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Journal Mount Kinabalu
First mountain climb
First of all. Thank you Frankie & Wen Xiang for this Mount Kinabalu guide.
Eating one day before hand acetazolamide altitude medicine twice a day morning & night.
First day
Reaching KK airport at 1 1 3 0 am. Pick up by guide at 1 3 3 0 pm. Had lunch at airport KFC. Spend 2 0 minutes for RM 2 0 touch & go massage chair. Van pick up for
3 hours road trip to hotel happy garden altitude at 1 5 2 0. Stop for quick re stock for water, sweet & other stuff.
Room allocation, Dinner & guide briefing
2nd day
Prepare to check out for breakfast & pack lunch before moving out. Luggage will be store temporary at happy garden. Only Bag pack for the porter & self carry bag will go with you. Van trip 1 5 minutes.
Proceed to mount Kinabalu registration point, bag weight in for Porter to carry up to
Panalaban Base Camp & carry down on summit day. 1 kg RM1 4. My bag weight in at 6 kg. Self carry bag need to have your water, hot water flake, sweet, energy gel, power bar.
Panalaban Base Camp is located at 3 2 7 2 meters above sea level, Panalaban is the final pit stop before ascending to the Low's Peak Summit of Mount Kinabalu.
Check in at Panalaban Base Camp and ready for dinner & final briefing for attack summit.
Time for this climb: 5 hours to Panalaban Base Camp
3rd day
We attack the summit started at 2 4 5 am.
Managed to reach Low's Peak Summit of Mount Kinabalu before 7 am cut off time.
We reached dining area at 9am. Have a quick breakfast. Move out at 1 0 am..took photo & proceeded down.
At mid point my leg already gave way, not listening to my body. I used my upper body strength & both hiking pole to assist me to push me ahead. At last 3 km..was going at 1 km 1 hours. Water is running out. Leg overheating.
Reach the final entry gate at 3. 3 0pm. Cut off time at 4. 3 0pm.
Time for this climb: Attacking summit & coming down 6 hours 1 5 minutes (1 hours break) continue 5 hours 3 0 minutes reach entry gate.
Guide told us before hand if anyone get injury and unable to come down. Porter will charge a fees. Human weight 1 kg at RM 1 0 0 plus every 1 km RM5 0 0.
Difficulty of climb
How difficult is climbing mount kinabalu
Despite being a relatively short hike, Kinabalu's steep terrain and quick elevation gain will push you to your limits. Many hikers walk away saying it's one of the toughest (and most rewarding) things they've done.
Side note
On the date of 2 3, 2 4, 2 5 and 2 6, climbers didn't get to attack the summit due to weather turned very bad, heavy rain and strong wind.
If fog appeared they will cancel attack of summit. Few weeks back one of the climber went missing due to fog. He was found at another mountain after 1 0 hours laying down flat but still alive.
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