Articles on Trekking Tips
No more Pelepah Waterfalls?
I was talking to one of the current exco members of Rovers two days ago, and from her, I heard that they will not be doing Pelepah waterfalls anymore – because of the high cost. Its been a while since I’ve been there (last December) and though I heard stories about the need to get [...]
Towards my dream mountain trek
I was talking to one of my mentors today and we were chatting about life priorities and dreams. He asked me – where do you dream to trek? Come to think of it, while I do have plans to conquer Kilimanjaro in 2008 (when I have the financial resources and time), I have not planned [...]
No more trekking trips coming up.
Its been a month since I took that picture above in Mount Kinabalu, and unfortunately, my holidays are ending and there has been no other treks planned during the remaining days – everybody will start to get busy again with school work. Really hope to stay in touch with trekking, its a momentum – especially [...]
Not going to Gunung Tahan this holidays
Its been a couple of days since I have wrote. I’ve been busy with my business and some personal matters – which is good news actually. Its unfortunate, but my group of trekkers has decided not to go for Gunung Tahan this holidays. Originally, there were four of us, and later two dropped out because [...]
My Sabah Itinerary
I think I should just post what I did up, just for recording purposes. 21 June 2006 We took a cab to Senai Airport at 6am for a morning flight to Kota Kinabalu Airport. The flight was for 2 hours, and we arrived in Sabah early in the day. After transferring to Trekker’s Lodge (our [...]
More Kinabalu Stuff
Some things I felt about Kinabalu as I trekked up – Mount Kinabalu is very commercialised (and I think a lot of livelihoods in Sabah depend on it). The trail is very obvious and the technical difficulty of the climb is minimal, much less technical than even treks like Berkelah Waterfalls or Lombong Waterfalls, or [...]
My Mount Kinabalu Trekking Trip
All right! Its been a really long time since I last posted! Well, almost two weeks! While I was in Kota Kinabalu, I did have Internet access, but I guess it wasn’t too convenient to sit there for hours typing out everything, so I jotted little notes and finally today I have the time to [...]
Electronic Insect Repellant and more about Kinabalu
Yesterday evening, I was just walking around and I bought an electronic mosquito repellent. It is powered by a single AA battery and it is quite handy! Well, I don’t know how well it works to shoo away mosquitoes, so I’m bringing it along with me later when I leave for my Mount Kinabalu trek. [...]
Ready for Kinabalu!
Yeeeah! Tomorrow I will be leaving home for the trip to the peak of South East Asia! So excited about it! Well, training has not been as often as I have wanted to, but nevertheless, I think with the right mindset, I can overcome whatever it takes to get to the peak before sunrise! Will [...]
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 [...]