DAYS OF REVELRY: expedition of my life..

Saturday, May 31, 2008

expedition of my life..

Posted by dupinik87 at 7:36 AM

i went to the santubong summit from 30 may to 31 may... it's an hour trekking to the checkpoint.. i was fortunate because i trained myself to be fit for physical and mental challenge and obstacles.. on the way up, it was okay for me but requires a lot of strength and stamina. we reached the checkpoint at around 3-4 something pm. oh wait.. the we comprised of rezzal and najmudin.. they are experts in mountain climbing and organise camping activities. so i felt more secure.. at the checkpoint, we quickly changed our clothes and get ready to dip in the cold and refreshing water. oh.. it's really cold.. some more, it's raining.. even colder.. i thought i'm going to catch a cold.. my fingers were semi-numb.. even when i was in the hut, i was as cold as ice. so i forced myself to eat more. to restore energy.

at night, we ate sardines, rice mixed with 'perencah' and ayam masak merah (canned food).. we're hungry so we ate the food without any rants. haha.. honestly, the food was okay... then, for the first time for me after long diet, i ate supper.. oh.. what a relieve.. i ate cake somemore. haha.. chocolate rice cake. what the.. me and rezzal ate it. i'm quite impressed with the way ezal eat.. he ate alot.. but still maintain his body.. haha.. so jealous.. ok.. slept quite well.. (naj say i snored.. thanx to the small pillow i brought along..)

in the morning, we lazed around. then, ezal and naj went to collect woods to cook.. because last night, there's this 4 person joined us at the checkpoint too.. but they didn't sleep in the hut with us.. they used up the woods we collected.. in the afternoon, like usual, we cooked. this time we ate corned beef (eeuuww..), rendang ayam and rice mixed with 'perencah'.. this meal was much more disgusting because the raindrop from the roof and leaves dripped into the food while we cooked our lunch.. oh.. ezal told me to get use to it.. haha.. even the water was quite yellowish.. there's this one embarrassing moment.. i tripped after washing the rice. it's quite slippery because some rocks are filled with algae.. i got cuts on my knees.. haha..

we climbed down the mountain around 5 pm.. and we only took 40 minutes compared to 1 hour plus when we climbed up the mountain.. we cleaned ourself in the mini waterfall.. zal's brother picked us up at around 6 something.

p/s : i learned a lot of things during our expedition.. i mean a lot... haha.. 'a lot'..

ok.. i'll leave u with some of the pictures i managed to capture..