Mount Kinabalu Gains Traction

Mount Kinabalu has become high-altitude training ground for those planning to scale some of the world’s highest peaks such as Mount Everest.

Read more at the Star.

You can reach 4,000 meter altitude in a day. 

Choosing The Right Season to Climb Mt Kinabalu.

How to Book a Trip to Climb Mt Kinabalu.

How Hard Is It to Climb Mt Kinabalu?

Terrain of Summit Trail. KM by KM Photograph Series from Timpohon Gate. Start Here.
More photos on the Summit of Mt Kinabalu.

Is It Dangerous (or safe) to Climb Mount Kinabalu?

Training to Climb Mt Kinabalu. Read to Prepare. Download Checklist.

 
 
 
 

This website is about climbing this majestic mountain located in Sabah state of Malaysia, Mount Kinabalu, arguably the highest mountain in South East Asia.

You can find checklist, guides and tips on preparing and evaluating your trip. There are guides on:

• Step-by-step climbing Mt Kinabalu Online
• choosing right season to climb the mountain,
• making booking of your trip,
• evaluating safety and toughness to climb,
• training plan and training to climb
• Pictures of the terrain of Mount Kinabalu, KM by KM. Start the journey here

There is a useful checklist on things to prepare for the climb and a selection of photographs.

Guides to Climbing Mt Kinabalu

Preparation
Planning Weather and season Flights and road transports Booking a package to climb Mt Kinabalu DIY tour: Booking to climb Mt Kinabalu Overview of the climb journey Training An overall training Plan (for busy people) Prepare your body for a long uphill walk Descend: walking downhill	Getting Ready To Go Clothing to climb Mt Kinabalu Shoes & slippers Gear & equipment First aid & medicines Full checklist for climbing Mt Kinabalu Travelling Luggage arrangement Telecommunication on Mt Kinabalu
Journey
How to Get There Flights and road transports Getting there, Kinabalu National Park Analysis Of Terrain & The Journey Is climbing Mt Kinabalu easy? Is it safe (or dangerous) to climb Mt Kinabalu? More about the terrain and the climb Climbing the terrain (Part 1: Ascending) Climbing the terrain (Part 2: Descending) Photograph of Timpohon Trail's terrain (before rearranging) Photograph of Summit's terrain (before rearranging) Low's Peak, the highest point of Mt Kinabalu Photograph of descent from summit before Sayat Sayat (to be ready) Photograph of descent after Sayat Sayat (to be ready)	Accommodation And Food Grace Hostel (Grace Lodge) Laban Rata Rest House Panar Laban Huts Balsam Buffet Restaurant Nepenthes Lodge Journey to climb Mount Kinabalu Increasing odds to reach Low's Peak Altitude sickness Food & drinks while climbing Personal hygiene, toilets and bathrooms My Journey Of Climbing Mount Kinabalu Why do I climb Mount Kinabalu? Our experience on climbing Mount Kinabalu: 18th~19th September 2010 Our experience on climbing Mount Kinabalu: 15th~16th September 2011 (to be ready)

Rock formation right after Sayat Sayat checkpoint during our descent.

The most iconic view of Mount Kinabalu, South Peak.

Earthquake at Mount Kinabalu (3)

This is an excellent account of the day when the 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck. Watch the footage of the quake, rescue efforts and the recounts from the mountain guides and rescue team.




Portrait of a mountain guide of Mount Kinabalu. His life as mountain guide and the day when the quake struck.



The above youtube videos are from Channel NewsAsia Connect.

Earthquake at Mount Kinabalu (2)

It is a sad news to find out that 19 people had died in the earthquake on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah. Out of which many were 12 year old Singapore's Tanjong Katong Primary School students and their teachers. The mountain guides and local authority are still looking for 6 missing pupils and 2 teachers.


For latest news and updates of search you can follow:

• Singapore Minister of Education, Heng Swee Keat's Facebook Page
• Twitter of Masidi Manjun, @MasidiM, Minister of Tourism, Culture & Environment, Sabah (Malaysia)
• Sabah Tourism Board on the accessibility of Mount Kinabalu
• The Star Online (Malaysia) on Sabah Quake
• The Straights Times on Sabah Quake
• Sin Chew Daily (in Mandarin) on the earthquake in Sabah
• BBC news on Malaysia mountain quake
• Australia's ABC News on Malaysia Earthquake
• CNN on Sabah earthquake

Other records of the earthquake on Mount Kinabalu

Survived climbers' account of the incident

• An account of the Via Ferrata route taken by the Tanjong Katong Primary School students
• Another account from the operator of the Vie Ferrata trek
• An account from a survivor of the earthquake on the heroic local mountain guides
• Stories of the unsung hero, local mountain guides

More specific updates or information

• Singapore news on the return of students. In total there were 87 students from 3 Singapore's primary schools, out of nearly 200 climbers, on the mountain when the quake struck. 
• A list of aftershock account from Sin Chew Daily
• The worst hit mid-way accommodation, Panar Laban, before the quake. The hut is just a few hundred meters above Laban Rata.

This photo is taken in 2011. Standing on the end of the plateau of the summit looking down to Sayat Sayat checkpoint (the last checkpoint before summit). At the far right of the photo you can see people descended slowly from the slope.