back from sabah.. it was a wonderful trip despite not being able to reach the summit. jameson and jill made it..while billy and i turned back at 6.7km mark. we were 2 km short to reach the summit. though reluctant to turn back, but the acute mountain sickness set it pretty badly. i was really giddy and nausea overtook me. sigh. it was a real waste..but i concur with billy that there will always be another chance. jameson thought it was wise that i didn't continue with the ams as the condition nearer to the top got more demanding..i might not have been able to make it anyway.
nonetheless, i still feel a tinge of soreness..just because tricia is a fighter and i questioned myself if i have fought hard enough.
it rained 1/4 through the trek. the rain knocked us out. we were really ill prepared to handle a rain that hard and cold. trekking for hours in wet socks and clothes, my body temperature went down fast. billy offered me his windbreaker which really kept me warm till the rain water started seeping through it and trickled into my shirt. my hands were frozen cold and i was literally unable to move and feel with them.
it was only close to the top that we took out our warm clothings to wear.
every step was really pain, with the rain and coldness.
laban rata was like a haven in the middle of the storm.. with hot showers and heated (but not too hot initially) rooms.. it was really a god-sent. there, we rested for the night. the next morning we headed for the summit.. a dark and cold way up-up-up.
and since my journey ended early..so i took the extra hours to rest myself.
the rest became really useful as billy and i ran half the way down on the return route. going down hill took us only 2hrs 20mins. it's a record for us! we took the timpohon way down which was like an extended-air-conditioned version of bt timah. i'm glad we took mersilau up coz it was definitely much more scenic but 2hours longer a route to take. it took us almost 6hours to reach laban rata.
i'll be back. billy and i are going to conquer that mountain come next mar-apr. this time we'll do a 1 day up and back .. never mind bout the sunrise..i just want to reach the top and come down.
now i know what kind of training to put in and what to expect.
padas water rafting was a BLAST! the trip there was a killer but the entire 10km raft down was super thrilling..on top of that, our raft had the most fun.. we were just doing fun with body rafting..and all the paddles-up at the end of each rapid..wooohooooo!! ivy was the cutest! she was the VVIP seated in the middle..VVIPs job is to hold on to the paddlers and make sure they don't fall off and outwards from the chamber..she was shouting "FOR-WARD" and tugging jameson and NP-guy inwards with each call..haha..they were falling INWARDS more than falling OUTwards..hehaehaehe.. i had some candid moments with the falling backwards of the first rapid.. as i was VVIP of the front, the first rapid threw us back so badly i was thrown back onto ivy's lap! billy and np-guy-2 were being tossed all over as well.. i had a nice extended body rafting through 2 rapids! and the river guide was commenting i'm a strong swimmer! =D (that's totally untrue..i was just enjoying myself.. but am still flattered nonetheless!)
one of the river guide kept bullying me by pulling me into the river and pushing my head into the water.. ggrrrrr!!! i had my revenge...muhahaha.. i dunked his head into the river a couple of times too! i can't remember his name..but he made the rafting fun! thanks!
so much for my sabah report.. back to reality singapore now.
took the day off just to get some extra rest from the trip. feeling extremely lazy.. probably fall back into bed a moment later. watch my taiwan devil beside me serial..hmm..browse thru the motorcar guide book (i'm going to start my 1st vroom vroom lesson TOMORROW! woohoo!!) ..plan out my training for the rest of the week and the next..hmm..laze laze laze...
coming BIG events..
-nov: powerman
-dec: standchart
-feb07: langkawi im
-mar/apr: mt KK
eeks..why am i feeling so hungry ar?!?
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