Gunung Kutu, 2nd Round

 

I have covered Gunung Kutu in  a previous post and this is just a short post to update the new developements on Gunung Kutu.

In July 2011, me and a couple of friends decided to scale Gunung Kutu again. We made our way there in 2 cars, and almost cancelled the trip as when we almost made it there, it began to pour. As we eased into the parking lot though, the rain let up and we decided to go ahead with the hike. There has been several improvements. The road leading to the parking lot had been improved and had been tarred.

 

Just compare the two pictures above and you’ll see the difference. The bottom picture was taken back in April 2009. The trail remained pretty much the same and more details about the hike can be found over at my older blog post regarding Gunung Kutu. We began our hike at 0855H and made it to the large rock at 1040H and subsequently the remnant chimney at 1135H and the peak shortly thereafter at 1140H.

 

The peak had been improved. There were new sturdier ladders leading up the peak. No more sliding down several branches.

 

The view at the peak was as amazing as the last time though, as we were balanced precariously on the large rock at the peak.

 

Nevertheless though, Gunung Kutu’s peak remain one of the more dangerous peaks to scale, similar to that of Gunung Datuk and as such, always take good care to prevent any untoward incidents.

 

As usual, the customary group shot before we headed home.

 

 

See also

Mountains & Hills

Gear & Stuff

 

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Gunung Murud–Mountain For The Soul (Part 6)

The next day was the final hiking leg of our journey. We packed up and left at 0745H.

 

 

We began by following a 4WD trail. It was a rather steep incline from our hut and it was no fun indeed.

 

 

At about 0830H we left the 4WD trail and began to hike into the forest. At this elevation things were damp and sticky and little cool air was blowing. In addition leeches were aplenty too.

 

 

Finally at approximately 1045H, we reached civilisation! Ba’Kelalan. Civilisation is relative though, as the picture below is pretty self explanatory.

 

 

We stayed the night at the Apple Lodge, possibly the poshiest place in town. Again, relative to others that is.

 

 

Ba’Kelalan is well known for it’s highland apples. In addition, we picked up about 5 kilogrammes each of the highland rice here to bring back to Kuala Lumpur. We walked around the small town, which was basically a few houses and shops built around the runway. The airport though was even smaller than the one in Bario. Where else can you lay down on the airport runway? XD

 

 

The roads surrounding the area were in rather poor condition too, with some areas of the dirt road being full of mud.

 

 

We had a nice fruitful sleep that night, then awoke the next morning and caught the 9+am flight back to Miri aboard the tiny De Havilland Twin Otter again.

 

 

At Miri, we then hung around the town for the day, visiting the night market, gobbling up seafood etc before we finally flew back to Kuala Lumpur the next evening. With Gunung Murud done, all of the G12 mountains in East Malaysia were completed, and now all that was left was those in the Peninsular Malaysia.

 

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Mountains & Hills

Gear & Stuff

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Everest Base Camp / Mount Kilimanjaro

Am looking for partners to scale the following mountains

 

1. Everest Base Camp

 

2. Mount Kilimanjaro

 

Date of climbing is flexible, preferably within 2011 or 2012.

 

Anyone?