Pressing on to higher grounds...

Continuing from Stopping at Anak Irau, 'son' of the main mountain.

After spending about 5 minutes at the lower summit that is Anak Irau we continued the journey by going down that summit.

At certain places along the trail we could see higher peaks and ground calling us to press on...

At 2.25 we found the tracks leading up again.

All in all the tracks felt like going more and more difficult as we pushed ourselves to go on...

At 2.35 we arrived at a check point known as CP Slide. This is perhaps due to the fact that one can slip and slide down fast steep mountain slopes at both sides...

Next check point Bonzai 1 arrived at 2.41.

At 2.48 we came across a signboard saying there's still 350 metres to go before reaching the true summit of Mount Irau...

That distance is short on even ground. Going up a mountain with tough muddy and slippery tracks it can feel like forever just to cover half...