Thursday, September 14, 2006

Mt. Trusmadi Tambunan Sabah 14Sept 2006

14 sept 2006, 11 personal Brunei mount trekkers climb Mt. Trusmadi at Tambunan Sabah. On 13 sept 2006 we stay overnight at TVRC "Tembunan Village Recreation Center" and start leaving @06:30hrs the next morning after having breakfast. We hired 3, 4WD hilux to send us till end of the jungle log road where it took 2 hours.

From here we have to walk to footstep of the mountain where it took us 2 hours. From the footstep we have to climb Teman Bunga. At Teman Bunga we took a rest for drink and food. We left our things at Taman Bunga and start climbing to Mt Trusmadi summit where the last team member reach the summit @16:25hrs. It took us 8 hours to reach summit. We spend 30 mins on the summit of the mountain, unlucky day for us because it was raining, thick foggy and windy.


We start descending @17:00hrs where it start dark soon. At the middle of the jungle after Taman Bunga we encounter heavy rain and thunder. We have to continued walking. After 5 hours walking our torchlight became dimer and dimer, this make us horrible, so we have to walk in line because of darkness. After 16hrs walking, we manage to arrived at the end of the logging road where 3 hilux still waiting for us, so thanks to the drivers that they still waiting for us until @02:00hrs. While packing to the hilux and put the light on, everybody panic because litches still attached to our body and blood stain everyway. After everybody clean from litches we start proceeding TVRC through the muddy logging road. From TVRC we used our own transportation drive to Keningau where stay at Hotel Perkasa. We back home at the same day after 6 hours sleep at the hotel.

Visit Rafflesia Information Center

Visit MASAKOB waterfall

Visit DATU PADUKA MAT SALLEH MEMORIAL


Tembunan Kids posing

Road junction to TVRC. You can stay at bamboo challet.

Ladies at TVRC reception

Bamboo challet at we stay

Breakfast at the TVRC canteen before climbing

Posing in front of TVRC before leaving to the mountain

4WD Hilux the only transport able to drive through the timber log road.

View of Mt. Kinabalu

Photo taken at the starting point where end of the 4WD can reached.

View of Trusmadi summit from the starting point

You see that , far far away....the height is 2462m or 8669 ft.

The way to the footstep of the mountain

At the footstep of the mountain

See the track and trails to the summit.

The way to Taman Bunga hill

At Taman Bunga hill, where we rest for 30 minutes

Going down from Taman Bunga hill to the Mt. Trusmadi summit



The way to the summit, Can see far behind is Taman Bunga hill

Reached the summit @16:25hrs. Height of the summit 2462m or 8669 ft second highest afterMt. Kinabalu but is much tougher to climb. It lies between the districts of Tambunan to the north and Keningau to the south (in the state of Sabah in Borneo). During our climb it was rainy and foggy.
Brunei flag at the summit.

To make sure " I'm on the TOP of the summit"

2 guides and 2 porters from the nearby village.

Mt. Trusmani has just issuing the certificate for the climbers. We are lucky to get the first fourteen to recieved new issue certificate. How happy Wahid and Abd Razak recieving the certificate from the TVRC personnel.


The next day on 15 sept 2006 in front of Hotel Perkasa Keningau.

Hotel Perkasa front view.