Mt.Kinabalu Climbing

Climbed Mt Kinabalu few years back and i thought of writing a blog and show some of the pics took by me and friends...

We started our journey with one porter at 0830am, we walked down from Timpohon Gate, we passed through one mini size waterfall (i can't remember the waterfall name). 500meters away from Timpohon Gate, we had reached an uneven 'staircase'. i looked up and stared a few seconds. "Am i gonna do this?? since i'd paid so much", asking myself. "eemm.. die ma die" climbed up to the uneven staircase. After conquered the very first staircase, i doubted again and my tear dropped and i thought of gave up the trip. Again, my fren left me alone with the porter and trying to give me motivation along the way..

this is wat i called uneven staircase

this gonna kill me off....

stones

Finally, i got a shelter to rest after 1km journey... rested about 10 mins, porter and my fren decided to move on... so do i. The longer u rest, the laziest to move on... Along the way, i kept asking the porter where's the next shelter? "depan lagi depan lagi", he answered. I was so looking forward to the next shelter... and kept on asking him where's the damn shelter, why is it so damn far and the fellar said depan lagi depan lagi..and depan so long yet to see any shelter...

I really took my own sweet time to climb eventhough it rained.. not too heavy but getting colder... i reached Laban Rata Resthouse at 5.30pm... (normally people took about 4-5 hours only from Timpohon Gate to Laban Rate Resthouse, approx. 6.2km) a bit paiseh la.. took so long to climb.. hehe... Took a rest and dryed up my cloths/shoes... it's freezing up there, dare not to shower eventhough there's water heater.. i just can't cope with the weather.. we slept after dinner..... cos the most challenging part to be continued in the early morning..

Laban Rata Resthouse (the only resthouse with restaurant, heater and water heater)

me dying...

at 5km

me and the porter

It's 2.00am in the morning, porter gave us morning call and prepared ourself to move on.. it's very dark and everyone of us having our own torchlight. I climbed a bit, i think it's less than 100meter away from Laban Rata, and i decided to return as it's too cold and hardly breathe. That time the temperature was less than 10 degree celcius.. freaking cold!!! It's kinda sad that i unable to make the trip up but at our resthouse, i did enjoyed the view, view to the mountain and KK town. i know it's even nicer i could be there at Summit.

KK view from Laban Rata Resthouse

Donkey's ear peaks

when going down from the summit.. my fren took it

Here's some hiking tips for u guys :

1) Shoes - Preferred jogging/gym shoes with “original rubber” sole with good grip. This is because the mountain is steep and slippery especially after rain.

2) Warm Clothing - Get warm clothing that is wind and rain proof, easy to put on and take off and not too bulky and heavy. This is because the whether can change very quickly from brilliant sunshine, to mist and clouds, to a torrential down-pour.

3) Water - one litre should be enough, there are at least 6 shelters along the way to Laban Rata Rest House to refill your water. However, you may bring more water in the second part of the journey cause there only have 2 stops where you can refill your water. You may want to bring a thermos to keep warm water cause its really cold up there.

4) Food - Bring some high energy food such as chocolate , nuts, raisin , glucose , etc. Don’t worry about your breakfast, lunch , dinner, you can buy from Laban Rata Rest House. Although the price is not cheap, but if after you saw the local people carrying the food all the way from base camp, then you will feel the price is worth.

5) Torch light - Bring a super extra light if you can. I promise you won’t regret it.

6) Gloves - Bring more pairs as spare . It is priceless when you up there. When you ascend the summit you most likely will grab onto the ropes to help you climb up. Same that when you descend, in order to slow down your speed, by grabbing the ropes, it is easier for you to walk down.

7) Medicine - Headache tablets are most useful.

8) Sunblock - Don’t be fooled by the clouds, the sun is fierce at that altitude. To avoid sunburn, wear Sun block to guard against sun burn and bring along your sun hat or wolly hat.

9) Jackets - carry a water proof jackets in case of raining.

10) Plastic bag - Put all your things into plastic bag incase of raining.

this is the picture i took before mountain climbing....