Articles for December 2006

Getting back on track : Kilimanjaro 2008

Now that I’ve more time to think about what I really want to do - I should really start real action towards my goal of conquering Kilimanjaro in 2008. According to a friend, the mountain’s terrain is not difficult technically, and the main issue concerning most trekkers is the altitude sickness. Its still a year away, but [...]

Next stop: Desaru!

I had dinner with a couple of my Rovers friends a couple of days back, and as usual, we were talking about potential treks other adventure stuff we could explore. One of things that we brought up that appealed to most of us was a cycling trip to Desaru. Cycling to Desaru is one very [...]

Gunung Datuk - Conquered

Over last weekend, I was over in Malaysia again for my Gunung Datuk trek. The trek was pretty good - it was moderately tiring, considering its an all-the-way-uphill trek, but going up with a slow pace took us only 3 - 4 hours. Unfortunately for us, the campsite was taken by other trekkers, and we had to [...]