The World’s Highest and Asia’s First via ferrata at mount Kinabalu World Heritage Site Normal climbing for Mount Kinabalu?? For the more adventurous, there is another way of climbing to the summit - via Ferrata. Mountain Torq Via Ferrata, a mountain path (via ferrata is Italian for iron road) which was opened only recently, has been certified by the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) as the world's highest and Asia's first. It is at an altitude of 3,800 metres on the 4,095-metre Mount Kinabalu, Southeast Asia's highest summit. A via ferrata is basically a long climbing route with permanently fixed cables for protection. Steel rungs are used on steeper sections to keep the difficulty of the climbing moderate. The Mountain Torq, with various alternative routes, enables people of all ages to enjoy climbing Mount Kinabalu's rock
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