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 find another alternative site, which wasn’t quite big enough to fit all three of our eight man tents. We still managed to squeeze in somehow, albeit there was like no space at all between the tents.

The summit was fantastic! The summit was like a 10 minuted climb from the campsite, and there were already ladders and ropes to assist us up the boulders. The setting sun and the nightsky was fantastic, and so was the sunrise!

One particular thing I didn’t like about the trek, however, was that there was no water source at the summit… well, not really NO water source, but the water source was 1/2 an hour away. So fetching water (both ways, up and down) would take over an hour.

Nevertheless, it was fun!