G.datuk once again

On 14 march I went up Gunung Datuk for the second time..

around 3 pm, arwin, arie, and I met on side gate to meet with the other trekkers at sunway lobby foyer..

on the lobby foyer, I saw many "new" faces and "old" faces. Some of them have trek with me several times, they are Amir, Scott, Mr.TMC, and Mr.Varga.

It was a very enjoyable trek, many friendly CIMPans

Gunung Datuk was never an easy trek for me
The first time I went up Gunung Datuk is my first time trekking, I'm dying going up, and for the second time, Gunung Datuk killing me again. I underestimated this mountain and take too much load on my bag.. I brought up 3 litres water, 1 huge plastic floormat, 1 4-men tent, 4 apples, 3 breads which turned into mashed breads because I squeezed it in my bag, 1 rocky, 2 cadburry, 2 Cup Ramen, 1 gas, 2 pan, and 1 Sleeping bag.

but I admit that I need to train more so that I can be the best beast of burden and able to help my fellas to carry the loads.

My sweat starts raining all over my body since the first twenty minutes of the trek. Gunung datuk just have a long steep section which make me sooo tired..

This trek brings back the memories from my first trek to Gunung datuk, I miss some of my buddies that trek with me at that time, they are Aloy, Nini, Fani, Kourosh, and Farah.

At the time I reach the peak in this trek, some tent have been set up, then I helped to set some tents and one of them was set on a "Isolated" area which was very windy (this tent was blown up by the wind at the night, and those guys who slept on this tent move to other tent except steve who chose to sleep on the peak)

after set all the tent, we cook, we eat, and all of us gather together and talk to each other. we sang a song which called "row row your boat" and I also have a duet with Mr.Varga singing "Wherever you will go" from "the calling".  some people tell jokes and ghost story.

after the night gathering, I chose to go to the peak to meet Mr.TMC, and on a night I count that I go up and down from the camp site to the peak 4 times.
-the first time with Mr.Varga, we went to meet Mr.Tan on the peak, and found Mr.Marc Andre was up there too.
-the second time was with Mr.Tan, Mr.Varga, and Mei
-the third time was with gabby, leon, and smita, and Mr.Tan
-the fourth was with steve, amir, Mr.Tan

Amos and Nee On come at 3.15 to the peak which surprise me, these to fellas are crazy trekkers..

everybody went down the peak around 4am, except steve and me, yeah we are the only survivor.. Hell yeah

can't sleep at all on the peak till morning come, it was very cold and windy.. the stars are great up there, but nothing beats the stars on Gunung tahan, it was brighter and also a lot more stars there..

we did some cleaning up, fill some plastic bag with rubbish, but the last plastic bag is very small because I felt lazy filling it ALONE
I fill the plastic bag while the others busy taking pics and chit chat, but I know some of them busy cleaning up their tent, so can not blame it on them, they also have the right not to clean up the mountain because its their choice, and I have to accept it.

on the way down, I walk together with TMC and Mei
Mei really is a nature lover,this young maiden collect all the rubbish that she found on the way, and her act amaze TMC and me.

enought talk, here are the pics (most of them are the pics that I got from CIMP blackboard.. LOL)

P.S=
-somehow I felt bad that I post G.Datuk story for the second time and still choosing not to post story about G.Tahan which was my best trekking experience so far. The long journey on Tahan really is too long to be written, and the experience is just MORE THAN WORDS

-while I was writing this blog I felt a bit upset because it was raining outside which make me can't play frisbee with my friends