mt kinabalu conquered on 23rd apr 07

Remember last week i went and spend my weekend at Pulau Manukan, and the fact that i have only 2 weekends to venture Sabah, i had to climb Mt Kinabalu on the 2nd week, and iliyas and ida didnt wanna go up..so i went by myself.. ive experienced doing a lot of things alone, and climbing Mt Kinabalu alone will push the limit to the next level...of course there will be alot of people climbing with you, but they are friends you meet along the 'lonely' test...ive heard this line which goes "the suckiest thing is when you have to do things alone, even when theres other people around", not to complain or anything but yah, it did struck my head,..trying to tackle Kinabalu alone is not an easy thing, coz everybody needs everybody else to live, we depend on each other, to help you when u fall, to guide u, to share water when yours is out, to talk when your bored, and so on..but i can say, it makes you stronger once you've pushed yourself to the limit.

I never planned to actually climb kinabalu, but i promised myself back in 2000 when i was in Sabah for the first time, when i come back, i have to climb Kinabalu, and if during this trip, i didnt go, ill be mad at myself and prolly be dissapointed with the whole trip to Sabah. Its been a year since Uncle Azhar passed away, and this year, look at me, where i am now,..

i had to take pics of myself since theres nobody else to take it for me...alone remember

had lunch wit iliyas and ida at kinabalu park..1 day before i climbed

yah..i had my sight on the target, and theres no turning back, if u see a white pole on the mountain, laban rata(the plc where i have to stay the nite) is further up..but cant see kot from the pic..

muka takot..

i joined their group (james and lynette) from singapore...so i wasnt alone after all..
they're a great bunch and it was a good experience goin up with them..
(p.s. all above are law based) totally coincidence

its funny somthing which is dead seem so beautiful

yup..i taught them the art of cam-whoring...take as many pics as possible..lol

lynette the superwoman, she has jumped off an aeroplane, has a private plane licence and b4 kinabalu, she was from Swak , went diving with hammerheads...how cool is that...on top of it..shes practicing in spore..

james' face..he had cramps.

periuk kera

this is after layang-layang and near to laban rata...basically covered with fog

view from laban rata

yah..i dunno why i smiled like tht..very happy probabbly

sunset photos

and out comes the moon

i cant really capture the stars..coz the camera wasnt that good at night...but when ur up there, uve never knew that there were ALOT of stars...plenty of them.

We started walking up at 2.30am and this is photos when ive reached the top part around 5.45am ..still walking tho, or running up, to catch the sunrise

yup. view from the peak
mantapTED!

catching my breath, lynette at the back

one random ninja playing with her camera..

as you can see..it was abit cold..and i was wearing 5 layers

haha..konon..pfft

at this point i did think about God and how im thankful to see all this

leader of our group giving his thumbs up

south peak

the guide (james also) and me..giving his thumbs up

i couldnt take a pic of myself..so i took his..lol

nike ad, JUST DO IT mt Kinabalu

us on the way down

cant stop taking pics

turun..

james pon turun..

seriously you have to experience it on your own..

ferns..geo lessons..nice eh?

and to my right the south peak ladies n gents..

the donkeys ear

i have to say this is the toughest part...with blisters on each leg..

arrived bck laban rata

everything has its end...and i had to go bck down

potters, they carry stuff up to laban rata, and they can carry up to 60 kgs per trip.thats why the food up in laban rata is expensive..mee goreng for rm15 ..nasib baik bawak maggi!

its like your in a postcard or sumthing

this pakcik is carrying a bloody tong gas

this is when we just arrived..the walk down was hard on out knees as james and me tried to catch the bus at 3pm, and lynette enjoyed the walk while listening to her ipod..
there are still some other pics which we took from their camera..so wait for it lah