Mountain Climbing @ Mount Datuk

This is my first time going for mountain climbing at Malaysia. Well it was really tiring.... It was Wendy's elder Bro, Billy, suggestion to go mountain climbing at Mount Datuk. My GF, Wendy, and i wake up early in the morning on Sunday 8th July 2007 and set off to Mount Datuk at around 4.30am. Wendy's second Bro, NaiFuh, went for the mountain climbing as well.

It takes us around 3 hours drive to reach the foot of Mount Datuk. When we reach the foot of Mount Datuk at around 7.30am, we saw a big group of students having their mountain climbing excursion. Luckily the weather was fine and sunny and it did not rain the day before. If it rains the day before, the ground will be muddy and we will not be able to reach the top in about 1.5 hours.

We began our climb at 8.15am and reach the top at 9.45am. Mount Datuk is 2900 feet above sea level. NaiFuh was very fit and climb the mountain in less than 1 hour! That is amazing! The path going up Mount Datuk was steep. Wendy and i took a short 10min break at about 1000m distance. After the break, Wendy seems better and went all the way without stopping for about 45mins. I was impressed.

Finally we reach the top of the mountain and the view was breathtaking. When i was standing at the top of the stone, the panoramic view of the city was amazing! After resting for a while, we began descending and it doesn't seems as easy as i thought it will be. It takes a lot of leg muscle to descend as well. Wendy, Billy and i took around 1 hour to reach the foot of Mount Datuk. Guess how long it took NaiFuh to reach the foot.....30mins!

It was a good exercise for me because it has been a long time i have done such strenuous exercise. We took showers at the toilet nearby. Well it was about 12.30pm and we drove to Melaka and ate out lunch at a peranakan restaurant in Makota. Well the food was not very fantastic. After lunch, we drove back to Singapore and reach at around 6.30pm.

I have made a slide show of pictures taken during this mountain climbing trip.