Articles on Mount Kinabalu
My Sabah Itinerary
I think I should just post what I did up, just for recording purposes. 21 June 2006 We took a cab to Senai Airport at 6am for a morning flight to Kota Kinabalu Airport. The flight was for 2 hours, and we arrived in Sabah early in the day. After transferring to Trekker’s Lodge (our [...]
More Kinabalu Stuff
Some things I felt about Kinabalu as I trekked up – Mount Kinabalu is very commercialised (and I think a lot of livelihoods in Sabah depend on it). The trail is very obvious and the technical difficulty of the climb is minimal, much less technical than even treks like Berkelah Waterfalls or Lombong Waterfalls, or [...]
My Mount Kinabalu Trekking Trip
All right! Its been a really long time since I last posted! Well, almost two weeks! While I was in Kota Kinabalu, I did have Internet access, but I guess it wasn’t too convenient to sit there for hours typing out everything, so I jotted little notes and finally today I have the time to [...]
Electronic Insect Repellant and more about Kinabalu
Yesterday evening, I was just walking around and I bought an electronic mosquito repellent. It is powered by a single AA battery and it is quite handy! Well, I don’t know how well it works to shoo away mosquitoes, so I’m bringing it along with me later when I leave for my Mount Kinabalu trek. [...]
Ready for Kinabalu!
Yeeeah! Tomorrow I will be leaving home for the trip to the peak of South East Asia! So excited about it! Well, training has not been as often as I have wanted to, but nevertheless, I think with the right mindset, I can overcome whatever it takes to get to the peak before sunrise! Will [...]
I bought my trekking boots!
I finally purchased my trekking boots yesterday! Its a Columbia Frontier Peak. Well, I guess since I will be going for a number of treks these coming years (so much inspired by the “Journey to the Ends of the World” book), it would be an investment. Its great, because just right up in a month’s [...]
14 days to Kinabalu!
I’m so excited about what is going to happen in the next few weeks! In 14 days time, I will be in Sabah and standing on the peak of Southeast Asia! Heh! The few of us met up yesterday to discuss stuff with regard to the trek. There are a couple of things I am [...]
Training for Kilimanjaro
I was reading the AfricaTravelResource.com writeup on training for Kilimanjaro: …try to walk as much as you can… Try to get at least an hour of walking into every day. In addition to this, try to get some morning and evening sessions of aerobic activity in, such as cycling, running or spinning… Weekends and days [...]
Will we be able to tahan Gunung Tahan 4 days after Sabah?
Over the last two days, I was planning the exact dates we (my clique of trekkers) are going trekking over the May – July vacation. Our Sabah (Mount Kinabalu) trip has been arranged such that we reach home on 30th June. That was the earliest possible schedule since one of my team members will be [...]
The Mount Kinabalu Trip this June!
The Sabah Trip planned for late June this year is more or less confirmed! I’m so excited about it! At the moment, there will be a total of seven people going for the trip! The trip itinerary follows the one I have posted a couple of days ago – spending a total of 10 days [...]