Mount KK : [Part II a] Up we go!
Here to read Mount KK : [Part I] The Reunion!
It’s not everyday that I can wake up to the fresh smell of forest trees or cool mountain air.
It’s day 2 of Mount KK climb yo!!
Fwooooar. That time damn gun cheong don’t know what to expect lor. Wake up only rush to toilet to clean up, siap dengan toothbrush + towel to find…NO WATER in toilet!
Wasn’t a big thing of course. I hardly shower anyway.
That’s Kit Loong with his ‘secondary luggage bag’..it’s supposed to be the best way to pack your stuff for the porter to carry. I know you guys thought he was the rubbish collector wahahahaha. Upon closer inspection you will notice that his rubbish bag is 2-3 times bigger than his backpack..to be passed to the porter. That’s his definition of ‘travel light’ haha.
On the way to the breakfast room…
And this is our American breakfast.
Not something I expected from a mountain resort *digs in greedily*
I was in a rush that morning so I had to delay shaving myself until after breakie.
And with our stomachs full, and hearts on fire, on we go to the starting point! It’s 5 minutes from the makan place, so there was plenty of time for a good shit before we made off.
Us and our porter luggage. They charge a very reasonable RM9/ kg uphill and downhill..and I will show you how strong these buggers are in a later photo. Amazing.
Don’t be misled by our jackets though. It was cool that day, but even before we started the hike, I took mine off. Too hot!
Here’s Rachel looking quite satisfied with her sticks..
I will very honestly share with you: Buy the stick or die! Cos I know I wouldn’t have made it without mine. Only RM5 / stick but oh man your knees will love you for that.
There’s gona be lots of pics from here…readdddyyy…GO!
As I was innocently shooting the clouds in the sky, suddenly Arhnue took off her baju and changed into a singlet. So hot man.
I’m kidding. She took off her jacket only xD
This is Kadis, our guide. A very patient man of few words, but when he spoke, everyone listened. He was like this mountain guru that gave nothing but chun advice. I tell you, everyone bought what he said (about shoes / climbing practices / pantang etc) like innocent sheep.
This is our porter, Pian, umur 26 tahun.
Mount KK porters are really, in my opinion, the heroes of the mountain. Some of the stronger ones can take up to 70-80 kg UPHILL. I’m confident they’ve got ox genes mixed up among their chromosomes.
See these people la. See nice tree already start camho. Little did they know there would be SO MUCH of these trees on the way that we all eventually got bored of shooting them LOL.
Proper disposal of your trash is a mandatory practice. Come on guys, we gota leave the mountains clean for our grandkids to climb a’ight!
Hey lil guy!
When the fog sets in, you usually have to worry. It’s an indication of rain, which we were quite lucky to have avoided so far in that day.
Notice that there’s more portrait shots now, cos that’s what you get when you go up…
Up…
UP SOME MORE..
Really, your knees should be hurting by just looking at these stairs pics. Had a a real b*tchin time climbing them man.
Then the trees start to look cute here.
And after that hard work..about 12.30 we stop for lunch break! Also packed by the lodge. Not bad eh.
And here is where we hiked up a bit of level ground. And also where the view started changing from ‘Niiiice’ to ‘Waaaaah’.
Mersilau Trail is known to be the longer trail (2km more than Timpohon), but the view along the way very surely makes up for it.
Also included as part of the package is a grand view of the available toilets…introducing ‘Sistem Pembetungan Mount Kinabalu’!
On the right you’ll see the cubicle. Not exactly the best place to be but when nature calls, choices are limited.
Closer inspection on the left side reveals…
That’s where the climbers’ bi-product are collected for periodic disposal.
I haven’t mentioned also, that everything that needs to be transported uphill or downhill are carried by porters. No pickup trucks, electric conveyor or helicopter to help.
So imagine when the waste in the pangsai-tong needs to be taken downhill. Are the porters required to do that?
I also hope not HAHA.
More on Day II in the next post!
Cheers!
-EVo-
LOL sounded very fun! Hey faster cont. la yoooooo
Damn nice!
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LikeDislikeOhh.. I took different route last time. And I didnt have camera last time. I used video camera instead.
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LikeDislikeeh i look like iron woman in my berbogel picture. very good.
the rest of the photos better be as flattering. 
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LikeDislikeFINALLY I CAN ACCESS YOUR BLOG!!
haha.. great pics here..
especially the first one.. wow.. so relaxing.. haha..
nice jungle tracking pics =)
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LikeDislikeHaha.. yeap, a friend of the budak josh. I guess you sure damn proud la, since I mentioned about you. Don’t kembang ok, nyek nyek.
And I always wanted to climb mount kk! One day i will, yea.. one day
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LikeDislike[ahmike] OK! coming soon after my pending 15 posts +_+
[ahbing] Eh…got post on it ah? i wanna read can?
[arhnue] actually that’s the least flattering one. there’s much better ones but i don’t wana excite my readers too much ;P
[kenwooi] woots! i was running out of ideas to make sure that you could get in! yeah it was quite a pain carrying dslr up there…but u’ll get used to it bah.
[cyan loh] of cos. damn proud heheee. btw i linked u! and next year…there should be another trip..keep u informed! =)
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euveng Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
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LikeDislikeHi Euveng! Glad to hear from you again!
Wow mountain climbing is a no no for me, I am too weak for that! Have bad experience, altitude sickness even though I didn’t climb for long! Long story, kept vomitting at Mt Huangshan in China. Strangely that Mt Huangshan is like only 1800+ feet as compared to other higher Mt at Switzerland which I didn’t have such sickness.
Hey can you join the contest at my blog too? Do you have a SG address so that if you win, the phone can mail to the SG address, that’s fine. Need you to support!!!
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LikeDislikeReply: Haha, i think they have their own photographers la.. lol =)
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LikeDislikelooks nice… but looks susah also
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LikeDislikewah…climb till so syok ah..hmph…i wanna go there and try soon…
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LikeDislikeHa ha Cyan, I wanna climb too!
Seriously looks like fun Eu Veng.
PS: Nice pics =p
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euveng Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
It really is fun bro. It’s so fun that I wana climb again next year la..make it a yearly affair
u want in?
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Boon Ken Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Yeah I want in! But I guess I should start exercising first =0
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LikeDislikeI understand this question. It is possible to discuss.
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LikeDislikeNice going!Is wonderful！
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