Mount Kinabalu!

From the 5th to the 7th of July 2010, I've been going up and down Mount Kinabalu for work purposes (TSK Eng. Services Sdn. Bhd.). Well actually for the first 2 days only, because on the last day the only work that has to be done was at the power generator near Timpohon Gate.

@ the Telekom substation; Injecting voltage to the cable using megger to check it's condition via ratio.

It was a very exciting experience, despite the very hard route that I had to take to reach some places. The task for the 1st day is to reach 2 places, Telekom substation and RTM substation. Each are 1.8km apart and to reach Telekom would be a 2km hike from Timpohon gate. That means 3.8km! Damn I was slow. The others were so fast they left me by 30 minutes! *Haha*

Telekom's transmitting tower view from the substation @ 12:00pm.

After finished with RTM Substation, we immediately went down to Timpohon Gate and again I was slow. I reached the gate around 3:50pm. The others were 30 minutes faster.. again! Damn I need a workout.

Mountain trail from RTM to Telekom.

The next day, we went up to Laban Rata; a 6km hike from Timpohon Gate. I was like "WTH!?". I was so exhausted from yesterday, yet I don't know why I wanted to follow eventhough I was told to rest if I cannot go on. It was a chance in a lifetime for me to climb Mount Kinabalu since I don't know when will I ever go up that mountain; probably that was what persuaded me. Nothing much to talk about for the 2nd day. We went up to Layang-layang substation, and next to Laban Rata. Anyway, the Fried Rice at Laban Rata's restaurant is RM15! Coca-cola is RM10.50! Wuhoo~! Exactly 4:00pm, we started to head down towards Timpohon gate from Laban Rata. Really crazy stuff. I reached the gate around 7:00pm. And that is really crazy, by 6:00pm, the mountain trail starts to darken. Actually I started running from km5; fuhh~!! Running downhill!

The 3rd day, we just did some work at the generator. We went back at 12:00pm and reached Kota Kinabalu district in 1 hour.

It was a very great experience to climb Mount Kinabalu, although not to the very top. Hopefully next time I will have the chance to go again, but this time with my friends.