods does not dampen our spirit to conquer the highest peak in Southeast Asia. Teda tu spek pun buli jg ba.. hehehehe.

the banner "Asai & The Gangs"... mahal tu beb.

At the National Park

The deepest part of my life - during the shuttle flight KL to KK - when someone is waiting for me at the airport, by holding a banner that stated my name... wakakakakaka.. punya best.. lps tu, ada lagi Bas Persiaran tunggu d luar... yehaaaa !!! I feel like a foreign tourist visiting Sabah, my hometown!! hehehe..

Without wasting time, we continued our journey to Kundasang Highland. Errr.. There is nothing interesting during this trip. Only, the scenery of green mountains. After about an hour's drive, we arrived at the National Park. Here, we register the names for the purpose of climbing the mountain. After that, we proceeded to Mesilau, Kundasang.. We will stay here for one night. All go to bed early... really cool... !!!

Room where we stayed at Mesilau.

27th April - 9:30 am.. The journey begins... Are you ready..????? let's rock n roll.. As we were TOO "lazy" to carry our bags during the climbing, we surrendered everything to our Guide cum Porter including water and packet of lunch.. a total of 33kg and we had to pay a sum of RM330 (RM10 per kg).. Phewwww...

It was so surprise, he lifted the heavy burden of 33kg alone, up to Laban Rata without any complaints!!! Memang "Raja Gunung"... perrghhh!!

all the way... have a break!!

The journey begins

While being briefed about the distance and travel time to Laban Rata, we understand that it will take up to 8 hours to reach the destination. But, we managed to get to destinations within 5 hours (arrival at 3:00pm).. so fast hah... hehehehe..

After having a buffet dinner.. relax ... while enjoying the very cold weather (10 degrees celcius).. sleeping is the best way to relax the mind and physical.. To be more energetic climbing to the peak at 2:00 am later.

Beautiful view from Laban Rata... guess what... kami berada di atas awan.

To be continued... stay tune.... chowww !!!!

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Bukit Tabur, Melawati (Part II)

3:59 PM | Labels: adventure

Rileks time... tempat ni dikenali sebagai "1st Stop". Berehat sambil makan makanan energy (coklat) utk tambah stamina. Time ni juga, semua pendaki yang sememangnya 1st time mendaki bukit ni tak tahu lagi bahaya bakal tunggu kat depan tu.. hehehehe.

Biarpun penat dan takut.. ye la beb.. gaung tu curam.. mesti la takut oii... tp para pendaki masih mampu tersenyum dan buat posing maut.. hehehe..

Tempat ni kalau jatuh memang mati katak !!! Aku pun seram juga masa nak turun curam ni.. Tapi akhirnya semua pendaki berjaya melepasi halangan pertama ini. Ada lagi halangan yang kedua.. Tapi yang pertama ni la yang paling bahaya.. err.. bahaya bagi aku la.. hehehe.. serius gaung kat bawah tu tinggi.. tak nmpak pun tanah.. cuma daun2 pokok jer !!!

Horayyy !!! Ini puncak pertama yang kami berjaya tawan.. siap ada bendera Jalur Gemilang lagi.. Mula2 ingat setakat ni jer puncak yang ada.. Sekali tengok.. ada 4 puncak yang kami kena tawan sebelum boleh diiktiraf sebagai berjaya.. hehehe.

Finally.... setelah mengharungi perjalanan yang penuh mencabar... kami sampai ke garisan penamat !!! yeahhh !! congrat to all.. biarpun penat.. tapi sempat lg posing untuk gambar kenangan bersama-sama pendaki lain. Maybe next time nak panjat lagi bukit nie.. Errr.. masa gambar ni kena rakam... actually, tanpa disedari semua orang.. ada ular sedang tido kat sebelah kami tu.. Nasib baik xder apa2 kejadian buruk yang berlaku... Tak sabar nak turun.

Untuk mengetahui dengan lebih lanjut pasal ekspedisi ni.... sila klik di sini Bukit Tabur..... chowwww !!

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Bukit Tabur, Melawati

4:40 PM | Labels: adventure

Pheewwiitttt....... !!! Yes... that's the sound for the great adventure that we experienced last weekend.

If last time, we have been climbing the Bukit Gasing .. This time, we conquered the peak of Bukit Tabur located in Selangor, between Melawati and UIA Gombak. For those who live in the Klang Valley area, must know about this hill... This hill could be seen from the MRR2 highway (Gombak to Ampang).

Tabur Hill also know as Dragon's Backbone have a route length of 16KM with the height of peak is about 250 meters above the sea. There is no public transport to the starting point of the hike.. so, you need a taxi or you own car to get there.

Bukit Tabur

We started our climb at exactly 7.45am... very semangat huh... Started with the easy access, it's turn into a "nightmare".. Seriously, along the route is scary!!! kiri-kanan gaung yang curam.. if you step wrongly... perrghh.. mmg confirm matai la..

Statements that notify about the horrific accidents happened here.

Moral of story... jangan mau tunjuk eksyen bila panjat bukit ni.. I'm not kidding. Nasib baik la ada member yang jadi guide time panjat bukit ni.. kalau pigi sendiri... hmmm.. mmg tidak menjadi la plan menuju puncak.. hehehe.

Kalau jatuh.... mati katak !!

Spiderman....

There were many stages we had to climb the mountain wall like a Spiderman.. safety not guaranteed when climb this 90 degrees wall .. that's why I told you.. silap step.. mmg matai.. better don't look down if you have height problem!! Kalau jatuh pigi tu gaung, tiada insurans.. So, mati katak la!! Huhuhu.

There are four peaks that need to be captured and of course it's not easy to conquer these peaks. Sometimes, I wonder... what is the hell i'm doing here??? This is Sunday morning... sepatutnya aku bangun lambat hari ni... hehehe.

Salah satu peak yang terdapat d Bukit Tabur

Although there were many challenges that challenge the mind.. it did not discourage us to continue the journey.. And we made it to the end at 1145am AT LAST... okay la kan jarak masa tu untuk kami yang first-timer panjat ni bukit.. hehehe.

The beautiful scenery from the top will make you forget about the "nightmare"... From here, you can see the views of KL City, neighborhood Melawati.. even the other hills in the Klang Valley.. And also view of large lake.. we were told that, the lake is used as a water catchment area. It is used to supply clean water to consumers in the Klang Valley.. Memang rugi la kalau tidak bawa kamera.

The lake view

KL City view

For second time.. honestly, I'm not ready to climb the hill without a guide YET! But, I will try to make it maybe next time.. Till then, stay tune for my next adventure... chowww !!

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Bukit Gasing, PJ

10:56 AM | Labels: adventure

Helloooooo everyboday... lama tidak update ni blog.. hehehe.. you know why? B.U.S.Y... yess !! it is the main reason why I rarely update this blog.

So, guys... what are you doing on weekend?

Any interesting activities to share with us? hehehe... well yesterday, along with my officemate, we climbed Bukit Gasing, Petaling Jaya. This hill is located between the boundary of KL and Selangor.

Before the journey begin

with my boss... the DP Senior Executive.

There is nothing interesting about this hill.. Because the normal ascent route and basic. But it is okay for us to start climbing training. Hobi baru ni... "mendaki bukit"... hahaha.

Okay, lets talk about Bukit Gasing.. The actual name of the hill is Taman Pendidikan Bukit Gasing. Located at Petaling Jaya, This is my 1st time climbing the hill. And I managed to climb up to the summit in 45 minutes. hehehehe... okay la kan utk 1st timer.

Our trip began with a passage that is not too challenging.. Perjalanan yang kadangkala mendatar dan di sini ramai pengunjung yang memilih untuk berjogging. And maybe it is the unofficial rules here, setiap pengunjung akan mengucapkan "Good Morning.. Selamat Pagi atau Hai" setiap kali bertembung dengan pengunjung yg lain.. hmm.. memang peramah.

relax dulu la...

The scary Suspension Bridges

There are huts built for the convenience of visitors to relax. And the best part is the Suspension Bridges.. !! perrghhh.. lama tidak naik tu jambatan... rasa seram pula.. hahahaha.

However, not all easy access .. There is also a challenging route, especially when you want to get to the top of the hill. Climbing 70 degrees.. di sini la aku "pancit" sekejap.... kepala rasa pening.. kin malu ja ba.. hehehe.

Another five months to practice before the real adventure begins. And after this, we plan to climb Bukit Melawati, Hulu Klang.. till then... chooooww !!

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