still excited

The excitement of reaching the summit of mount kinabalu is still fresh. Still can’t believe I did dat. Seriously, I was there. I didn’t upload my picture because I’m just not ready yet to expose myself. This blog is still within me, frens do not know that I’m writing in this blog.

How much that I spent for this trip?

Flight ticket - 319
Mt kinabalu package (1 nite lodging, 2 lunches, 1 breakfast n 1 supper) - 290
2 nites lodging (kundasang & kk) - 60
Transport (4 days) - 180

Equipment
Headlight - 30
Batteries - 13
Raincoat - 8
Mask - 10
Shoes - 70
Socks - 10
Food/energy bar - 15

TOTAL - RM 1005

I spent extra, unnecessarily things ;
socks pacat coz memang takder pacat pon - 9
kasut-konon-nak-pakai-tapi-tak-jadi - 50
nike socks – sayang nak pakai sebab kaler putih - 15

TOTAL - RM 74

'this is the easier part'

Just to share my 2 cents for those who are willing or planning to climb.

Bring ur backpack as light as possible. Just pack these in ur bag;

1. 1 tshirt – u gonna need this during the night and the day after
2. 1 pant/tracksuit – also during the night, untuk tido n just in case hujan, bole tukar suar lain la.
3. Headlight, gloves, raincoat, socks, tooth brush, toothpaste, jacket, chocolate (2 bars are enough)
4. Mineral water botol kecik tu dah cukup sebab dalam lunch box dah ada 1 botol

Bear in mind, we need to spare the space for lunch box provided by the agency. It contains sandwiches, a piece of chicken, 2 pieces of popiah, 1 mineral water (500ml) and a can of 100plus. It’s quite heavy.

p/s - a can of 100plus at laban rata is RM5.50!

Just for the record, I carried 6kg of my backpack (inclusive of lunch box) which I think I could go lighter than that.

U really need to distract ur mind from thinking ‘adus..penat nyer..’, ‘ala, biler nak sampai ni’..kind of things. Do ur own activities, step counting, imagining things, recite zikr etc. my sil gave very useful and helpful tips to me. Everytime u climb up, always look down (the ground or ur feet, maybe) and walk in a zig zag line. At first I tried to push to the maximum energy, walk and climb as fast as I can and take the rest. I can feel my heartbeat was running like hell. When I tried the zig zag method, the breathing was getting so much better and I could walk non-stop!

tempat kitorang smayang biler dah sampai exit gate.