Climbing Kinabalu

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December 10th 2006

Published: December 10th 2006

Clambering down from the rickety base-camp bunk-bed, I turn off the 2am alarm and wonder vaguely what was going through my mind when I packed for this trip. Already shivering in the frigid early morning air, I blearily consider my woefully inadequate clothing options. Let me sum it up for you like this: I'm about to climb to the summit of the highest mountain in South East Asia and I don't even ha... Read Full Entry

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10th December 2006

Barbara
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O dirile sentle, ngwana wa me!
Michael I so enjoyed your blog with lots of LOL. Zoe wasn't impressed! Your descriptions of the scenery, the climb and your impressions were great. I felt like I was there! I have a similar photo with a python draped around my neck taken when I was 12 in India! They are VERY heavy! I'm looking forward to having that coffee soon!

10th December 2006

Danna
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Jeepers
I should be writing my paper on Nozick and fear you shall beat me since I'm procrastinating even later than you are, but this is quite a good entry and deserved a full reading. Sounds like you had a good time and congrats on making the summit.

10th December 2006

Joel
Joel Meadows

Kili here we come!
Sup bro wish i had been there with you, sounds like an awesome experience! looking forward to taking on the next one together!

11th December 2006

Hutcho
Daniel Hutchinson

I got halfway, does that count......
Hey Michael, Daniel here, one of Joel's friends. I read with great interest about your trip up Monut Kinabalu as I myself have been there a few years ago, well to the half-way house at least. I was on an Outward Bound expedition and unfortunately during our night at the house there was torrential rain and the pass to the top was closed. This has always greatly annoyed me but at least with your photos I can now see what the top looked like:) Looking forward to the next blogs. Daniel

11th December 2006

anonymous
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Once again you bring a smile to my face with your honest and engaging journal. I love your ability to embrace difficulty and success with similar enthusiasm. Looking forward to the descriptions of Myanmar, love Penny

11th December 2006

Linda Kidd
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KK
Hi there Michael, Great reading your blogs very entertaining. I am meant to be going to a conference in March next year to Sabah and the flight goes frm Perth to KK. The venue is the Sutera Harbour Resort in Sabah but I have heard that there are safety warnings for all travellers going to Sabah. How did you find things? I was planning on taking Tim but kidnapping and terrorism attacks including Priates are meant to be full on particularly on the East coast of the island. Any feedback would be good. Thanks xx

11th December 2006

Botsalano
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Climbing with classic understatement!
Talk about understatement... you climb over 4km vertically and describe it so casually!! What an achievement. Loved your descriptions of your climbing gear. State of the art. Keep up the great blogs!

12th December 2006

Daeng
Daeng Khoupradit

Nice
I could see it all happen in my mind as I read your blog and like a good book, once you pick it up, you just can't put it down, even though you know you should be studying for Thai class. I had a great time thanks to you, Gareth, and Vananh. Look forward to hearing about the yellow paste beauties from Bhurma ;-) ps. Those girl park rangers WERE hot!!

13th December 2006

joh
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nice blog :>
How clever !.... attracting fishes with a piece of bread tucked between your toes !....why didn't I think that before ????? ;>....Cheers! ---JC--

15th December 2006

Chaulih
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Nice blog
Your blog does impress me. Your description of scenery was great, the encounters that u met were amazing, and the photos were attrative. keep it on guy. look forward to next blog.

22nd July 2008

Kleopattra
Kleopattra's Life

Awesome blog. I loved the pic of the pitcher plants. :)

3rd March 2009

Li yin
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question bout the KK climb
Hi there michael. I was doing some research about a trip I am organising for me and a couple of mates at the year end when I stumbled upon your interesting picturesque blog. :) I wanted to ask also do you know if they have climbs to KK around mid december? ALso, how did you managed to book the items for the climb? was it done online. cheers, Michael. pleased u enjyoed the climb ^^

8th March 2009

michaelpaddo
Michael Meadows

Re: Li Yin
hi li yin, good to hear from you! pretty sure you can climb kinabalu all year round. as for the 'items', do you mean the clothes, shoes, etc we wore? if so, there's really no special gear needed - i climbed in running shoes, and borrowed a torch from my KK guesthouse for the night climb. if you mean the base camp hut, or the guide, we just booked it when we first arrived in KK (there's a national park office in the town), then climbed a couple of days later. might be worth calling/emailing ahead to ask though, in case it's busy around that time. all the best, you'll love it!

29th April 2009

TinNiE
" Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness "

Volcano
I'm set to climb a volcano this weekend(if all goes well) but i'm sure it's not gonna be as tough as this :)

7th January 2010

Mariae
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excited
i had a great time reading your blog.! it gives me a lot of important informations that i need when i go there:) like the snakes and the temperature, hahah i am excited 'coz i will be climbing mt. kinabalu tomorrow! wish me good luck!

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