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harlo n good morning everyone!

today's edition of the sabah times may or may not be a true account of what may or may not have happened on the path up to the peak of mt kinabalu several days ago.

anyways, it started as a perfect morning. dark, cold and earrrrrlyyy. we had to get up at 5 and get ready as our van came to pick us up at 530am. over here, as all the borneo ppl know, the sun is up about an hour earlier compared to the peninsular. but at the ungodly hour of 530, even our world's greatest energy source is nowhere to be seen.

anyways, it was to be about 2hours journey from our place to the starting point of our journey, timpohon gate. i would put in a trail map for you, but i'm lazy and you'll just have to imagine. just woke up not too long ago and everyone else is still sleeping. anyways the gate itself is already about 2000++ meters above sea level. the peak is claimed to be at 4095m. means we quite high up the mountain d la. the 'three-quarter house' is at 3300++ meters i think. called laban rata la the place. forgive my uncapped letters. i'm lazy. shoot me.

urm. when we reach near the place d, got a restaurant there, so we stopped for breakfast. to prove that not all haifon says is fake, they really do serve lambchop there. i think the price is kinda like normal price, higher a bit nia, but wasn't really paying attention cos not planning to eat. the place called bayu kinabalu. btw a little side note here. when you guys come to kinabalu, drink.plain.water. seriously. the price of drinks here is crazy. even limau ais is more expensive than coca cola. even if you don wan the asam boi they offer you.

urm okok reach timpohon gate d. gonna start climbing. there were 6 of us. 4 lelaki 2 perempuan. lelaki is leekeongjoo, moeycheehoong, mokchuangshin and wanmingkeong aka lameking. perempuan is nglingwei and christabelestherterence. now if you're smart and are kinda loaded, get a porter to carry up your stuff for you. they charge rm6.60 per kg for a return trip. so if your bag is 5kg, it's only bout rm33. but usually will be bout 7kg. most heavy stuff is water. word of advice - don carry too much water. just bring 500ml when you start out. there'll be resthouses along the way. 7 in total for the 6km hike. everytime you reach a resthouse just refill with water n drink. they got untreated water there. not crystal pure but drinkable la. at least still look like water not teh tarik. i didn't get a porter, but lingwei did. so i tumpang some stuff inside hers. haha. but i still carry heavy bag up k. don play play.

end of part 1. i'm sweating like crazy here. the best place for internet here is in de corridor. no fan de. gila panas wei. i continue part 2 later ba. or nlwei will do it for me. hohohoho..