Gunung Datuk - the trek that almost killed me
Quotes myself from the entry i did on the night i returned from Datuk:Its no simple trek. Its a killer trek! An ULTIMATE TEST OF ENDURANCE.
We obviously underestimated it by clubbing the whole morning and not sleeping a wink. Thankfully, we managed to catch up on some lost sleep by napping on the train ride and anywhere possible.
The climb up was.... like a death drain. It was so steep which made me super breathless. I was literally going to explode from within!! When I was going to die, I asked how long more. I THOUGHT WE WERE REACHING. Horror of horrors, we were only ONE QUARTER done. I dunno I was feeling faint from the tiredness or shock.
I climbed on and on, trying to divert my thoughts from the horrifying truth. In vain, I found myself thinking anti-trek thoughts like: NO MORE TREKKING FOR ME! I felt like I was looking for trouble.. I could be doing something else. Or just sleeping. It would feel better than this.
The terrain was such that the first half was killing and the second half was not so killing but it din quite help. There were manyatimes I wanted to give up completely... However, thats the beauty of trekking with a group - U support each other: morally and physically. Somehow, I didnt surrender to my weakness, instead, I CONQUERED MYSELF AND WENT BEYOND MY LIMITATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rahhhhh!!!!!!
Pictures & memories!
all of us!
da team!
took a train up to Lampin
the view.. not that we were admiring anyway.. coz we slpt almost all the way
a LAST non-sweaty grp picat the foot of the mountain
whats travelling without jumping pics!
steeppppppp ascend
miss short legs needs lotsa help
at the peak!finally can smile!
a thunderstorm brewed upwe huddled in our tents
inspite of the weather, we had a great mealand the credit goes purely and entirely to Siah Jen (Sergeant)
for bringing "happy food"
roti prata with cheese and hot dog!
yummilicious mannn!!
an unexpected visitorporcupine!
that night, we even had choc fondue!totally awesome!
due to the rainy weather, we couldnt gather up to chat or play also... thus all of us went to bed pretty early to prep ourselves to climb further up for the sunrise in the morning!
to the very very peak of the submit:
scary sia.. i hum..just settle for the rocks below
watched the sunrise!!! even the york!
amazing man.. my virgin sunrise
the moon was shining brightly
admired the stars in the skysaw great dipper, orion, some kite thg oso
the sun was really glaring man..almost killed my eyes
paranomas of the view made by some of them:
back down for breakfast!! YUMS!
omelette with cheese and luncheon meat!
complete with grainy bread and lettuce too!
a cute cat came to eat our many leftovers..
emoing by myself..relaxing and appreciating the view of the other side of the mountain
R O V E R S !little views along the way:
NUS ROVERS ROCKASS!
great great view and experience! however, due to the intensity of the trek... i felt that the view wasnt really worth it.. haha! but the company was great! made several friends.. got to bond a lil with several frens from NUS FOC oso.. plus the ever-onz roomie! :)
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posted by sebby @ 5:20 PM
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