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MIR 17 Summer (2018) Part 2
The most standard advice on how to get to know people when starting university is to get involved in a student club. I went to the fair at NUS and wanted to try a new sport. Though several clubs where open for beginners, I… Read more…
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MIR 17 Summer (2018)
The top of Naya Kanga (5863m) was a miserable place — our summit push was a race against a brewing storm, which by the time we reached the summit, was all ready to spill over. That meant that we did not have much time… Read more…
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MIR 17 Winter (2017)
Being away from civilization, the hustle and bustle of city life has a weird effect on us city dwellers. This can manifest itself into different forms. Some might discover their incessant desire to check their phones (but let’s face it, there’s nothing there), some… Read more…
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MIR 16 Kazakhstan (2017)
Straits Times Article on NUS Mountaineering Straits Times Article on OTC Peak Somewhere along the Tien Shan range, on a glacier that divided Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, a man named David Lim decided to name a peak, after Singapore’s late president, Mr Ong Teng Cheong,… Read more…
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MIR 16 Summer (2017)
During the summer of 2017 a group of 10 of us embarked on a trip to Langtang Valley, Nepal, to attend a basic technical mountaineering course. For many of us, this would be our first foray into the mountains. In the months that led… Read more…
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MIR 16 Winter (2016)
I remember reaching Nepal and our guide Naren laughing at us for commenting that the temperature in Kathmandu was ‘cold’. We were told to man up, that there was more to face. This was an all guys team, and a rare one in a… Read more…
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MIR 15 Summer TMC (2016)
We were quite lucky that despite being a summer TMC, we managed to avoid most of the bad weather, this gave our team lots of time to bond and enjoy the breathtaking scenery while we hiked our way up to the base of Baden… Read more…
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MIR 11 / 13 Island Peak Expedition – 2014 May
The first phase of our climb comprised a trek towards Everest Base Camp (5364m), followed by a summit of Kalapatthar (5545m), which the entire team managed. The second phase was Island Peak proper (6189m). Island Peak was intended to be a manageable peak for… Read more…
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MIR 8
The brave 8th batch of Make It Real, consisting of Aizhi, Andrew, Ben, Evan, Meryl, Suling, William, and myself, ventured to take their technical mountaineering course in the treacherous Southern Alps in New Zealand. This writeup records my personal impressions of the trip, which… Read more…