I think I've been wanting to go up Mt. Kinabalu and expressed my interest few times but somehow it didn't materialize. But then, when a chance to go up the higehst mountain in SEA turned up, we seized the chance. It was a family trip mooted by my father in law and the destination could not have been more perfect.
Summary:
1) Est. RM300 - round trip flights (KL-KK) 30 August - 2 September 2013
2) Est RM700 - guide, breakfast day 1, dinner, supper, breakfast Day 2, accomodation, certificate/fee
3) Est RM150 - worth of Equipments + food/drinks
4) 8 Power gels + 4 mueseli bar
5) Est 2.5 Litres of water
6) 2 Days 1 Night Trip
7) 9 am from Timpohon
8) Est 6 hours to Laban Rata
9) 2.30 am from Laban Rata
10) Est 3 hours to summit
11) Est 2 hours back to Laban Rata
12) Est 4 hours back to timpohon
13) 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM serving time for dinner (buffet)
14) Porter - RM9 per kg
15) 95% phone coverage from timpohon to summit (celcom)
16) 4 bed dorm with shared bathroom and seperate water heater
17) estimated temperature range 0 c - 10 c at summit and <20 at="" c="" laban="" no="" p="" rain="" rata="">
18) Estimated sunrise at 5:45 AM
19) 1 guide per 6 climber
20) 6 km to laban rate from timpohon
21) 2 km to summit from laban rata
22) total climb 8 km
23) 4,095m elevation
24) 1st time for me
25) 2nd time for my wife
Wife also did well considering she didn't train much.
All in all, the effort and time put into this trip and climb was worth the wait and the pain. Will highly probably repeat in the future.
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