mt kinabalu youth adventure 3 - the climbers
February 5th, 2008
Several parents and teenagers are going on this adventure 3 to Mt Kinabalu, S.E. Asia’s
highest mountain. They are Darren and dad Eliam; Pastor Thomas and son second-timer Zeph (asst climb leader) ; twins Ivfy and Ka Kit and dad Benson; and Magdalene (admin leader) and daughter Rachel(click on pic for pop-up). Doing something together is a great bonding activity; and doing something great together is a great bonding activity, particularly for men. Training sessions, makan sessions, the drives, buying equipment, rooming together and going through hardships together all give rise to natural opportunities for talking, caring, and uploading memories that our sons and daughters will carry even into their adult lives, and these precious moments will even be stories for the next generation. I have seen the bonds deepen so many times in the past and it is gratifying.
Daniel Chew is climbing the second time and is now a climb leader. Dr Sharon Sim, who climbed the mountain when she was in ODAC, will be with us, so 
now we do not have to worry about assessing or treating altitude illness. Rachel and
Samantha Sin are very fun and close cousins. Then there are Kenneth Poh(left) and Gabriel Soo(right) . Gabriel was so fit that in the last climb, he reached Low’s Peak first, took photos, and then went down to help others up. That’s why he is a climb leader too. The overall leader Peter Lim (below) enjoys physical challenges like marathons; and he works well with youths in such situations, making men out of boys. Add me in as advisor, and we have 16, the targetted number of trekkers we wanted, with a few waiting in the wings for more beds at Laban Rata.
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