the climbing journey started on June 26, 2009 when 12 of us arrived in Kinabalu Park, after a day marched around town of Kinabalu... pusing2 cari makan and pasar Gaya and all those markets, 1st night accommodated at Grace Hostel, heated room (dormitory), Abg Jai as our Head gave the excellent guidance on what to bring up to Laban Rata, what to pack up and wear during climbing, all needed items, and what else not, just leave it at Kinabalu Park luggage room.
next morning, June 27, 2009 everybody ready for climbing to Laban Rata.
there are 2 ways up to Laban Rata, either from Timpohon Gate (6km) or from Mersilau (8km). we choosed Timpohon Gate. After the guideline briefing from Alfred & Lois, the expedition started. average time to arrive at Laban Rata suppose to be 6 hours, depends on the stamina of everybody. our results, 4 of us arrived after 3 hours, 3 arrived after near to 4 hours & others arrived after near to 6 hours the funny point was, most of the times spent for photographing! ^__^ jalan sikit snapped pics, jalan lagi snapped pics! that's how all of us 'utilized' the time =D continue the story, arrived at Laban Rata, the temperature was quite cold and became colder by night, it was around 5 to 3 degree Celsius! can you imagine it!? everybody started wearing sweater plus long-john! everybody ate and rest and sleep to be ready to climb to the summit at 2.30am...fuuuhhh...!
June 28, 2009. 2am everybody woke up and be ready. headlamp? got! gloves? got! raincoat? got! pakai baju seluar 3 - 4 lapis! included water proof polar bear sweater! damn it's cold and abit foggy and wet out there @_@ after early breakfast, all of us ready to climb, together with other groups which mostly all foreigners. 12 of us plus 2 guides, all started well. Route to Sayat-sayat, the next point stop, really full of ready-made-steps and followed by rough stones where ropes ready for everybody to hold on up while climbing. What a foggy morning! Along the route, the white line and white ropes all you can depends on as guide for the correct way to the summit. Jangan pulak lari dari white line tuh, sesat terus tak nampak! kabus tebal! Everybody keep on climbing although the weather was bad. Semua bersemangat dengan azam menuju puncak! tangan, kaki, muka, semua kesejukan! dah rasa kembang, dah jadi macam sembap! along the way, everybody split up, and me just together with Kak Cik. Kami dah masuk geng mat saleh. 5 of us sampai puncak at around 6.40am while me and kak cik arrived around 10 minutes after, others around 15 to 20 minutes later. There was one time when only me and Kak Cik along the route, both of us sudah sangat kepenatan bila tiba2 muncul seorang lelaki menegur kami, dan seterusnya same2 naik. I really thanks him so much, without his helps ade kemungkinan sampai puncak lagi lambat. Thanks bro! I love your sweet smile bro! ^_^ He's one of the Al-Rajhi bank teammate, with their main point to be up there was to achieve the goal for online service from the summit. But because of the bad weather, they can't even open the laptop! everybody turun ke Laban Rata bersama, and thanks to abg Ibal for your cares on me along the way down. Thanks my bro! ^__^ Sampai di Laban Rata, everybody took the breakfast and hurriedly packed all things up and ready to run-down back to Timpohon Gate.
6km to run down, and me with too weak knees =( after a deal with my bro, i suddenly make a decision to run down fast! untuk 3 km pertama i run and run and never stop! habis aku potong semua yang lain, dengan alasan aku sakit lutut, serius beb tak tipu so i cant stop. After 3.5km suddenly i cant run anymore, so i stopped at the pit-stop and rest and took my livita and put deep heat on both my legs. uurrgghhhh! by that time i was alone, after that it started to rain lightly. A group of student from England stopped for a while then continued their journey while me still sit there alone. Next a person from Al-Rahj suddenly greeted me, and yang suke nya tetiba the guy with that sweet smile who helped me to reach the summit pun stopped sekejap. And aku still tak bertanya apa namanya =p ape2lah! after that i continued my jalan2 turun but this time seriously with the snail pace! Giler sakit lutut wa cakap lu! jalan punya jalan sampai la nenek yang umur 61 tahun dari Australia tu pun dah potong aku balik! uurrghhh! can u imagine how slow i was by the time!? so those 2.5km with slow walk, together with Fai & Aumi & abg man yang sebelum nya dah jauh aku tinggal...ahahhaa...semua pun jalan slow melebihi orang tua, lutut kitorang sakit bangat! begitulah sampai Timpohon Gate.
sementara menunggu geng yang lain sampai, kak cik & me can't wait anymore so both of us leaved everybody and took the mini van back to KK Park. Sampai di KK Park, salin baju, solat and waiting for others. Around 6pm semua dah sampai KK Park, and everybody ready, kemas2 barang masuk van, took the dinner and back to town Kinabalu.
Arrived at the backpackers hut after 2 hours. So semua siap2 nak pegi makan malam kat area pasar philipino. Bejalan la dengan tekedek2. Layan makan seafoods bakar. Layan minum air avocado. Layan pusing2 the whole pasar and shopping malls di sekitar bandar Kinabalu sampai penat! ^__^ dah penat balik kemas2 dan tido.
June 29, 2009. Semua bangun pagi2 and packing everything elok2 untuk balik KL. Flight at 4pm. So ade banyak masa untuk pusing beli2 barang lagi. All the guys dh siap2 awal2 and keluar borong all those freeze seafoods! Udang ketam ikan semua lah! For ladies pulak, dah siap packing barang, pegi breaklunch, then pegi borong all those Swarovski brooches and Perls, shirts, and all other interesting souvenirs...mabuk shopping! =p So, semua berkumpul semula at around 1pm and final packing untuk berangkat ke KK airport. Sampai airport, bising2 sambil check-in barang2, then bising2 lagi di McD sampai la bising2 masuk flight! Everybody's in the happy-yippie mood...satisfied with another most wanted act well done! Sampai di KLIA, bising2 lagi while waiting for luggage and seterusnya bising2 lagi snapped pics! what a happy-hu-ha group of people thou! Really enjoyed! Dah settle amik gamba semua dh ready untuk berangkat pulang ke rumah masing2. Tetapi, untuk kepuasan yang maksimum, walaupun badan kepenatan giler, still ade last action malam tuh, 5 out of 12, including me, pegi tengok wayang la! ahahaha...balik rumah sekejap then terus berkumpul semula di Mid Valley and enjoyed the movie Public Enemy =) Finished near to midnite, so lepas tu semua balik rumah...dan yang paling tak lupe, by the time, all of us fobia bila jumpa tangga, dengan lutut nye macam tak cukup screw, fobia nak naik or turun tangga! kah3! pengalaman...dan begitulah akhirnya...semua pulang dan tido dengan senyuman! =) well done! walla.
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