Kinabalu

Kinabalu

Asia
August 24th 2003

Published: September 26th 2009

Mount Kinabalu 24th August 2003 Solo debilitating, depleting, draining, fatiguing, sapping, taxing, tiresome, wearing, wearying, conk out, cripple, debilitate, drain, draw, enervate, fatigue, overfatigue, poop out, prostrate, sap, suck dry, weaken, wear down, weary, backbreaking, burdensome, exhausting, fatiguing, formidable, grueling, harsh, heavy, labored, laborious, murder, no picnic, onerous,... Read Full Entry

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Math problem At the same moment, two particles start respectively from vertices B and C of triangle ABC which has a right angle at C. The particles move at constant speeds and arrive at vertex A at the same moment. If the time of travel is equal to (AB/AC) ^3/2 and the length of BC is equal to the sum of the constant speeds, determine the time of travel. Please solve on your way to Aruba, Europe or wherever, if so inclined. w.c. Gosnell ... full info

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Kinabalu

Laban Rata Laban Rata...

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KM5.5

The last kilometre up to Laban Rata nearly kills, the thin air, the rocky ground, the jelly legs...I just want to sight Laban Rata, nevermind Low's Peak...

Almost there...

happiness...

I arrived at Laban Rata at about 4.30pm, having set off from Timpohon Gate at about 9.30am. I'd never been so happy seeing a yellow-roof hut...

Laban Rata

Accommodation at Laban Rata is dormitory style and 2 "VIP Rooms". I was lucky as I'd pre-booked one of these so-called VIP rooms...at that time, I definitely was in no mood and shape to be communal...There's also other accommodation huts near Laban Rata (Panar Laban, Waras Hut, Gunting Lagadan). But these huts just look so miserable and primitive. And yes, the rooms at Laban Rata are heated...heaven...

Laban Rata

My VIP room...Buttercup....

Laban Rata

Buttercup...

KM6...before the final push for the submit

Decided to torture myself further by searching for the KM6 marker...

Push for the summit

Climbers choosing to head to the summit will usually head off between 2-2.30am. Knowing my speed, I chose a much earlier time...It didn't start off well...it started to pour, making it even colder and darker...well, plenty of these muscular young chaps were already giving up there and then...I nearly did the same too...

Push for the summit

unrelentingly steep...About two hours after leaving Laban Rata, reached Sayat-Sayat, where permits and registration were checked. Ahhhaaa the roped section of the climb...tricky and treacherous.

Descending...

No photo while descending...more concerned with getting off in one whole piece. To compensate myself, bought this postcard...it's the same...

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