It’s interesting going down as this time you could see the view, whereas when you climb all was in darkness. Though for some, the darkness was good to cover out the scene, because now you could actually see where you could fall. Going down from the summit is kinda hard on the knees and toes as your body have to balance itself from the pull down. Then navigating through the ropes requires a bit of rapeling skills. Which I found to be fun actually.
Category: Travel
KK Adventure 03: 2.7 km to the Summit
We barely have a couple of hours of sleep. We had to wake up around 2:30am for our summit assault. Or better yet, we were awaken by the constant sound of footsteps from other climbers on the hallway, getting ready as well. Navigatng through a ton of scattered drenched clothes above our room heater and after having something for breakfast at the canteen we set off to climb the last 2.7km toward the summit.
KK Adventure 02: Stairway to heaven
Mt. Kinabalu’s trail are mostly stairs, and I hate stair trails. They are more tiring and would put too much pressure on your legs and butts. Especially if you have your packs on. From the start I could already see myself getting wobbly legs when I go down these uneven steps. Like how I see most of the other foreigners descending from the mountain limping on every step down and mostly with sticks for support.
KK Adventure 01: A new door opens
I’m back in Manila, and my legs are just aching from those endless flight of stair trails in Mt. Kinabalu, a world Heritage site and one of the highest mountain in the South East Asia.
Tuguegarao Exploration
Found a bit of time for some internet here in the north of Luzon, Tuguegarao. Doing fine here, and the past few days have been exciting. Will be back in a couple of days. Just checked my mail and will be rolling in a while. See you guys in a few days…
Underwater Madness
Finally got my underwater pics scanned to CD courtesy of my friend at Columbia Megasmall. It’s amazing how a lot of people are excited to see themselves underwater. And I’m quite glad at some of my underwater shots. Though I wish I could have done a lot better. Or I had more film in my camera.