Articles on Miscellaneous
Care to join the Singapore Trekking community?
In effort to form up this community of trekkers in Singapore, I have recently subscribed to an email management service so that I don’t have to keep track of all your email addresses by copying them into my Excel file one by one!
Through this list, I hope that I can help to connect [...]
No Desaru again
I was kinda disappointed because I was supposed to make my trip to Desaru over the weekend, but it was called off due to some other time commitments and constraints from the rest of the team. Still, we met up for half a day yesterday at East Coast Park to do some roller skating. [...]
Train to the Roof of the World
I was just surfing on by some other blogs and I came across this post about the Qinghai-Tibet Railway! According to the post, this is the world’s highest train journey with an average altitude of 4500m! Man! Look at those photos! Imagine travelling on a train ride higher than Mount Kinabalu!
The [...]
Imagine Mount Kilimanjaro without a snow capped peak
Just a couple of days ago, India eNews.com published an article about Africa’s melting glaciers a warning sign for climatic change.
It says:
Over the past 100 years, the glaciers on Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak in Tanzania, have been melting away at an impressive rate, and scientists say the glaciers could disappear by [...]
The “Why” behind trekking and adventure.
I just read a blog called The Lost Globe, and the author Daniel is based in Australia. He explains in a very simple yet powerful way, that really answers to the hearts of many trekkers out there. Why? Why risk your life and take time to experience things that you don’t need [...]
Why do people want to go trekking?
Actually, sometimes I ask myself - why do I (and many others I have met along the way) love so much to go trekking, torturing ourselves having terrible headaches, having to cook and eat our own food, suffering from strained muscles, instead of relaxing ourselves on a beach resort, watching bikini babes run along, sipping [...]
A New Camera for Trekking?
I was thinking about my trips this coming June - the beautiful scenery I’m going to see, especially the one at the summit of Mount Kinabalu… so excited! I am considering to buy a digital SLR camera because the current one I am using is a little spoilt.
However, a DSLR is going to cost [...]
Hydrating yourself during treks
Water is very often one of the most heavy items in your backpack when you start on trek, especially on treks where there are no known water sources along the way. Adding 3 - 4 litres of water in the pack is no joke… but that is no reason for NOT bringing water.
There is [...]
Good practices to preserve purity of water
If you have ever been to Berkelah waterfalls, you will find that the campsite stinks - there is a huge pile of human rubbish there! Really. Imagine setting up your tent next to a pile of rubbish. Doesn’t sound nice right? It is every trekker’s responsibility to keep the areas we [...]