Bukit Melawati Climbing Trip

It's so unbelievable I go climbing again... Last year when I climbed mount KK, I swore, I will never do climbing again... but... during Wesak day holiday, my friends asked me to climb Bukit Melawati with them and their colleagues, initially I was a bit reluctant, but they said since I've "conquered" Mount KK, Bukit Melawati is nothing, because the climbing distance is about 1/6 of Mount KK, taking consideration of I took about 6 hours to reach Tanah Rata from starting point and 4 hours from Tanah Rata to Low's peak and about 8 hours down from Low's peak to starting point. And, I actually climbed this Bukit Melawati once during my college time, so they said this time will be easier for me (opps, I didn't take my age as a consideration). Ok, after long persuasion and negotiation, I joined them.

Weather of the day was fabulous, not too sunny nor raining. I only ate a piece of bread for my breakfast because they said we still can catch up our breakfast/brunch after climbing... We started our journey around 8am and we predicted that we will complete around 11am.

Compare to Mount KK, I still think that this Bukit Melawati is tougher and more dangerous, some part of the journey is like rock climbing, and you really need to walk/climb carefully or if you fall, THAT'S IT! And must accompany by some who really know the climbing path, or will lost in it.

Overall, I still think that climbing is not my activity, I'm not an indoor person but extreme sport...? NO NO NO NO NO... I swear again, no more mount climbing in my life again! I mean it this time!

A lake at the back of the bukit

See?! Need to be "spiderman" climbing down and up the rock

The city view from the top

Timin was figuring-out how to climb down, which leg first and which leg to which rock

Beautiful mold on rocks

Some pine like trees on top of the bukit

Spider-climbing up again... sign~

It's all rock!

Heading back to where we parked our cars

My "reward" of the day - big bruise on my calf