Wednesday's Anchovies

Finally, it’s the long-awaiting moment. Everyone in the hut was busy suiting up for the summit challenge. Everyone was preparing their own gears in fights of the colds, high winds, strong sun and possible rains under the oxygen-deficient condition. Everyone knows it’s going to be hard. According to our guide, it will be a 3 hour non-stop hiking up to the peak. 245am, the journey started. We were fortunate to have spent the night in Gunting Lagadan hut as it’s located closest to the entrance to the summit trail. The first 30 minutes were spent trekking in the jungle before entering the real thing. We were greeted by some huge boulders. The rope strangled around those boulders played a vital role in getting everyone get through safely by holding on it. It was tough and exciting to walk on those boulders, especially at some corners where the movement can be limited.  At 4am, we reached Sayat-Sayat Check Point.  For those who have made it to the Sayat-Sayat Check Point bu...

The East Tabur hike has always been the topic of conversation during my ‘yumcha’ session. I have done several times to the West Tabur (as many does) and thinking of trying out another hiking trail in Bukit Tabur. Prior to hiking, we were aware of the difficulties posed in this trail. It is going to be steep and at some point, you are going to use both hand to support yourself above the rock. Thanks to the web bloggers for their hard work in sharing the information. The entrance to Tabur east. The hiking started at 7am. It was raining in the night before. We were lucky enough to have a good bright day on Saturday morning. Along the trek, we greeted many people who shared the same passion, some in a big group of 10 and there is one foreigner coming with his local guide (I guess). In total there were three check points before the summit. We actually realized that we have missed the first two signboards before spotting the last, ‘ending of tabur east’. City jungle. ...