MY 200 WORDS EASSY ON 'ANYTHING'

Kenneth Quek
DCEG/2B/22

Gunung Ledang(Mount Ophir) Expedition

Beams of sunray lighted up the morning have welcomed the eleven backpackers at Mount Ophir base. The eleven people expedition team consist of Aaron, Andy, Ivan, Peishan, Xinwei, Xuemin, Weini, Winston, Yoshi, Zhongyong and me. We are going through a similar hiking experience of a life time up Mount Ophir. The first hurdle for to us to clear was a series of steps cut into the rocks. They seemed never ending, and robbed the breath and colour from our lips. Thoughts of giving up filled my mind as I pushed my pampered body forward. I verbalized my surrender countless of times, yet met with only encouragements: "You have X minutes to the next checkpoint!" And so, miraculously, all of us pressed on towards our goal. The climb put all our muscle groups to brutal test. Not only did we have to strain our calves and knees to climb the giant natural steps, our arms were tormented having to hoist ourselves up. To make it to Botak Hill, we had to climb an almost vertical concrete surface one by one with the help of only one rope to hang on to for dear life. At the height of four thousand feet above sea-level, my ears was constantly getting blocked up, cramps and fatigue were also setting in. Joy and a sense of accomplishment replaced my tiredness when I reached the peak. A gaze at the mist that shrouded the entire peak was more than enough to make us heave a sign of relief and jump for joy.
4/22/2009 08:16:00 PM

_________Drifted all the way...___________