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8th October 2005

Posted on 19th October 2005.

We are fast making a ‘mockery’ of our adventure trekking business with so many revisits to this tiny gem of a nearly-mountain. Don’t we visit other real mountains? And we are going again in mid-November with teenagers from the Ling Kwang Youth Centre. How kewl is that huh? ;P

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Visiting Panti on October 8th was a true gathering of sorts for my friends. I know Pei Yu quite some time back while I knew Denny after he signed up for my local Woodcutter’s Trail trek.

As for the rest, they are my newfound friends from Basic Adventure Training Course (BATC) held from August 13th to September 18th. The course is conducted by the Singapore Adventurers’ Club. They are Ai Yun, Maria, Melanie, and Pek Yong. I have chronicled the going-ons of the course in my BATC 2005 journal.

Unlike the previous visits to Panti, this remarkable group of fit and gungho people actually managed to reach the summit in just under 2 hours! I told them that I will try to maximise the trek as a training for our upcoming 2D/1N Gunung Belumut trek in end-October and they just went along. When we reached the rock face, the intrepid group just scaled it with nary a thought! BATC has trained them well.

After the climb, we had a really early dinner before returning to Singapore. Ai Yun had a party to attend and we reworked the schedule to fit hers. All of us took the MRT and we chatted in the train.

Although I was tired, I managed to convince Maria and Melanie to join me to attend my good brother Chee Young’s poolside wedding reception at Serangoon. It was great! After that, Melanie convinced us to visit the Vatican exhibit at the Asian Civilisations Museum. By the time I reached home, bathed, and got ready to sleep, it was nearly 5:00AM. It was an amazingly fulfilling day for me and I only have my participants to thank for that!

Allen Tan
Team Spreo


Like this website? Tell us what you think. Win attractive prizes! Site Search	Friends @ Panti 8th October 2005 Posted on 19th October 2005. We are fast making a ‘mockery’ of our adventure trekking business with so many revisits to this tiny gem of a nearly-mountain. Don’t we visit other real mountains? And we are going again in mid-November with teenagers from the Ling Kwang Youth Centre. How kewl is that huh? ;P View slideshow Visiting Panti on October 8th was a true gathering of sorts for my friends. I know Pei Yu quite some time back while I knew Denny after he signed up for my local Woodcutter’s Trail trek. As for the rest, they are my newfound friends from Basic Adventure Training Course (BATC) held from August 13th to September 18th. The course is conducted by the Singapore Adventurers’ Club. They are Ai Yun, Maria, Melanie, and Pek Yong. I have chronicled the going-ons of the course in my BATC 2005 journal. Unlike the previous visits to Panti, this remarkable group of fit and gungho people actually managed to reach the summit in just under 2 hours! I told them that I will try to maximise the trek as a training for our upcoming 2D/1N Gunung Belumut trek in end-October and they just went along. When we reached the rock face, the intrepid group just scaled it with nary a thought! BATC has trained them well. After the climb, we had a really early dinner before returning to Singapore. Ai Yun had a party to attend and we reworked the schedule to fit hers. All of us took the MRT and we chatted in the train. Although I was tired, I managed to convince Maria and Melanie to join me to attend my good brother Chee Young’s poolside wedding reception at Serangoon. It was great! After that, Melanie convinced us to visit the Vatican exhibit at the Asian Civilisations Museum. By the time I reached home, bathed, and got ready to sleep, it was nearly 5:00AM. It was an amazingly fulfilling day for me and I only have my participants to thank for that! Allen Tan Team Spreo	Trekalerts Events See ya in January 2008!