老点站: My third Climb ..

1st climb was on 2 April 2000, made it to the peak! 2nd Climb was on 25 April 2008, only manage to pass Sayap Sayap as it was raining so we have to retreat. 14 Feb 2009, this is my 3rd Climb with Yee Wan and 2 of her friends, Wind and Lye Ting.

I choose the shorter path , the Timpohon trail, as it is the first climb for 3 of them. We started our climb on 14 feb 2009 at 8.30 am. Let the porter carry yours stuff, don't save the money, trust me! especially those who is not very fit. Don't carry your windbreaker yourself too, as you wont need it because as you climb you will feel that you are sweating and you body will create heat.

The first day trail is not that hard, you will just walk to path like the picture above.

There are sign to identify every 0.5 km you have pass through and the height of that area above sea level as well.

My favorite picture that i took with my brother's Canon EOS 450D

We made it to the first stop, Pondok Kandis at 8.51 am.

Yee Wan still looks strong after 2.5km walk. We were there at 10.06am.

Took us another hour to reach 3.5km at 11am, which is consider quite slow.

The path is getting harder as you see most of the route has become rocky. We made it to 4km (Layang Layang) at 11.30am and had our lunch break there. The packed lunch provided by Balsam Restoran were cold and tasted so so only. We had to make it quick as we have to move on. There is still 2km from Laban Rata.

This signboard was newly build as I didnt see it last year. Its put there in case some climbers don't know the route and went to the wrong end.

As we climb higher, trees are getting shorter and mist are crowding the areas.

This is the first area that we have to use the rope to assist us through.

The view from above.

You can actually fill up your bottle with mountain water every stop, if you dare to drink. But so far I never had problem drink it.

There are also restroom for you to do your business :P.

1.16pm, We made it to the 5th Km. Its 3001M above sea level, and its getting cold!

Trees are very short here as the height of the area was not suitable for growing huge trees.

The route is now purely rock as we almost reach Laban Rata.

1.57pm, Yee Wan is getting tired and our movement is slowing down, but we are almost there, another 0.5km only.

Yee Wan is slowing down very much as she is not feeling very well.

2.30pm, We finally made it to Laban Rata. 3290m above sea level. Its the place we going to stay for the night. We have to rest well to prepare for our climb tomorrow.