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mount kinabalu trip!

on day one, we went to the kinabalu park headquarters just to chill out and do some smaller trails, like 2.5ks :D warming up for the mountain man! the next morning we had breakfast and left from the timpohon gate up to laban rata at nine x) It took us about five hours to get all the way up :O
6km walk up to 3000m plusplus altitude :D

I kept telling myself ‘dont stop dont stop dont stop’ ahahhaa :b
when we made it to the fifth ‘pondok’ about 5km along, it all became worth it :p haha. MAN the view was amazing! the clouds rolled by and the skies became clear at the perfect moment. I looked up at the summit & I was like, “dannnng we’re going to try to get up there tomorrow & I really did not want to fall off the mountain.” HAHA. did I mention my fear of heights? :O

the last kilometre was pretty tough, we were really feeling the altitude then. Breathing was four times as hard, but we made it! The first group arrived just before four :D we reached laban rata& chilled at the lodgey place. had some hot milo (mmmmm) , played big 2 (choh daiii dee? HAHA, because I cant spell) and had dinner (mm, fats :P good insulation for the mountain)

&& thats where we saw jasper-lookalike number one :D AHAHA. inside joke

afterwards, were were all ready to crash into bed. but we found out that we had to hike even further (!) to get to our dorms! was in lala land by 8pm. it was SO cold in the dorms that I had to wear, I think.. five layers of clothing to bed before i could fall asleep :D

6 snoozing hours later ; wake up call at 2am. CRAZY. to start the climb for the summit. surprisingly my legs were not cramped :O I think they were just in shock. oh yep, aftereffects all starting to appear now :p anyways, It was freeeezing out. had to wear two pairs of gloves, five layers plus a jacket, two pairs of socks and a balaclava :D

the trail started out with huge rocks and steps & some people turned back early on. About 800m later we had to climb rock faces with ropes and everything. MAN. Im so glad that it was early in the morning and dark enough - I couldnt see a thing, and it lets say, things are better that way :D it was so fun! I love rock climbing, ahaha, even if it was just rock scaling. kind of. but still, best experience ever!

soon we made it to sayat-sayat, the last check point on the mountain and then we were off for the last 1.5km. I couldnt have done it without you guys ! love my year 11 peeps - Jing Yi, Brandy & Ka Liong ! & Jedd too, who made it very enjoy. Haha :D *insidejoke* You guys were such a great help & really motivated me to move my butt up the mountainside xD ahaha :D

It took us about three hours to climb the 2.7ks up. It was so steep and rawr. my hands, legs and nose were all frozen up :D even had trouble getting out my camera to take pictures. but it was waaaay worth it. the view and everything was amazing :O we could see kundasang, tambunan, ranau and even a little bit of KK. We saw the donkey ears peak :D at first I thought it was the ugly sisters peak. oh dear. geography fail :D anyway, we were only focused on Low’s Peak :D thirteen of us got there :)

we made it just in time for the sunrise & the weather was perfect! :) thank God, haha :) Climbing down was a lot harder, tired legs bahhh and the steep rock faces :D thank God (again heehee) that I didnt fall :) Im really impatient and stuff so Id hang on to the rope and jump sometimes. ahaha. silly girl :p

we made it back to Laban Rata in time for some breakfast and an hour’s rest and then we had to start the descent back down the mountain. another 6ks. siiighs :D but man, I think we were hecka lucky. it only started raining during the last 800ms down to timpohon and then it stopped. & thunder started after we got in the bus. The hours before that were happy sunshine and cloudy mmmmmmmmmmmm:)

I cant really even believe it right now *sighs*
Im back now, in my comfy bed
mmmmmm, I missed it so much D:
my legs are killing me & I think I bruised some toes, ahahaha
thats never happened before :O it feels pretty weird

anyways,
if you ever think about climbing Mt Kinabalu
Do it! Its really really really amazing up there :D

sorry for the butchered summary of my climb :D
Im gonna go and play restaurant city (BAHAHAHA) and pet society (BAHAHAH at least akram still loves me) & then sleeeeep

<3!