gunung datuk trek ♥

9 dec 09: circuit training

the dips, jumping jacks, weight lifting gave me aches all over. but it's nice to noe u'd workout (: went home to watch beethoven virus and lost track of time to PACK. so i ended up sleeping at 0100hr.

10 dec 09: TREK DAY 1 !!!

forced myself to wake up after snoozing my phone alarm for a dozen times. washed up and wolfed down breakfast b4 lifting my heavy trek bag on my aching shoulders and head down to kranji stn to meet the rest at 0600hr.

us and our trek mate- benjamin (:

we were laughed at bcos of our pouch.
which came in VERY handy during the trek. hahas.

took bus 170 to causeway customs and i had ALOT

of difficulty tryin to scan my passport.

i was like the last one of the grp to get it scan.

reached jb train stn and we missed the train we were supposed to take.

so we had to wait for the next train.

and we cn finally put down our HEAVY bags.

it got heavier when we stopped by to get drinking water.

LOL. there were TONS of pple smokin outside the stn.

SMELLY SMOKE.

we decided to camwhore while waiting for our tickets to be ready.
group photo! (:

in the train stn.

jus a quick photo b4 we board the train.

excited*

our train finally came and

WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO DATUK (:

min and i had loads of fun talkin abt funny and xiu stuff.

we were laughing so loud tt phe n qp

who were a few seats away could hear us. LOL.

after a 3 hrs ride, we reach tampin! (:

we were sort of late so there was no lunch.

but we munched on the granula bars phe brought from the std chart marathon.

kinda missing the granula bars now ):

HAHA. we had this ARTISITC photo taken

while waiting for the toilet.

we were supposed to be symmetrical.

too bad min dont have pouch. HAHA.

group 4 family photo! (:

we waited at the train stn for taxis to drive us to datuk.

and we munched on more granula bars.

one of them (DBN) even went to buy FOOD to eat.

he needed to eat after gg to the bank. (inside joke) LOL.

after a 30 mins ride from tampin stn, we finally reach datuk! (:

and we began our trek!

apparently the trek wasnt as easy as we tot it would be.

we were gg against gravity with our big bags and with the

additional rule of no hand carry, we had to lug EVERYTHING into our bags.
so we had to drag ourselves up and many parts of it were rather steep.

many thanks to min tt pushed me thru many logs and rocks.

to phe who pulled me along when i felt like stopping.

to qp tt shouted acha fight to me many times along the way.

i couldnt have done it w/o u pple (:

just when we tot we were done with the trek after 2 hrs,

we rested at this psuedo lookin base area.

we were all perspiring like mad by then.

plain water tasted superb.

we even ate organic salt to push ourselves to complete the trek.
*the summit was within our reach*

FINALLY.

after 3 hrs of trekking, climbing and literally gg over tons of logs,

WE REACHED!! (:

our base camp.

where we pitched our tents, ate and slept in.

i took footage of our faces after we reached the base camp. hahas.

this was qp's.

*tired*

phe's.

*accomplished*

min's.

*YAY*

me!

*finally it's over!* HAHA.

after resting for some time,

we started to pitch our tents.

safraz was really quick to pick the tent spot for us.

but we realised there's a used toilet situated behind the tent and

a pile of rubbish in front of the tent after pitching. lols.

resting in our tent (:

in order to catch the sunset in time,

we hurried to climb the last part to reach the summit.
it was pretty ingenious for pple to build ladders on the huge rocks.

if nt, we wouldnt be able to reach the summit.

group photo (:

phe, qp, me and min! (:

the wind started to get strong when we reached the sub-summit.

tired but accomplished (:

just when i tot we had finished climbing,

i saw this.

but i succumbed my fear and CLIMBED it tgt with min n phe. (:

i just cnt miss the sunset and the scenery after trekking for so long.

nice scenery!!

we could see loads of mountains.

and the wind up at the summit is even stronger.

i was afraid tt i will get blown away when i stood up. LOL.

i like this picture!

kinda artistic yea?

the scenic view at the summit tgt with the strong wind

jus made all the aching worthwhile. (:

ME!

jus imagine how strong the wind can get to have my hair blown tt way.

hahas. group photo (:

with our unkempt hair.

us with benjamin.

more scenic views.

SUNSET!

the "salted duck yolk" disappearing.

dusk.

i got freaking cold after staying up there for 30 mins w/o my windbreaker.

and we took damn long to take this grp photo.

with the wind blowing the flag all over.

finally, we came down.

the coming down part is really quite scary.

cos it was getting dark and i didnt wear my spects.

and it's hard to reach for the ladder using my legs when i'm backfacing it.

luckily qp and safraz had oreadi began cooking dinner.

i guess we were too hungry cos i felt tt instant noddles tasted damn nice.

we had canned food as side dishes (:

our tuna curry and chicken sausages.

after dinner, we played concentration game and true or dare.

safraz came out with many funny dares.

and yes. min bit my ear.

the gals had powder bath in the tent since

there was NO waterpoint at the base camp.

we had to pee in the bushes in the middle of the night as well.

after tt, we continued playing true or dare and open numbers in the tent.
the wind got stronger as it get darker at night.

and we got to see STARS! (:

it had been a loong loong time ever since i saw e whole patch of stars on the sky.

11 dec 09- TREK DAY 2!!!

we gave sunrise a miss in order to catch more sleep. i was freaking cold thru out the night without any blanket and the rocky ground made it even more difficult to sleep. and all of us woke up at ard 0730hr for breakfast and packed up.

we went up the rocks again and this time ard,

we went down to this cave formed by the huge rocks.

it's really marvellous at how nature cn get all the rocks

stacked and formed in this way.

in the "cave"!

our last grp photo b4 we descended (:

descending took lesser time and it's less strenuous as well.

but our toes really took the turmoil.

they were freaking painful since we had to maintain

balance at many times on the slopes.

during the descend, we wondered at many times

how we managed to climb up the steep slopes.

all of us went to change to our slippers/sandals after we made it down.

and we FINALLY gt to bathe but using rainwater.

but it's still better than the powder bath i guess. hahas.

after we taxi-ed back to tampin, we went for lunch at KFC.

felt damn bloated after the meal.

and we took a 3hrs coach ride back to singapore.

but the ride became 4hrs due to the jam.

to min, qp n phe: thanks for making the trek enjoyable and fun! (:

i hoped to go for more trekking in the future.

and like wat phe said: our goal- mount kinabalu.