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EBC tour or group arrangement

  Actually it is very nice to join a group if one is very comfortable with High Altitude Mountain. The tour agent arrangement is really reasonable. However, the agent is arranging like any ground tour; this not a tour but adventure sports with ability to push your physical and mental strength beyond average sportsman.😅 It is not the trip - it is how well one is trained for the High Altitude Mountain. In my opinion, most Malaysian don't optimally prepare for high altitude mountains in the perspective of environment and terrain- it is extremely cold n weather changes rapidly,it is extremely hot at the top, strong wind ,sandy and the terrain changes from sandy, to stony to rocky to snow pathway, TO BE USING MINIMUM N BE DIRTY FOR THAT TREKKING and MOST IMPORTANTLY AIR THINS EXTREMELY AS ONE GOES HIGEHER AND HIGHER) However, most Malaysians train very well in stamina and speed, which is good for tropical or rainforests. As for u, when I say discipline - the above capital letters - nee...

Current Challenges of Trekking Mt.Kinabalu

Mt. Kinabalu is a crown jewel of all Malaysians who love hiking. In other words, it is the pride of each Malaysian. As such, most Malaysians are keen to trek up this high altitude mountain once in their lifetime as their achievement and a pride to them as a Malaysian. However, they think, it is like any other hills that they are training within the little time which they can spare in their busy work schedule; to attempt the mountain. Let me alert those who are going to attempt Mt.Kinabalu. It is no more as hikers were thinking like many years ago.Where they can take any amount of time to ascend and descend this mountain. The park rangers and the guide were very accommodating and encouraging to enjoy the hike during that years. In spite of all the late hikers,not trained hikers and injured hikers. I had gone up Mt.Kinabalu more than 14 times in 2 decades for the love of Mt.Kinabalu. Recently, I found out there is a cut of time to reach the Sayap Sayap that is by 5.30 am. If not, the hik...

It’s tough. I am contemplating if I should do sub… I need your advice.

  1.R u prepared to leave ur child/spouse/ old parents n go another round of 3 to 4 yrs in wilderness in seek of dream of becoming a subspecialty 🤔 2. The growing child time ,u want to spend time with the child n enjoy being a surgeon or pursue ur dream n miss the valuable time with the child n spouse. 3. Do u want to go down the ladder of work like snake n ladder in fullfilling ur dream.I mean, be jr n learn the skill again from ur comfort zone🤔 4. By doing sub- what u going to achieve.🤔 5.R u going to do subspecialty bcos that is the trend or future private.🤔 6.U r a surgeon that means u love scalpel work on humans, which u already are.By doing subspecialty what difference u going to make to scalpel u r using in ur daily work - as GS - u can do everything but as Sub - u narrow ur work though refine. Malaysia needs for  GS will be for another 2 decades. As the sub doesn't stay with  government n go to private n practice GS😅🤔 7.If u intend to go private , there are ...