Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Beautiful lake.. We were this high when we're only at 10% of our climb.. And I left about 10% of energy inside of me.....wtf

We were continuing climbing higher and higher and we met more and more rocks to climb.. Luckily Alwinyu bought the gloves, if not my hands would have a lot of scratches because we need to use our hands to hold on to rocks or to pull ourselves up the hill..

During the climb, Douglas was like a small and hyper monkey leading us all the way up the hill with his friend, Meng How. He was so fast that we couldn't catch up with him because we needed to catch our breath! Unless he waited for us.

See.. When we're down below, he's already up somewhere! And as you can see from the photo above, it's basically like rock climbing, without the harness. If you fall, you might just die.

There was one part where we need to climb down the limestone with a rope already provided there by some nice people.. When I was looking down, I knew my short legs would never reach the stone below but that's the only way to go down. So I climbed down slowly but I couldn't control the rope and I didn't manage to touch the bottom with my feet, so my body swing to side and I hit my right shoulder on the limestone............ Hurts like fuck that I automatically start tearing. Now my right shoulder has a bump and a blueblack to remind me of the incident for at least a week. Grrr... Melanie hit her shoulder too while climbing down the limestone too.

Had to forget about the pain and start walking again.. We climbed up and down, up and down, and up and down and after about 45% of our climb, we sat down to eat and rest.. Most of us were already running out of water, 100 plus and energy..

Once we were done, we had to rush to complete the gruesome hill because it was getting late and it was going to rain.. I was quite afraid if its gonna rain, there is a higher chances of bumping into leeches....................

So we continued our climb again. Going up and down multiple times..

Some pictures when we were still quite high on the hill..

The red shirt guy (pic above) is CJ.. He was the last man standing behind all of us.. haha this is how I always see him during the hike.. When I am standing somewhere high, he will still be down below the hill.

When we were going down the hill, its a different trail.. Small muddy walkways with long grasses on your left and right.. Then it started to pour!! Raining!! FML!! Walking down hill on muddy and slippery rocks are fun yet not so fun.. We were sliding all the way down.... Jason fell on his ass. Alwinyu and Azim thought they were in a snowboard competition.. And I slide clumsily and hit my toe on a bloody rock. Cipet.......... It hurt so bad that I can't walk properly anymore..

Hurt my shoulder, hurt my toe. What's next!??

Manage to catch up with the gang in front at a small hut.. So we were all sitting down to wait for the gang behind.. As I was sitting down I randomly glance at my hand and I saw a freaking leech on my glove!!!! I turned into this panic mode and started swinging my hand up and down in the air and I pulled out the glove and threw it on the ground..... Fuck you leech! grr... Then Joe Lin and Mel start to checked whether they had leech on them and Mel found one on her leg!! OMG! I think one of they boys took out their lighter and help her kill it off..

Two minutes later I felt something on my leg... Not feeling right, I pulled my pants up to check what's up and CJ started shouting "OMG LEECH ON YOUR LEG!!! FUCKING LONG BALLS!" And that's when I saw the tail wiggling on my leg and again the panic mode ON!!!! Ahhh!! So geli and terrifying!! I didn't dare to look at what the boys did to my leg because I was crying again.... omg so crybaby that day...

The next thing I know was the leech is gone and the wound just kept bleeding.. I wonder how long the leech has been sucking my blood.. Motherfucker fat leech....

I was just so happy when we reach the bottom of the hill. When I saw Alwinyu's car just few metres away from where we were standing, I knew I am safe and I am going home of civilization and leech-free! wtf

But when I was going in the car I saw another leech on my socks!!!!! WTF WTF!!!! I quickly pull out my socks, threw it on the ground, and close the car door. I'm not a celebrity but get me out of here!

After a tiring day, off to a mamak nearby for drinks and foooood..

Overall I love the company and the trip. I won't say it was no fun..

Till then, xoxo!