Longer trekking trips

I was meeting up with the people who were going on the Kinabalu trip with me, and one of them was from an earlier batch from the NUS Rovers Adventure Club. In our conversations, she shared that during her times, she had went for the Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) trek with one of the companies that the club is affiliated with, Country Holidays.

So we were all going “Wow! You’ve been there!” that kind of thing… and so we were all curious about the experience. Miraculously, she said that the trip was not as tiring as what a “14 day trek” would sound like, and I think mainly it is because most of the weight is carried by porters. She also shared that it was just like taking a holiday – just walk and walk and walk, enjoy the scenery and then in the evening, just settle down to eat.

Meeting up with these people who have “been there” is always an exciting experience, and I really yearn to be able to get on one of those trips in the coming years – a MUST GO! Hehe!

Anyway, recently there was a post in the mailing list saying that a few are organising a Technical Mountaineering Course some time next year… and I really want to get some hands on experience with the real stuff! I’ve been reading and talking so much about adventurers and mountains and all the nice places, and I’ve been aspiring to be like them! I think this is the opportunity for me to go for it! Its going to cost a bomb, but its a good motivation for me to earn some money!

Tags: technical mountaineering, trekking