Post fever grogginess-
This fever did some marvelously creative things with my brain. I was having so many dreams of the weirdest origins!! I wonder if these are truly my subconcious thoughts, or just random jumps of the synapses. Well. Since I'm on mc, and my brain is still on over drive, I shall write.
The Earthquake that shook Sabah and Mt K really shook me up as well. Because I was intending to scale Mt K this June too. Fortunately/unfortunately, I couldn't find the company to join me on the expedition. The recent 2 earthquakes got me reflecting about mountain climbing safety and pre-training. To be honest, most training focus on what you should do to get to the top. Nobody seems to be too concerned about preparing for situations where you will need to actively seek a way down the mountain. Was talking to my brother, and we concluded that this was probably a reflection of Singaporean's lack of disaster awareness. In any case, through the limited number of trips I have been on, I must say that when it comes to mountain climbing disasters, we are really poorly prepared.
It is in fact inaccurate to pin the blame on the Earthquake as the cause of death this time. The quake only lasted 30 seconds. What took the lives of the teachers and students were the landslides that were triggered thereafter. Landslides in a tropical rainforest are something relatively common, which could have been prepared. Granted that the landslides set off by a quake would be of a larger scale, but whatever lesson we could have gotten in prior would have helped. Other noteworthy disasters to prepared for would probably be flash floods, particularly while doing river crossings. Or perhaps survival in the wild when you stray/get lost from the main group. Truth be told, it sounds a little dramatic, like we are trying to make an episode of "I shouldn't be alive". But frankly, if you are going to go to the trouble of putting yourself out there, perhaps we should go out fo the way to prepare for these disasters as well. To be honest, I think this was a lesson that was hard to teach to primary school children. Perhaps, that should be relooked as well. No blame pointing, just points for reflection.
It is really unfortunate though, =( so many young lives lost. I wonder how the surviving children are going to move on with their lives. In their shoes, I would probably struggle a long long time. My prayers goes out to the souls of the deceased and the survivors.
May the angels be with you.
sk
This fever did some marvelously creative things with my brain. I was having so many dreams of the weirdest origins!! I wonder if these are truly my subconcious thoughts, or just random jumps of the synapses. Well. Since I'm on mc, and my brain is still on over drive, I shall write.
The Earthquake that shook Sabah and Mt K really shook me up as well. Because I was intending to scale Mt K this June too. Fortunately/unfortunately, I couldn't find the company to join me on the expedition. The recent 2 earthquakes got me reflecting about mountain climbing safety and pre-training. To be honest, most training focus on what you should do to get to the top. Nobody seems to be too concerned about preparing for situations where you will need to actively seek a way down the mountain. Was talking to my brother, and we concluded that this was probably a reflection of Singaporean's lack of disaster awareness. In any case, through the limited number of trips I have been on, I must say that when it comes to mountain climbing disasters, we are really poorly prepared.
It is in fact inaccurate to pin the blame on the Earthquake as the cause of death this time. The quake only lasted 30 seconds. What took the lives of the teachers and students were the landslides that were triggered thereafter. Landslides in a tropical rainforest are something relatively common, which could have been prepared. Granted that the landslides set off by a quake would be of a larger scale, but whatever lesson we could have gotten in prior would have helped. Other noteworthy disasters to prepared for would probably be flash floods, particularly while doing river crossings. Or perhaps survival in the wild when you stray/get lost from the main group. Truth be told, it sounds a little dramatic, like we are trying to make an episode of "I shouldn't be alive". But frankly, if you are going to go to the trouble of putting yourself out there, perhaps we should go out fo the way to prepare for these disasters as well. To be honest, I think this was a lesson that was hard to teach to primary school children. Perhaps, that should be relooked as well. No blame pointing, just points for reflection.
It is really unfortunate though, =( so many young lives lost. I wonder how the surviving children are going to move on with their lives. In their shoes, I would probably struggle a long long time. My prayers goes out to the souls of the deceased and the survivors.
May the angels be with you.
sk
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