After all the garang-ness, we had to brave the rain (being in the MIDST of a raincloud  :P), and make our way to slightly lower ground, where we were sheltered from the incessant cold winds of the summit.

At the lower ground, thanks to our vendor, we had the luxury of eating bread and sausages (taken from our breakfast in the morning at the resort :)) in the middle of the mountain.  Water was also being refilled into the bottles of cadets who had emptied them on their climb up to the peak.

Then, it was time to make our way down the way we came up...using those ropes and ladders at the snakes-&-ladders stretch of the climb..

More photo-taking opportunities along the climb down as it was steep and treacherous, thus, there was sufficient waiting time for the whipping out of cameras for nice shots like these.

We didn't go down the entire trail that we climbed up, but instead veered off onto the service road at one side of the mountain to make our way to our campsite.

The beautiful view from the mountain..

Us, on a big big rock, with our backs facing the summit of ophir.

The landmark of the summit of ophir.

The long walk down the service road down to our campsite..where at every turn of the road, you'd think that you have reached, but alas, it's just another turn on the road..

The reservoir beside our campsite.  We made it!

Instructions from CSM on where to set up tents for the night..

~Dinner~   Not exactly "field-cooking" as most of what we did was boil water for our instant cup noodles/milo/coffee.  But nevertheless, still an interesting experience having to do stuff without a brightly lit environment and having to rely on torches and lamps.

After dinner, was a good time of reflecting on the day's climb, learning important lessons from it, learning how to say "Thank You" & accepting a word of thanks graciously.

Was an eventful night at the campsite, coming into close contact with forrest ants (10 times bigger than those tiny ones what we have in our houses) , leeches, and even a snake!  But thankfully all went well, and we got whatever rest we could before our final descent down the mountain.

Day 3

Nice feeling being at the same level as the clouds

We tried group warm-ups.  Took a longer time than usual, but interesting.

Long walk down...

Continue to watch this space for the third and final highlight of CHS NCC(Land)'s conquest of Mount Ophir...