Kinabalu

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Mount Kinabalu 24th August 2003 Solo

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Gunung Kinabalu located in Kinabalu National Park in the east Malaysian state of Sabah...tallest mountain in the Malay Archipelago (Low’s Peak is at 4,095 metres above sea level). They said that Low's Peak can be "easily" climbed by a person with good physical condition and requires no mountaineering equipment...all those while before the climb, I'd thought I understood the word "easily"...somehow, Gunung Kinabalu proves me very wrong....

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Photos

Kota Kinabalu
It's sight like this that makes you wish you weren't travelling alone

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Rose Cabin

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View from my room

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View from my room

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Park HQ

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Park HQ

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My poor guide...I was among the first few to start ascending...and the LAST to descend...

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Comforting markers...

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KM2

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KM2.5

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KM3

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KM3.5

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KM4

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KM4.5

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KM5

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getting there...i think...