Highlight the Dangerous Rock At Bukit Tabur West

This posting is to highlight some dangerous rock that is in Bukit Tabur West.

Picture show Mr. Kim Wone Tai in blue T and blue cap. & his son Stanley, a fine young man in batik headband. This is a father & son team and their trekking buddies cum volunteers.




They brought in a friend, Jeff Sanders who is knowledgeable in Peak Risk Management, Mountain /Avalance/ Avalance Awareness trained by OPC ( Outdoor Persuit Centre in New Zealand ).

They volunteer themselves to help survey the danger spots at the First Rope ( Now marked as station 9) .

Location of survey : First Rope ( Now marked as station 9) .

Result of their survey: ( on the left side of the cliff ) there is a piece of huge rock sitting on loose sand and it is in danger of dislocation from its base.




We will show some pictures to warn you on the danger that is lurking there. ( click for clearer view )


Picture to show the location of the rock seen from opposite cliff.




A closer view of the rock taken from the opposite cliff. One very obvious marking is there are some chinese wordings in blue.





Nurul is sitting just next to the rock of the worn out tree.




Nurul standing by the tree at the base of the dangerous rock. pictures showed some young trekkers gathered at the bottom of this cliffs



Nurul trying to move the rock, and it is shaky.




When we were there, we saw some trekkers still use the rock way to scale down the cliff and we noticed too their hands were pulling in someway or other, to assist them up or down.

A question was asked to Jeff whether is it dangerous to scale up and down the cliff via the rock, and his comment was " NOT RECOMMENDED " as there is a safer alternative way.


We have a video on Jeff Sander's comment on the danger spot of the First Rope ( Now marked as station 9) which we are now processing & will upload to You Tube later.

Jeff using the alternative , and safer way to get to the other side of cliff.


The safer path is on the right side of station 9.

Hi Trekkers, choose a safer path, avoid danger & the dangerous rock.

Have Fun & Trek Safely.