I almost did not make it. Trekking to the Northern Ridge and back, that is.

Alex Foong called for a briefing after dinner on the next three days trekking. The briefing, however, left some of us with a few unanswered questions: where were we going to get our drinking water from for days 2 and 3? And what if some of us could not make it to the ultimate destination? Such logistics problems made some of us feel uneasy. ... (more)