Thursday, March 12, 2009

MOUNT KERINCHI Expedition, The mountain with its own Attitude..PART 2...

Ok Guys... U really Waant to Know what happen?????....



0715, 3500metre, With all the Rain and the Dust stomp... My Heart feel enlighten when i turn around and see this.. The "first Light" of the day... Like i always say.. When u are above the cloud is a diffrent story all together.......No matter wat.. i have to keep waking cuz its not the peak yet...

0730,3700metre above sea level, YEA thats me.. Filming the moment, Actually its quite hard doing filming with the dust and the rain and the cold..and my hand is numb btw..still remember wat jeremy said" Photographer/videographer have the worst job during expedition".. Well i quite agree with him...

0800hrs,3800metre above SeaLevel, AT LAST WE REACH THE SUMMIT(of course this is not the summit photo) Stay there for 15 mins and then start to go down.. cuz.. its gonna start raining again...

1100hrs,3000metre above sea level..I reach Base Camp..Have To assit Female climber as she suffer bruise knee cuz she fell during climbing down.. SO she on observation by me and Ben...Reaching the campsite seeing the chasing packing is 1or 2 hours behind us.. .. so i double check with the 2 AMS climbing weather they doing well.. Observe Female climber..who have knee injuring...after that take my breakfast...

1130hrs,3500metre, Receive Radio Call, " Ex.leader to BCManager, Abort Base Camp in 2 Hours time, Chasing will be arrive in 15 mins..roger roger" Relieve when hearing that we will go down to BASE by tonite..cuz the condition in base camp is hars for us...

1330hrs,3500metre... Abort Base Camp.. start to climbing down to base....

1600hrs,2000metre,... Heavy DownPour...and we Are 3 hours away to base...

1900hrs, 1400metre...AT LAST... We reach base... just before sundown....do some Condition reporting...I did not relise i suffer from Hypo...

2000hrs, Clean up, rest, Dinner..Good nite Sleep...

DAY4...

0930...4thday is a R&R day which shopping and sight seeing

See How we Cramp into this one small bus..

and this is the 2 guides that ancompany us the whole mountain trip....

And they are one of the best Guides i have seen...

1st Stop.. we visits the DODOL makingand have a chance to took pics with the local kids...

Then we visits the HOT SPRING which WE REALY REALLY NEED after the climb....

Presenting.. the Official Drink of Mount Kerinchi Expedition....TEA SOSOR

Then we head back and start to pack as we leaving at 930pm to the airport....

Before we leave for the Airport, A very last Photo with the locals.. They are very nice people....

AND THERE WE GO AGAIN>. 8 hours OF NUMB BUTT MOUNT AKINA TYPE OF JOURNEY....

DAY 5....

Pictures say a thousands words... Its Home sweet Home...

Actually not quite.. have to send one climber to CGH for routine check up on her knee..its a Sch SOP thigy.Anywea she is welll Then ITS HOME SWEET Home...

Signing off...

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