A Kinabalu Experience 1

Argh... I wanted to blog about this earlier.. but I was so tired I didn't have the energy.
I am back from conquering Mount Kinabalu!!!
Hahahaha.
Man, it took me a whole week for my leg muscles to recover.

I have no photos to show you all. Didn't bring any camera, but we had 4 DSLRs in the group, so I will just have to 'tumpang' my pics from them. :)

To make my long story short, (I prefer telling this in person, with all my gestures and over the top facial expressions, bwahahaha.) I'll just highlight the moments of my trip (or our trip, for Jenny and KT).

I overworked my leg muscles, to the extent, my mountain guide had to carry me down the last 1.5km to Timpohon gate, after which my tour guide took over the job. Sigh.

I was actually very frustrated because I wanted so badly to complete the whole trip, up and down, on my own. Not being carried around... But I was suffering badly, every step down was a torture.

Thanks a lot KT, Jenny and the rest for helping me. Be it getting in and out of the plane, my plane seat, the stairs, with my luggage, especially so with the moral support, even if it is in different ways. Hmm... Hahaha.

Ok chronologically this is wrong, so let me get back to the part when were going up.

There were two sessions, one was from Timpohon gate to Laban Rata, where we would later head on up to the peak, Low's peak.

The journey up to Laban Rata was fairly ok. I could complete that trek up the mountain with no difficulty albeit some slight panic. Haha.

However, the trek from Laban Rata to Low's peak was mentally challenging to me. At one point, where the rope started (to pull ourselves up), I panicked. I panicked, cried and found myself with a slight breathing difficulty. When I saw how high we had to go, I really wanted to quit. I was on the verge of telling my mountain guide that I wanted to go back down. I didn't want to do this anymore, I want to be back down on flat ground. I was mentally struggling with myself as I stood there, holding the rope, panicking.

But thank goodnes, I didn't. My panic somewhat subsided and I continued. If not, I will never hear the end of it from some people. Ha! I don't know, the feeling of fear... just came I suppose. Fear of heights, fear of falling....

Just, fear. Argh!!!

To be continued...

Comments

Lai Tee @ Grace said…
You made it!!! Happy for you all!!
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:42:00 PM
Kath said…
But not exactly to the top. Jenny and I didn't make it to Low's peak. Close but still far. KT did. :)
Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:41:00 PM
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