Will we be able to tahan Gunung Tahan 4 days after Sabah?

Over the last two days, I was planning the exact dates we (my clique of trekkers) are going trekking over the May - July vacation.

Our Sabah (Mount Kinabalu) trip has been arranged such that we reach home on 30th June. That was the earliest possible schedule since one of my team members will be having her industrial attachment until mid June.

So, that leaves us the month of July for our Gunung Tahan and Gunung Ayam trip!

Considering that we may all need to go back to school to help out in the NUS Rovers orientation camp, and that the trip may take about 11 days (Gunung Tahan is 7 days, Gunung Ayam is 3 days, plus 1 day of traveling), we need to leave in early June, and so I planned to leave for Gunung Tahan on the 5th of July! That is 4 rest days after coming back from Sabah!

Will we be able to take it? I think shouldn’t be a problem, since we are trekking Mount Kinabalu in the first two days in Sabah, and the remaining days are the less strenuous activities like “rotting” at Manukan Island and the diving course.

We haven’t fixed on the itinerary for the Tahan and Ayam trip yet, but according to HQ, Gunung Tahan alone is going to cost about S$150, including everything (food, transportation, guide fees etc). Actually, most of the money (more than half) goes to food, considering we need to supply ourselves with food for 7 days.

Sounds good! So, I will be spending almost one month overseas this vacation!

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