Mr.Keropok conquers Mt. Kinabalu!!

18th June 2009, 7:30am.

Time stood still as this was the historic moment for Mr.Keropok and his 3 buddies has braved rain, gusty cold winds, fatigue and covered almost 8.5km of forest trails and rock scaling before reaching the summit of Mount Kinabalu @ 4,095 metres - the tallest mountain in South East Asia.

WE DID IT!!!

Here are some photos of the Mt Kinabalu expedition & our R&R @ Sutera Harbour.

Timpohon Gate - The start point of our Mt Kinabalu expedition trail
We climed up and down almost 1,000 of such stony steps through the journey.
A view enroute to the summit - An appetizer of what is to come.
In the foreground, our lifesaver in this trip - Water.
A view of the mountain ridges just before scaling to the peak of Mt Kinabalu.
A breath-taking shot from Mt Kinabalu summit - We were above the clouds!
A short tour around beautiful Sutera Harbour Resort's yatch docking station.
Beautiful sunset @ Sutera Harbour Resort.
A beautiful sunset makes a beautiful ending to a beautiful trip!
Mr.Keropok's Thoughts:

I am thankful for the buddies (JarJar, Yang & Ah-Cong) on this trip. Honestly, there came a point in the expedition where I wanted to give up and not scale the summit. My body has reached the fatigue limit and I was prepare to not climb the final 200 metres segment to reach the summit. But thankfully none of them wanted to give up and persisted on. that really spurred and inspired me to keep going!

I thought I understood the theory, but now I see it in working out in reality.

When a team works together, together they are able to achieve so much greater than what one person can reach.