Mount Kinabalu climbing

Disebabkan sekarang personal blog dah kene block kat ofis, maka blog dah jadi kerja rumah pulak .. kene curik masa di rumah .. mesti lagi jaranggg berblog. mencikkk.

Ok disebabkan tak banyak masa, lets make it short (short lah sangat ..).

Im going to update my recent trip – mount kinabalu climbing.

anyway kinabalu climbing ni adalah impian hafdzuan, sebab masa honeymoon ke kk dulu dia ada mention nanti someday kita naik sama2 which i replied "i tak kisah sebab i dah pernah naik (blagak)..". hihi. so actually kita plan nak pegi on January 2014 dengan kawan2. then tetiba early of the year abah ajak jom kita pegiiiiii. haruslah terus on. so makanya vacation nak naik cruise tahun ni dah ke laut .. tukar naik gunung pulak. anyway nilah first time lepas kawen 5thn we olz pegi bercuti tinggalkan anak2 .. rasa bersalah jugak. but seriously a married couple will need a honeymoon vacation once in a while .. btol dok?

introduction - Rombongan ke KK was on Saturday 31aug, flight at 9am, thru MAS. Ticket was purchased around april, costed me around rm500 each. Tapi abang aku beli on July boleh plak dapat rm300+ .. damn ..

Tak banyak aktiviti on that Saturday. Lunch dgn kawan2 abah, siang tu ke centre point which located next to our apartment (Marina apartment). ahli pendaki nak carik powergel laa, ada yg  baru nak carik glove / headlamp laa. malam tu macam biasa kalau dah kat KK haruslah carboloading seafood! then packing barang, kalau boleh nak bawak seminimum mungkin, maklumlah hafdzuan will carry all the things. i learnt my lesson before, knowing my body, i will not carry anything during climbing. never. 

day 1: Kinabalu park thru Timpohon - Laban rata (9am-3pm, 6hours).

subuh at 5am, breakfast roti & juice kat bilik. a van picked up us at our apartment at 6am. we were actually 12people - adik beradik aku dah 4org, hafdzuan, dad & 6 other friends (kawan fahmi & kawan abah). selain aku adik beradik & abah, mereka semua adalah first timer.

Tiba di kinabalu park around 8.30am. lepas dapat tag semua, amik gamba kat entrance, baca doa sket, maka kami memulakan pendakian melalui timpohon. Oh aku mmg jalan berlenggang kangkung .. nyamannyaaaaa hehe.  

on our way.

sebelum memulakan perjalanan. doa by abah.

cewah... ni pose sebelum malapetaka namanya.

Maka bermulalah malapetaka aku. Aku ni mmg ada penyakit naik gunung kot. Mula2 perut elokkkk jek, once dah start climbing mulalahhhh. Dulu 1^st time naik pon mcm ni, sampai dekat 3km barulah perut ok. Asyik memberut jek. Mmg dah tahap cerry berry (tapi takdelah terdesak kene buang tepi jalan, smua kat toiletlah). So sama mcm kali ni, mula2 perut ok jek, tetiba lps 200m dah start dahhhhh, kepala mula rasa nak pitam, perut dah bergelodak. Sampai checkpoint 1 terus terjah toilet dia. 3x kuar masuk toilet kat 1^st checkpoint ni. Hafdzuan dah cuak kot2 aku tak bleh nak continue. Org lain semua dah tinggal aku dgn hafdzuan, gile kau dekat 1/2jam aku memberut kat situ. Sape nak tunggukan (laki sendiri haruslah tunggu).. lps setel smua sambung jalan balik. Aikkk perut dah ok .. cool .. makanya ini mmg penyakit naik gunung aku. Toilet 1^st tu mmg legend btol laa utk aku ..

alhamdulillah malapetaka sudah berakhir pada km2. sudah boleh senyum!

Masa tgh jalan tu hafdzuan tanya apa target aku, target aku cumalah nak kejar group abang aku jek hahaha (and to arrive peak before sun rise, sbb 1st time dulu aku miss sun rise alih2 sampai dah terang berderang). aku mmg last in the group. Akhirnya jumpa diorang semua kat checkpoint 5. Aku mmg rehat kejap2 jek .. jalan pon slow & steady. Anyway, sepanjang jalan ke laban rata ni aku & hafdzuan guna 4power gel, 4 musli bar, Gatorade, air mineral (takut nak minum untreated water), sandwich (lunch packed by our agent).

reunited dengan group abang aku.

ok aku teringinnnnn sangat nak naik ikut mersilau. insyaAllah next!

abah cramp kaki sikit. but never give up. he finished last in the group, tu pon around 20mins behind us. so proud of him. clap clap.

last checkpoint bebehhhh.

tiba di laban rata. kabus tebal. temp around 16deg.

balun nasik goreng rm15 & bubur rm15. pehhh.

bustaman team at Laban rata.

Cuaca adalah baik pada hari itu, adalah hujan sikit2 jek. Badan pon ok. Semua ok, Alhamdulillah. Tiba di Laban rata pukul 3pm. Sampai di Laban rata, tak bleh saba nak tunggu buffet early dinner pkl 4.30pm, so terus order nasi goreng & bubur (cost rm15 each, mmg mahal sikit, yelah harga atas gunung).. lps tu amik gamba sikit. Check in bilik. Baring2 jap. Pastu mandi (mandi guna air panas yg diambil di café hostel & angkat bawak masuk ke toilet). Lps tu pkl 6pm turun pergi dinner. Oh aku stay kat gunting lagadan, ada laa 200m dari tempat makan, agak jauh sbb kene panjat tangga .. huwaaaaaaaa. So lepak dinner sampai pkl 8.30pm. mlm tu hujan kejap.

day 2: Laban rata to low's peak (2.45am-5.45am, 3hours)

Aku cuba untuk tidur dari pkl 9pm, maklumlah 2am dah kene berjaga. Tapi kejap-kejap tengok jam, 10.30pm, 11.30pm, 12.30pm .. masak .. tak tidolah aku malam ni .. aduhaiiii. Pkl 1am ramai dah kecoh2 prepare untuk naik ke peak. Pkl 2am aku bangun & siap2. Breakfast roti & air masak, powerbar sikit. Telan pain killer, takut betul kalau sakit kepala sebab tak cukup tido. 2.45am bergerak ke peak.

early breakfast & briefing.

otw tu mmg tak banyak amik gamba. sebab gelap. lagipon focus nak sampai peak before sun rise.

last checkpoint & toilet. horray!! must reach this checkpoint before 5am. 

dah sampai kaki gunung. amik gamba jap dengan org lain yg dah sampai (my youngest brother faisya was top 10 yg sampai peak hari tu, he arrived around 5.01am, fahmi (my eldest brother) & his team 5.10am, kawan abah & anaknya around 5.30am, aku & hafdzuan 5.45am, abah 6am & ada lg kawan yg sakit kepala around 7am kot .. kesian dia.

alhamdulillah for this opportunity. first time for hafdzuan & second time for me (after 8 years)!. sejuk gile angin kat atas. memang tak boleh blah, tempt around 3deg (kott).

the most amazing captured. shiloutte by the mountain. subhanaAllah amazing.

nak pose jugakkkk dgn arsenal dia tu.

the bustaman team. L-R: fahmi (4th time), faeez (3rd time), faisya (3rd time), abah (2nd time), me (2nd time) & hafdzuan (1st time).

from my humble smart phone.

Love is in the air :)

kalut amik gamba on the way turun haha. sampai hostel terus pack2 barang. terus turun breakfast di laban rata. bertolak dari laban rata around 10.20am. tiba di gate 2.25pm. alhamdulillah smooth journey. terus ke cafe untuk lunch (included in our package). our last group to arrive was around 4.30pm.

9 hours journey. total of 16hours climbing (aproximate).

8+km distance. 4095m height.

insyaAllah lagi 5thn (or maybe less) akan sampai lagi.

p/s some photos taken from my brother fahmi, tqvm.

Viper challenge 2013

i dont know what is my phone problem, can't bluetooth photos from my phone to laptop. hence explained the reason why i rarely blog recently, plus i'm too busy with work definitely.

anyway, wanted to blog about hari raya, but that one can be wait. kita settle the recent event dulu which i'm too excited to blog hihi :)

i think it was early of the year when hafdzuan asked me .. nak masuk 20km viper challenge tak??? ala-ala ninja warrior (kitorg mmg selalu layan ninja warrior kat disney channel, hadzim pon selalulah buat aksi ninja warrior kat umah tu .. skrg fina plak buat haha). haruslah nakkkkkkk. we supposed to join his office team, maklumlah this kind of challenge lebih baik buat in a group. yang kuat tolong yang lemah .. teamwork gituuu..

frankly speaking, i was a fan of "istana takeshi" .. hahahha .. mmg dari dulu berangan kalaulah dapat join such event bestnyeeee lahhh. so ni macam my dream come true la. tak dapat buat kat jepun dapat buat kat malaysia pon jadiklah. plus, lebih baik aku belasah buat semua benda skrg, nanti dah tua menyesal tak pernah join such event .. hehe.

when the date approaching, hafdzuan suddenly has to sit for exam on the date (17/8). nasib baiklah viper challenge ni buat 2 hari .. so we switched to sunday (18/8). maka tinggallah we olz berdua jek to do the challenge on sunday .. all his officemate did on saturday .. huhu .. tak pelah, belasah jek laa kan. nasiblah aku join skali, kalau tak lagi sadis hafdzuan masuk sorang-sorang.

on the day itself, we arrived around 7.40am. boleh pulakkkk tertinggal beg yg dah letak wallet & spare tshirts (was informed we are going to be wet by the end of the day) .. so gamble jek laa pegi counter bgtau i left my ic at home, so diorang tanya ada apa2 tak to proof that it is me, i just showed them kad perakuan perkahwinan from hafdzuan's wallet .. nasib laa kat situ complete ada gambar & nombor ic. even ic hafdzuan pon diorang tak verify! haha. so settle masalah kat situ ...

ok lupa nak cite. i had kacang pol as breakfast (mom's kacang pol the day before yang perlu direpeat pada hari ini haha), minus chillis utk menyelamatkan perut. hafdzuan had egg sandwich. we brought 2 bottles of  glucose drinks + & 4 power gel (after been informed the organizer was suck on the first day, so we better prepared ourselves). turn out, the second day was much better compared to the first day, lucky us!

took the photo at the entrance before we keep our phone in the car. hafdzuan mmg begitew, tak gemar bawak phone kalau event lari-lari ni. tak serius katanya. nyampahhhhhh huhu.

gun off at 8.45am. rasanya around 300 people for this group (last group to release). semua orang lari main-main jek hahaha. hafdzuan kata tak macam running event, kalau running event berdesuppppp semua dah pecut. 

lari 2km kat litar sepang tu, lepas tu jumpalah first obstacle. merangkak bawah jaring. terbaiklah kannn dah laa semalam & pagi ni hujan, mmg lecak abis. makanya 1st obstacle lg dah comot dari lutut ke siku haha. lepas tu ada 2 obstacle wall (dalam litar). then barulah kuar litar, dah start masuk kawasan tanah.

so the 4th osbtacle ialah masuk dalam ice tank (harap-harap tak delah makhluk pegi kencing dalam tu haha). we olz bukak stokin & kasut .. fuyohhhh sejuk gileeee .. mencucuk2 badan. patutnya ni yg last-last. barulah best. hehe.  

lps tu obstacle seterusnya dah tak ingat dah flownya .. antara obstacles yang ada:

- melompat2 atas tayar

- panjat atas timbunan tayar

- masuk dalam bukit-selut-bukit-selut (sorry, this one we escape, alaaa takat main selut jek tak best pon, kecik2 dah main, plus hafdzuan's shoes dah mcm nak tercabut plak tapak, so better keep our shoes, lagpon agak saiko kot merata2 nampak tapak kasut orang dah tercabut)

- monkey bar (huwaaaaaa i totally failed on this, cant even reach the second bar, loser giler!! alasan yang wajar diberikan - bar was slippery due to selut-selut tangan org lain yg melekat, and i was too heavy kahkahkahhhh).

- laluan titian kasih (a very thin bridge, bawah tu ada air teh tarik .. 3x try, sampai halfway jek pastu failed .. huwaaaaaa .. alasan yang boleh diterima pakai - titi licin giler sebab segala selut dah ada kat situ, kasut pon penuh selut, and my balancing was very bad!!).

- naik turun bukit dalam kelapa sawit yg mcm haram jauh haha. tapi jalan ok laa, kalau kene lari lg menyumpah kot hihi (tapi aku run bila time turun jek laaa kehkehhh)

- panjat bukit dengan tali (kacang)

- panjat tali (kacang)

- panjat hay (kacang)

- panjat walls (ada yg dry wall, ada yg wet wall)

- turun slide dari bukit sambil ditembak pili bomba (lama gile waiting kat sini .. ada around 40mins kot .. and hafdzuan ntah mcm mana slide, baju siap koyak, calar balar kat blakang badan dia)

tu jek obstacles that i could remember. in total i think it was about <20 obstacles. not bad.

summary - 1 obstacle i skipped, 2 was failed (hahaha, hafdzuan manage to get thru all the obstacles of course except the one that we skipped).

at the final 4km, we passed by our car so i asked hafdzuan to take the phone. dapat tangkap sikit gambar buat kenangan pon jadik laaa .. hehe.

ni posing dulu. pastu hafdzuan tolong angkat naik wall tu. gile kauuuuu camne nak lari & panjat dah laa ada teh tarik lagi kat bawah tu. ok tu alasan utk aku laa sbb hafdzuan ok je lepas jew dia buat sensorang hihu.

triathlete tak perlukan pertolongan ye dok .. semua buat sendiri jekk.

sebelum kene tembak dgn air pili bomba kat finishing line. kita pose jap.

with our finisher medals .. weeee. we completed at 5hr 20mins. dapat finisher t, medal & cert. actually finish kat depan2 jugak laa, walaupon start antara yg belakang .. sebabnya, team aku 2 org jek so cptlah bergerak. team org lain yg ramai org nak kene tunggu team mates lagi mmglah jadik lambat.

kaki kechut. terbaikkk tak de blister langsung. thank you for dry fit anti blister socks!! 

anyway, it was very fun doing my istana takeshi. impian seumur hidup ni. dapat buat sekali pon jadik laa. next year kene masuk lagi ni. nak buat proper training sikit. masa kecik2 dulu senang jek buat monkey bar (monkey bar ialah mende wajib abahku the ex-army suruh buat masa sekolah dulu tiap kali pegi playground, suruh tinggi katanya, dah kertu ni tak boleh buat langsung huhu). kalau buat ramai-ramai lagi best. makanya akan kuhasut ramai lagi utk join event ni next year. really worth my rm100!

as for me yang bukanlah peminat long distance running, sanggup jek nak buat event ni, 20km obstacles .. tapi kalau running event semata-mata 20km .. mak tak minat yoooo :P

last but not least, thank you to mr triathlete daku yang jaga timing untuk minum air (he only allowed me to take 1 sip for every 10mins  huhu, skema giler!), siap paksa buat interval pakai timing & tiang (haha) dan paling penting sekali tiap kali naik bukit dia tolong tolak aku yg mcm jentera berat ni .. katanya sharing the energy. so i'm expecting the same thing during our kinabalu climbing next week! haha. untung laaa ...