I feeel like I wanna start a thread abt the horrific incident tht terjadi at Mount Kinabalu. (2015, Kinabalu Earthquake) & ofc I will cakap in my own slang mix mix

Dis cerita, straight from “malim gunung” one of whom, “mayat retrievers”

So like dis, my sister told me the whole story from a malim gunung which was her “hiking guider”?? Idk.
But yes, she was at Gunung Maragang for a hiking trip, and camping la semua sna. So ofc they had to have a guider.

Uno poquito fact abt the Gunung Maragang is at 2232m and the Gunung Kinabalu at 4095m. So mcm Maragang ni kind of half of Kinabalu laa so to say

Numero uno:

After stargazing, around 10pm (this was a Saturday night) mcmtu, my sis and her friends along w the malim gunung (lets call him MG) sat around a campfire la and started exchanging stories and experiences. Blablabla mcmtu, the MG started talking abt his experience-

when he was still a kinabalu guider for tourists and that dia pun involved in the search and rescue during the 2015 kinabalu earthquake

Numero dos:

So u kenn c here on June 5, the earthquake happened at 7:15am. Semua tourists, locals, MGs everibadi, tak kene suruh go up or like to proceed (ofcozla) and like they were some at the Laban Rata (that place is a homestay for pendakis bfore proceeding to the top)

Basically tempat tu for rest2 la tido2 dulu minum kopi dulu bfore sambung climbing the gunung this homestay is at 3272m above sea level . So kan, ramai gak ppl here, so they were stuck there la for sometime until it was safe for them to gooo down.

And of course, there were a number of ppl at the peak during that time.

9am, MGs semua kene suruh tunggu, until 3pm, “jgn naik dulu,jgn naik dulu”
Imagine 6hrs the ppl up there sna puncak mcm mna oh. Scary giler. Mau tdk mau, the MGs, dari Laban Rata, started climbing to the peak.

Of course during the wait, bomba, rela, tentera, ambulance kena-

panggil. But like since they were like far down the Kinabalu’s foot, MGs dulu la search and rescue. And like I said, they journeyed from Laban Rata.

Numero très:

Along the way to the peak, dorang cari survivors dulu. From the MG himself, from what my sister has been told, survivors that he encountered was, one orang putih and a child, which was a primary school student.

U KNOOW, the matsalleh was badly injured-

So the MG had to angkat him la like piggy back ride him, and he kept on screaming and shouting, (bcuz he was physically hurt and mentally traumatised) dahlah MG tu stress bagai en, apa lagi, tu MG sumbat mulut tu orang dgn epal la. (dari mana tu epal? He came prepared I guess)

The kid, yg primary school tu, kesian gilaaa

He or she, tak pasti, but he was standing at somewhere idk screaming for help, alone in the cold breeze and his bones were broken .

Numero quatro:

Oh ya, when the MGs like mau dekat2 alr the peak, what they saw on the ‘Ferrata’, were dead bodies hanging on it. Like along the ferrata and around the area la, DEAD BODIES, tergantung on the Ferrata.

(This is a Ferrata at the Kinabalu)

The MGs dont refer the dead as “mayat” they call it ‘barang’. So mcm they were having a short discussion la, “okey, kita angkat semua tu ‘barang’...” and like they went on for a day retrieving dead bodies. Naik turun naik turun.

The thing is, they angkat the barang, on their-

backs. No carrier no nothing. (It took sometime for the tentera,rela, ambulance & bomba to come up at the Laban Rata, mcm mna tdk, its at 3272m ) anyway, yeee they carried all of THEM on their backs.

Any sight of human remains ke apa, ambil ambil ambil. For the sake of DNA la, siapa ini siapa itu. Angkat ‘barang’, journey back to Laban Rata. And rasanya dari area2 Ferrata to Laban Rata bukan main lagi jauh dia.

Naik turun ba with a dead person ure carrying.

The walls of the rock, all smeared in human blood. Bodies dah jatuh2 kat down there, and they have to get off trail to cari the barang. Of coz la MG themselves pun takod, ingat orang2 karas tdk pandai takut meh.

It was gruesome. Six months after the tragedy, the blood on the-

walls are still there. Fresh af looking. It was preserved, kan sejuk2 lagi sana. Now, if ure going to the Kinabalu, I don’t think ull see it bcause it faded into the rock kan. (Make sense no? Yes)

Numero five:(whats five in spanish)

So you could imagine the horrific sight that was happening at the Laban Rata (especially).

A number of dead bodies, even body parts man..tangan ada, jantung pun ada. They’ll even take a piece of skin, just to know who it belongs to.

Tapi mmg gilaaa la I respect those Malim Gunungs, they did that in a day. U might think that its like oh thats normal to climb a 4095m gunung in a day, up and down. But no plis.

Dorang naik turun naik turun, angkat ‘barang’, cari any human remains, survivors around the mountain!! Not only along the trail. Boleh imagine baa, malam alr, gelap, sejuk with the embun, pakai torchlight searching for bodies. Sape tak takod?? What if u terserempak a face in-

the bushes. It certainly does take guts to get through.

So much respect at everyone who were involved in the search and rescue especially to the Malim Gunungs Im just amazed at their commitment, bravery semua lah.

Numero six:

So the ,, tentera and rela came to Laban Rata, and took those who had chance of surviving, immediately for treatment.

Within that whole day, the MGs like minta kena suntik a medicine like for energy la, so that they could continue looking for what is-

supposed to looked for lah. And so medical staff did la.

Sorry if like I cerita jump2 all over, its bcause I myself couldnt digest this gruesome story/experience by the Malim Gunung who was involved.
Like can u imagine, up there, falling or something, kena kempis batu

- its like, during that time I couldve been sad over a cancelled drama series, n at the same day, kecoh at the Kinabalu.

As I was listening to my sister talking abt this, I felt like crying. It was soo saddening. It’s like a hint of realisation to be always thankful!!!