吴聊处..Howe's talk place: Mount Kinabalu Day 1

Mount Kinabalu 4095.2m
SEA tallest peak
20th tallest mountain in the world

In order to reach the peak, there are two routes to choose from ie Timpohon route and Mesilau route..Mesilau route is longer whereas Timpohon route has lotsssssss of stairssss...those that like to climb stairs can choose this route..^^ trust me..you will HATE stairs after this..

Well..we chose Timpohon route (of coz..not because we like stairs that much..:P)

us at the Timpohon gate where we started our climb

Toilet, rest area and water point are available at roughly around every 1km. However, the water available there are untreated water which directly come from the mountain. Bringing sufficient water that can last till you reach Laban Rata (the place where you going to stay is highly recommended)

duh..it means you have to carry extra weight at your back..of coz..you can always hire a potter to help you carry your beg which a lot of people did that (it cost RM8 per kg)..so it will cost around RM50 for me..if i hire the potter..(of coz NONE of us did that)

The potters..no joke wei..they are STRONG..there are people even carry a full natural cylinder up the hill..so whenever you saw them..feel free to tell/praise them
OKUAAAA.. KENA

say again

OKUAAAA.. KENA..(rmb the KUA muz be longer 1...) it's in dusun language which means you are strong

It definitely will cheer up their day or they even be shock when someone speak dusun to them..haha..

sounds hard?

hmmm..maybe try this..

Konsikow (it means Thank you)

duh...still hard ha??haha...

ok..let's get back to the post..

We had our lunch break at KM4..

After KM4, as you ascend, you will feel the weather is becoming colder and colder and of course you can choose to put on on your jacket.

As we were getting closer to Laban Rata, the surrounding is more and more beautiful with more and more conifers.

TRUST me...open your eye..and LOOK around!!!It's nice..

some pictures that i get from google image

you all can google image the view if wanna see more picture about it..but even that..you only actually able to experience the actual beauty when you are actually at that place yourself..

Bear in mind one thing..one of the danger of climbing mountain is the UNPREDICTABLE and EVER changing weather (just like the mood of a girl swings ha..emo for no reason..:P)

The weather can change from brilliant sunlight to mist and clouds to a torrential down pour in just a matter minute..That's the reason..it's a MUST to bring a raincoat when climb mount Kinabalu..

And..

of course on our way up..it did rain heavily..

And..

At that moment you have two choices..either to stop at one of hut to wait till the rain stop..which is may or may not be good idea cause you will never know when will the rain stop and even if it stop..it'll only be matters of minutes before it starts to rain again..

And..

We chose to brace thr

ough the rain..brace through the cold weather (it'll be even colder when you are walking under the rain)..

Looking at streams of water gushing down will definitely make you more careful on every single step that you step onto..kinda scary la..
just imagine you are wading against the current of a river which is of course as high as your ankle..

5 hours and 30 minutes..that's all we took to reach our midway lodge(Laban Rata)..

Me at Laban Rata

The first thing in your mind will definitely be

yeah man!!!I can rest..and have a nice HOT bath and HOT drinks..

well..you are 2/3 correct...
well..you get to have your rest of course for all your hard work..
well..Hot drinks do provided..

but no HOT bath..
some of my friends told me that they did not bath cause the water is simply FREEZING cold..

hmm..

How cold the water is?
well...the weather out there was just 8 degree Celsius

I can't barely stand under the water for more than 10 second..after stand more than that..my head will start to pain already..I saw steams coming out from mybody (har..like those people in kungfu movie like that you know..syok har..suddenly become a kungfu master already har..:P)

Warning!!! The content in bracket ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED/ENCOURAGED/RESTRICTED for guys..if girls wanna see it..well..just take it as a biology class,k?:P

(guys ha..I pretty sure you all saw how your kuku become longer...but had you ever see your kuku shrink before??till if you are those people who have even little bit of tummy..you will see your kuku DISAPPEAR/VAPORIZE/INVISIBLE or whatever term you wanna use it from your eye sight..After you know..how to make your kuku longer in 10 second..now you know the way of SHRINKING your kuku in 10 seconds..just stand under the water for more than 10 seconds..you will understand what I said..:))

And..

If you happen to reach Laban Rata..congratulation..cause you already get your certificate..though it's black and white cert la..coloured cert you can only get it when you actually reach the peak..

The view here is kinda nice already..

Till then..will continue Day 2 of hiking on a later date..:)