Gunung Kinabalu Hiking 2017

Pre Trip

(photo credit: kinabalu.com)

Alhamdulillah..just got a good news..I am selected for Kinabalu climb with our department this October. Am so excited today..at first I thought that I don't have a chance..
So now..lets enjoy the moment and do some research ..do's and don't..tips on hiking Kinabalu..porter service, weather challenge and what not.

And how about the training. I saw some group went to Broga .some at Bukit Saga trail A..the steps..or maybe I could try Bukit Gasing's mother of all steps..lets think about it.

The trail..ya the trail, its a new trail, but we are not going via ferrata..
So its going to be Timpohon- Panalaban-Low's Peak

(photo credit :kinabalu.com)

Wihoooo

Will update soon..

Hiking Gunung Tok Wan

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 
Date: May 2017
Via: Broga old trek
Fees: RM1 adult (Kids - FOC)
Parking Fee: RM1 per head..hmmm

Broga ni dah kira macam our playground or training place, so ajak la husband pi Broga kononnya training untuk ke Yong Belar hari tu, dia malas nak join..so end up went there with my son. Kejutkan anak bangun, dia agree nak ikut..'yeahhh''..lompat bintang..mama ada teman.

We left home at almost 7.00 am and as usual stopped at Shell Jalan Reko to get some mineral water and bun and Twiggies for him. Did not planned well coz permission only granted after subuh prayer..hhaha..wajib minta permission dari husband tau..

Once reached the parking area, nampak ramai dah ada, macam biasa, Broga tak pernah sunyi dari kunjungan orang ramai. We did simple exercise before we start hiking.

Trek lama ni makin best layan sebab tak crowded macam dulu, tapi sejak kes OH di Broga, ada rasa seram sikit sebab sunyi bukan sebab lain..

Dia nak pakai seluar celoreng..layan..seluar ni beli masa pi Rantau Panjang..dah nak lusuh asyik pakai je, buff pun nak celoreng..

Trek lama ni kira okay lagi compared to new one sebab sana too slippery and no grass to grab coz trek is wider than this.

Masa ni dah pukul 8.00 pagi, Broga ni memang cantik walaupun panas, gambar ni a bit over expose but my son love this pose with the sun..it rhymes ya..haha

Helloooo there..you guys down there...!! Look at the crowd at the new trek

Hadif said that one day he wants to go to Everest..as a mother, I will always support his dream coz Everest is achievable now with enough fund, proper planning, networking and DOA...InshaAllah..who knows, a boy who were afraid of height when he was small, could be at the top of the world..

At the Broga Hill peak, the signboard area was too crowded, so we just sit on this boulder and he wanted a photo here..layannn..dah pandai nak bergaya..

Sambil lepak tu, tunjuk kat Hadif trailhead ke Gunung Tok Wan, dia ajak pi sana, so I told him we could just walk there for few meters and turn back since just the 2 of us, he agreed. So we went there and met one couple who never been to Gunung Tok Wan and they wanted to joined us. Pucuk dicita ulam mendatang..I set the time, 1 hour and 30 minutes from trailhead to peak of Gunung Tok Wan considering rest and photo session. But actually we did not stop many times for photo..just walked and walked.

By 10.13 am we reached the peak..he ran happily..and he said that he wanted to come again..adoii..

Yeahhh..gambar wajib di puncak Gunung Tok Wan, masa belum pernah sampai..ingatkan luas tempat ni dan ada view cantik..tapi okay la untuk training. Kalau tak kena gaya penat juga..

Lepas rehat 15 minit, kami pun mula turun sebab takde benda nak buat atas puncak ni selain ambik gambar, rest dan makan sikit. Time balik memang kena tinggal la..dia dah jalan laju dengan that couple..I was so lucky coz they took care of him..so we reached Broga peak in 1 hour 15 minutes. Considering this was his first mountain..not bad yaa..well done.

So..next...Angsi maybe..

Gunung Baling

Date : 19 February 2017 (Sunday)
Location : Pekan Baling, Kedah
Difficulty: Easy
Facilities: Toilet and parking area 
Fees : FOC

Gunung Baling sememangnya one of a mountain that we wanted to climb because of the view and it's famous clouds aka awan karpet. Walaupun kami orang Kedah sejati, tapi tak pernah sampai Pekan Baling..hhaha..anyway untuk trip kali ni kawan-kawan dari Putrajaya carpool mai sini since kami balik kampong di Aloq Setaq.

Jumpa di Shell Pekan Baling, pastu drive pi kaki gunung, parking disitu..mula-mula memang tak tau trailhead tang mana, tapi dalam sama2-samar hampir subuh tu kami nampak budak-budak bawa backpack dok masuk lorong tu..betoi la tu..so kami parked situ.

Macam biasa buat stretching exercise dulu..tengok budak-budak naik selamba saja, yang tak bawa headlamp atau torchlight..harapkan kawan saja bawa..ada yang lenggang kangkung, ayaq pun depa tak bawa..memang kebal budak-budak ni..kalau jadi apa2 memang susah laa..

Kami start hiking dalam pukui 5.30pagi..lebih kurang..dalam gelap2 tu nampak juga rumah-rumah orang, trek naik tu ada palang..licin juga tang tu sebab malam sebelum tu hujan..kena jaga kaki dan lutut.

Lepaih tu kami stop sat, sebab dah masuk waktu solat Subuh, di situ ada satu area yang hikers lain dah sediakan sejadah, so ambik wuduk dan solat..

(credit:Kodin)

dalam 20 minit lepas tu kami continue hiking..ada orang kata 45 minit dari trailhead dah boleh sampai puncak..kami naik..bukan 45 minit..lebih dari tu sebab ada satu kawasan tu memang licin sangat..kena pegang palang besi..time ni takdak la gambaq nak tunjuk naa..sebab gelap

Makin lama makin ataih..makin nampak cahaya sikit-sikit ..dah boleh agak nak sampai ataih dah..kita kena lalu satu kawasan tu ada batu-batu dan kena membongkok,..or what we Kedahan called 'meronot'..backpack hampa kena buang dulu..maksudnya buka la..pas kat kawan ..pegang tali, pasang kaki kat batu..lonjak badan naik..yang PLUS size tu kesian la sikit especially time turun..BAHAYA..satgi time turun kami ceritera..

Makin ataih..batu batuan makin tajam..kalau nak tau trek hampa betoi ka dak..tengook la batu tu ada kesan tanah kaler brown or orange..haaa betoi la tu.. tak lama dari batu tadi hampa akan sampai ke ataih..kalau ke peak hampa kena belok kiri, tapi kami tak mau pi lagi sebab ada byk masa so kami belok kanan..before that snap satu gambaq dulu Puncak Gunung Pulai.

View towards Gunung Pulai at 7.03am

Dia dok mai dah pelan-pelan..awan karpet Gunung Baling..time ni sejuk juga..Port baik itu penting untuk lepak lama-lama dan posing..tapi jangan dok posing maut sebab batuan disini tak stabil..jangan buat loglaq naa..haha

Ni belum puncak lagi..ataih sikit lagi baru puncak Gunung Baling tapi sebab nak tunggu awan karpet, so kami cari port dulu

Matahari tengah naik..nampak Pekan Baling

Kami lepak kawsan ni dekat sejam..siap pakai baju tema Koboi..ala bawa baju petak2 saja..jadi la western cowboy theme..pastu pinjam topi kawan..

Husband kami dok cari tunjuk tempat kuda yg kami tambat...haha..berangan tak salah..layannnn

Banyak sangat camera ni sampai tak tau nak tengok yang mana..tapi view Gunung Baling memang awesommeeeeeee...

Lepaih lepak sejam, puaih hati dah ..dengan tak breakfast sebab excited tengok awan karpet, kami pun mula pi ke puncak, gambaq tang signboard penting naa..maka berjalanlah kami bersilisih dengan group lain yang baru naik. 

Sebelum ke puncak tu..hampa kena stop sat..sebab ada port baik untuk gambaq lagi..tapi hati-hati la jangan buat ghapla..

Acah-acah tengok view Pekan di bawah nu..tapi cuak juga ni..actually batu tang ni ok,..dalam gambaq saja nampak bahaya.

Dalam berapa minit tu hampa akan sampai puncak..actually tak tinggi..TAPIII banyak sangat spot cantik..tu yang lambat sampai..hahha

Yeahh..another mountain ..Gunung Baling..Checked 

Lepas lepak2 kat bawah pokok buluh tu..kami tengok ramai yang dok pi lagi ke depan ambik gambaq...kami pun pi tengok..ropanya ada lagi port yang best..Gunung Baling memang tidak mengecewakan.

Gambaq wajib weii..cuak juga mula-mula tetapi setelah diniali tahap kestabilan batu tersebut, maka kami pun memberanikan diri..tapi hampa jangan buat gambaq lompat pula..jenuh nak pi angkut hampa celah batu bawah nuuuu..

(credit: Milo)

Lepas dari peak, ada satu spot dengan pokok buluh, boleh lah berteduh sat sambil makan cokelat yang hampa bawa tapi jangan la lupa, plastik bawa turun..dah ringan kott..

Kami start turun bila matahari koi dok naik..makin panaih..makin ramai juga yang dok panjat naik. Masa turun tu..tiba-tiba trek jadi jem..ingatkan Broga saja yang jem..Gunung Baling pun jem..rupanya ada budak yg injured kat kawasan batu yang cerita tadi..ingat tak?

Kawasan tu sempit, berbatu..kena guna tali..kesian dia..she's a plus size, orang Baling juga, kami tanya nak  ubat ka..guide dia dah bagi ubat, dah called Bomba..aduhh..malang tak berbau..ada one Chinese guy name Kenny yang helpful dok dengan depa..so we proceed down..

Masa turun tu, tengok Kenny dah naik atas balik dengan stretcher ni..Bomba ada 2 orang tak jauh lepas dia.

Masa subuh tadi tak perasan trek macamana...rupanya camni..just few meters from here ada port cantik untuk ambik gambaq..kat celah batu-batu.

Lepas dari batu-batu..akan turun tangga..pastu jumpa kawasan licin..memang kena jalan slowly.

Bukit Broga, Semenyih

Date: 12th February 2017
Via: Old trek..balik- new trek
Fee: RM1 per pax

I just came back from Sarawak and a friend asked us to join them to Broga, so as usual it's a BIG YES. I went there alone without hubby and met my friend at the parking. The parking rate is still per car instead of per head.

I was confident that it will be a great view by looking at this cloud. This is the road leading to Broga area after Nottingham University, Semenyih

Arrived around 6.40am and saw them already there. We were joined by a Japanese student..a friend of my friend..Still young so I expected that she is fit and energetic. But turn out that she did not sleep well last night. So pewaiii..but we did not rush, just follow her pace.

Told ya..it's a great day..beautiful sunshine..and look at these grass..love it..

Tadaaa...trust me, learn from nature, observe the cloud, the weather, the rain, the temperature and you can predict the outcome, but for sure it's God's will.

Yours truely..Trying to catch the sun..haha

Lalang pun cantik..kalau bawa DSLR camera will be much better.

After CP 2, Keiko dah pewai..lack of sleep and no exercise before this. So we waited there and look at her condition. 

Pewai moment...

Keiko..after gained some energy..pity her

How can you not love this place...?

Masa balik kami ikut trek baru ..saja bagi yang lain try..

View from new trek towards the new trek

It was sunny but so windy..the wind was so strong

When the wind was strong, the new trek will be dusty like this and a bit slippery coz the slope is exposed like this. So most people need to sit and slide..including me..a bit dangerous especially for those who simply wear selipar Jepun.

Luckily I brought my hat..it was sunny and so hot.

I wish they think properly before they open this new trek, can't simply cut the trees and cleared all the grass and exposed like this. I still prefer the old trek even though we have to pay RM1.00. But I never miss coming here again and again.

Gunung Yong Belar 2D1N

FINALE

By 9.30am we were already at Kem Kasut, prepared some breakfast--> maggie kari dan serunding udang..what a marvelous combination ..and hot coffee. It's always a different mood during return trip compared to yesterday coz we already met our objective.

View of Kem Kasut towards trek to waterpoint.

This is Men's area..look at his emergency blanket that was used as blanket last night..haha

Ladies area, the first one is my hammock. We chose to use hammock because the area is always wet and it is easier and lighter to carry a hammock compared to tent. We packed up and clean the campsite, pick up all our thrash and divided our uncooked ration among the guys.

One last for photo at Kem Kasut before we left. The other group asked what happened earlier this morning..they heard someone screaming..hahaha..told 'em my story..huhu..

We left Kem Kasut at 10.15am and started again our horrible journey... we targeted to reached Kem Rimba by 4.00pm. We thought that our backpack will be lighter but it seems like the weight did not decreased at all. We hike and hike and did not bump into hikers like yesterday where many people did daypack and some camped at other spot. 

I was alone at this moment, some of them were ahead, the rest were still at the back, I just need to walked slowly and steady at my own pace. Rest many times but tried to control and limit myself not to exceed 5 minutes during each stop.

CT and I walked together leaving the guys with sweeper, by the time we saw that small river, we were soooo excited, that means we are already at Kem Tudung Periuk. We heard the rest shouting at us, even though we can't see them, but there's a relief feeling. We walked down slowly, put down our backpack, fill up our water bladder and bottles..what a journey. We waited for our husband there, so we were there for more than 20 minutes.

Kem Tudung Periuk, not crowded like yesterday, felt relief the moment we reached this campsite. We rest again for about 30 minutes to pray and what not..I was still searching for my apple,..took out everything from hubby's backpack..couldn't find any..then he remembered that he already ATE it,...grrr..sob sob...

(credit: Kodin)

At Kem Tudung Periuk

We left Kem Tudung Periuk at 2.30 pm..semangat berkobar sebab dah lepas azab tadi. Perjalanan balik kali ni tak terasa azab mcm masa nak pi even though we did not have lunch, just kurma and chocolate.

(credit: Kodin)

Not far from Pintu Rimba ..heading to Kebun area..see the happy faces..

(credit: Kodin)

Finally..reached Tangga Batu..wuhooo...legaa sangat time ni cuma jangan over excited sebab tangga ni curam, kena turun mengiring 

Gunung Yong Belar 2D1N

PART 03

Menuju puncak...

20th May 2017 (Sunday)

I could hear Jaja and Ezra were talking..they can't stand the cold coz the wind was blowing from their side and I was lucky coz they already blocked the wind to my hammock. Sooo..I slept like a log. We were supposed to wake up at 4.00am and left for the summit at 5.00am. Everybody was tired and some of them woke up at 5.00am.

I really needed to brush my teeth, I sat on my ground sheet and under the dim light, press the toothpaste tube onto my brush. I was excited coz I did not brush my teeth last night..another rules broken...haha...I brush two strokes and screammmmmmm !!!!...arghhhhh....huhuuuuuu......It was damn hot and spicy and stinging..it was actually my ubat otot..ubat panas...I had to used cold water and spit them out ..arghh..what a way to start my morning.

We packed some of our stuff and put them into our hammock..put on new socks..wet hiking shoes..huhu

By 6.00am we were ready with our headlamp, orange t-shirt..our theme for Yong Belar trip, hiking pole,..I only ate one kurma and some water. We headed to summit in the dark, estimated to reach the summit within 1 or 1.5 hours depending on pace. So we hiked..and hiked..muddy trek again, Yong Belar is well known for its muddy trek. 

By almost 7.00 am we already see a bit of light from behind, we split into two groups as always ..mossy forest sooth our view and tiredness..few minutes later we heard..'tak jauh dah'..and there was a sign that we almost there where the trees are different and we could see the sky bit by bit..

I heard my husband said Allahhuakbar many times..then he said..'cepatt...i nak peluk you..'..ohhh what a relief..I saw them..I saw him putting on his backpack on the ground..we hugged each other..congratulated each other..FINALLY..10 of us at the peak of Mount Yong Belar at 7.20 am, 3rd highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia..

(credit: Kodin and CT)

Geng laki dengan guide kami yg paling kiri dan paling tinggi dna paling laju dan paling tak pewai..huhu

From left: Guide (Amri), Jalal, Shahir, Haffis (my husband), Budi, Kodin and our great sweper Milo.

Yeahhh..no pain no gain yeahh..with banner made by our kids. Since we were early and the first group, we had a chance to watch the clouds that most hikers are chasing...AWAN KARPET..it was amazing.

Allahhuakhbar..MashaAllah..what a view..kannn..

Yuhooo....awak disana..kami akan pi nanti..tunggu kami Yong Yap...kalau ada rezeki dan kekuatan, dengan IzinNya..

We were at the summit for almost an hour..it was a memorable moment, for most of them Yong Belar is their first G7, for me this is my second G7, Shahir's 3rd and Jalal's second after Korbu..

(credit: CT)

A rare wefie post from us at the top of the mountain.

(credit: CT/Kodin)

Four crazy bunch of ladies

We left for Kem Kasut at almost 8.30am..with a smile on our face..with satisfaction..all made it without major injury. We met other hikers along the trek and push them to hurry otherwise they are not going to catch awan karpet.

To be continue >>>