I know this one came in a bit late, 1 year to be exact. We just found the missing clips somewhere under mounds of rubbish. And as I was watching them one after another (and the fact that I am bored to the bone). I decided to give my new video editor a shot.
Please excuse the voiceover audio as I used the built-in microphone.

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LEG 1 : Testing endurance
LEG 2 : Overcoming the darkness
LEG 3 : Braving the fear of mortality
LEG 4 : Conquering pain
 
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OK, now that the biggest Philippine soap is over (READ: Elections), We’re back to our regular programming:
… We sat in silence as we drowned ourselves with fresh mountain air. We rested our bodies and stretched our limbs and savored every moment of being on top of Mt. Kinabalu. As much as we wanted to spread our arms and scream on the top of our lungs–“I’m the king of the world!” it’s too cliché, not gonna happen, we were also just too tired and the air is too cold it felt like it …

I said to my soul, be still and wait… So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing… ~T.S. Eliot

I never realized I’d be able to survive the 7-hour climb to Laban Rata. Unlike Ron, I never vowed to quit smoking but decided to swear off mountain climbing for the rest of my life. The agony was unspeakable as I approached Waras Hut, the first sign of a good night sleep. I moved closer to the hotel and went straight to the dining hall to gorge on …

7 1/2 hours to Laban Rata…
4 hours to summit…
13,435 ft worth of intense pain, altitude sickness and freezing temperature…
So here you go beckies and gentlemen!

Kwento later…

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