New Faces of Tahan

This years trip to Tahan is special cos not only is it che mat's final trip but this year my 25% will be trekking this mountain with me along with CaloryMan her husband & Smeagol...just cos. We will throughout the trip come up with more name calling. All 3 of them are virgins to Tahan with no more than 10 hours of training between them and even myself. What we lacked in physical training we make up for with enthusiasm, a little apprehension and high spirits.

Well call it Solid Belief if you will. We all knew it was something we all had to do and belief that we should DO it!

An Old Friend

Everything starts with a conversation. It all began with a call to che mat which ended up with a chat over kopi tarek and roti bakar. We reminisced about our Gunung Tahan trip a couple of years back.

Since then che mat has gone thru a couple of operations and besieged by high blood pressure while I went out of a relationship and into a new one amidst a couple of knee probs and a tumultous working environment. We finally ended up discussing about one last fling for che mat before he retires off trekking...especially his beloved Gunung Tahan. The man is after all half a century old and with his ailments he has decided to call it quits but for one last assault on Gunung Tahan.

We ended our kopitiam chit chat planning our assault on the gruelling Gunung Tahan.