I have climbed Mount Kinabalu 4095.2m (8.7km to Low's peak)
6th Jan 2014
Depart from KL to KK. Flight took about 2.30hr. reached there about 12.55pm. had lunch then took the rented van to Kinabalu Park (journey about 2 hours, it's all the hilly roads. Rented van to accommodate 15 of us is 600 including return to KK city. it's included in the package..).
The base was quite chill. We were quite lucky in a sense that all the hostel were full and we're given nicer lodge kinda thing to sleep with the price of the hostel. There's a whole bunch of students from HKU gonna trek KK with us tomorrow. Buffet dinner was good (or maybe im just too hungry). The food are all ok.
Lodge was also ok to sleep. Everything's in ok condition.
7th Jan 2014
Breakfast buffet *drools*..too bad couldn't eat much as I cant hike with a full stomach.
I chose the Timpohon route. So there's a shuttle bus picking us up from the base to the gate.
Started to hike about 9am. oh..and we also rented hiking sticks which cost RM10 each.
[a quick hiking story: 1st few kms were mostly stairscase like trail...i bought a pack of kitkat with me. about 1L of water and some mint..didnt had the packed sandwich provided in the package until i reached the rest house lol :) ]
Reached Laban Rata at 2pm. I WAS PROUD OF MYSELF! :D average of 5 hours for 6km!
Got a 4-ppl dorm. didnt bathe. water was too cold. toilets were clean. there're tissue provided.
8th Jan 2014
Couldnt sleep the whole night.. I only managed to sleep for 2 hours. someone snores in my dorm..and there's water leakage, dripping on my bed waking me up due to the rain pouring at night. nevertheless, got ready at 1am and i didnt plan to carry any bag up the peak. Had supper at 2am. Started to hike at 2.30am. I wore my winter jacket to hike so at first it tend to be a bit too warm. There's the part where u need to climb using rope (with ur gloves on)..and after that there'll be a white rope leading hikers towards the peak. i was quite thrilled by holding rope to climb part cz i was alone and my first time! but i made it anyways. hike slowly to the peak...lie on the rocks to see the stars..reached the peak about 6.10am..too bad it's a raining day..so we didnt get to see sunrise..anyways..after it started to rain, my warm winter jacket fully showed its function. haha. didnt feel cold. the part coming down is gawddamn scary..cz i couldnt see wat's in front of me when i climbed at night..so when it's daytime already..GOSH.. -.- plus it was a downpouring. reached back rest house about i forgot what time....near 9am...grabbed some breakfast and changed all the soaked cloths and rest to get ready to GO DOWN! hmm started to go down about 10.30am, reached the gate about 2.20pm (one hour faster than i hike up ;_;) but was still the same exhausted especially my knees were in pain. then went to kinabalu base for buffet lunch.
things u need to bring:
that's more or less about it. for lazy ppl like me. i didnt even bother to change my clothes. i just brought a tracksuit, winter jacket and extra t-shirt. i hike with normal short sleeve t-shirt and shorts.
Depart from KL to KK. Flight took about 2.30hr. reached there about 12.55pm. had lunch then took the rented van to Kinabalu Park (journey about 2 hours, it's all the hilly roads. Rented van to accommodate 15 of us is 600 including return to KK city. it's included in the package..).
The base was quite chill. We were quite lucky in a sense that all the hostel were full and we're given nicer lodge kinda thing to sleep with the price of the hostel. There's a whole bunch of students from HKU gonna trek KK with us tomorrow. Buffet dinner was good (or maybe im just too hungry). The food are all ok.
Lodge was also ok to sleep. Everything's in ok condition.
7th Jan 2014
Breakfast buffet *drools*..too bad couldn't eat much as I cant hike with a full stomach.
I chose the Timpohon route. So there's a shuttle bus picking us up from the base to the gate.
Started to hike about 9am. oh..and we also rented hiking sticks which cost RM10 each.
[a quick hiking story: 1st few kms were mostly stairscase like trail...i bought a pack of kitkat with me. about 1L of water and some mint..didnt had the packed sandwich provided in the package until i reached the rest house lol :) ]
Reached Laban Rata at 2pm. I WAS PROUD OF MYSELF! :D average of 5 hours for 6km!
Got a 4-ppl dorm. didnt bathe. water was too cold. toilets were clean. there're tissue provided.
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| Laban Rata!! You'll be so excited when u see this. |
8th Jan 2014
Couldnt sleep the whole night.. I only managed to sleep for 2 hours. someone snores in my dorm..and there's water leakage, dripping on my bed waking me up due to the rain pouring at night. nevertheless, got ready at 1am and i didnt plan to carry any bag up the peak. Had supper at 2am. Started to hike at 2.30am. I wore my winter jacket to hike so at first it tend to be a bit too warm. There's the part where u need to climb using rope (with ur gloves on)..and after that there'll be a white rope leading hikers towards the peak. i was quite thrilled by holding rope to climb part cz i was alone and my first time! but i made it anyways. hike slowly to the peak...lie on the rocks to see the stars..reached the peak about 6.10am..too bad it's a raining day..so we didnt get to see sunrise..anyways..after it started to rain, my warm winter jacket fully showed its function. haha. didnt feel cold. the part coming down is gawddamn scary..cz i couldnt see wat's in front of me when i climbed at night..so when it's daytime already..GOSH.. -.- plus it was a downpouring. reached back rest house about i forgot what time....near 9am...grabbed some breakfast and changed all the soaked cloths and rest to get ready to GO DOWN! hmm started to go down about 10.30am, reached the gate about 2.20pm (one hour faster than i hike up ;_;) but was still the same exhausted especially my knees were in pain. then went to kinabalu base for buffet lunch.
things u need to bring:
- raincoat
- headlights
- snacks that give u energy
- gloves
- sunblock? lol i did apply on myself..but i still got darker..dunno it's because i went island hopping or what..
that's more or less about it. for lazy ppl like me. i didnt even bother to change my clothes. i just brought a tracksuit, winter jacket and extra t-shirt. i hike with normal short sleeve t-shirt and shorts.
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