Mount Kinabalu Expedition ( My second expedition in year 2014)

                     

      During my university days, I was thinking of going on an expedition to Sabah to conquer Mount Kina Balu. Everything happened so fast, as though it has been  planned. Just few years after Im back from my long house stay from Sarawak, in few moths I was asked by the education officer to write a research a paper for the coming national level research colloquium, which will be held in Ipoh. Before that, few months earlier there was a state level seminar which i was asked to attend , so i can get some clues about writing  a research paper. So i agreed and attended, and I got an opportunity to meet many school teachers from primary and secopundry schools presented their research which was more on Teaching and learning.

     

        The state level  Coloquim was organized by Ministry of education and those  main people are the Ipoh Teachers training college  Teaching staff. The particivpants are all over from Malaysia, from teacher traing collges , universities and school teachers. Here at this seminar I met a lecturer who has been lecturing in one of the college in Sabah and I got his friendship which helped me to join his team in the expedition organized by the Education Ministry and this teacher traning College.

      Before this expedition, I joined my sister and few family members in year 2012 and conqured mount Kinabalu for the first time. The second chance was in year 2014 with lecturers and students team. The second one was a really challenging one due to the distance which is extra 2 kilo meters and the path was  full of rocks , and stones and no stairs or fine path for the climbers and hikers. The second one was really a tiring one and we were all worn out and reached very late at Raban Lata. It was almost 7pm  and it was very dark.

      

       During my second visit the path was different and our starting point was at Mersilau, which is the other part of Mount Kinabalu that is very far from the main entrance.

  The most challenging expedition, which I ever come across. We walked on pebbles and rocks and we were so tired and couldn’t move at all.I rested at almost every 10 steps took short nap of 5 minits and then start walking.

       

        It was raining and raining and we walked in the rain at eve nearing the peak. Many of the climbers could walk and they had breathing problem, I teach them the breathing exercise and ask them to rest and then to continue their walk in the dark. We were almost reaching the peak after crossing the final gate and it was only around 5 to 6 meters to reach the peak and it started raining heavily,the air was chilling like ice and we  were wet,the rain water flow like waterfall. Every where it was dark because it was around 5 am, the sun could not be seen even at 6 am, due to the heavy rain. 

                 We waited until the rain stop and started to get down as slowly as we can because the rocks were very slippery and  we can fall very easily. After reaching Raban Lata and having lunch at 9am , we started our journey of moving down from the mountain after photography session. On the way we all were singing olden goldies and shared jokes.arond 3 pm we reach at teh entrance of the gate and out team members were all there waiting for the bus, after getting down at Ranau, we travelled in a van which took us to the hostel at the resort. 

                That night was the final night at the foot hill of Mount Kinabalu. We were treated dinner and were given certificates. The next morning we departed  from the hostel and headed to Kota kinabalu all moved to their homes the same day, my self and Zalia put up one night in Kota Kinabalu town and surveyed its beauty at night and went to the sea food food court which prepares the very delicious and fresh sea food.

                The next day after is my flight to KL and Zalia was heading to  Trengganu. I had pleasant time  with zalia and it was a nostalgic moment fopr both of us to be away. Two strangers meeting and becoming friends and moving away, that something really touching.