Comments on: Climbing Mount Kinabalu in ONE DAY??? http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day.html Beyond Borneo's Majestic Mountain Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:40:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Connie http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-5910 Connie Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:24:33 +0000 http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/2007/05/11/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day/#comment-5910 A hiking buddy and I did a one day Climb in April this year. Wonderful achievement and experience! Certainly doable but gotta get there early. We spoke to the Parker officer Ranisun (tel: 014 856 6061) and had a "phone interview" about our fitness etc with him. Must get the permission from him for a one day climb as it is not hugely encouraged. It also took a bit of persuasion to get the permission from him. As long as you it cleared the day before the walk, you will save much time do this in the morning of your walk. Get to the office at 6:45am (it opens at 7am) to ensure you can start early enough for the walk. Remember to bring your walking stick as I found it extremely helpful on the slippery parts as well as coming down the big steps. A hiking buddy and I did a one day Climb in April this year. Wonderful achievement and experience! Certainly doable but gotta get there early. We spoke to the Parker officer Ranisun (tel: 014 856 6061) and had a “phone interview” about our fitness etc with him. Must get the permission from him for a one day climb as it is not hugely encouraged. It also took a bit of persuasion to get the permission from him. As long as you it cleared the day before the walk, you will save much time do this in the morning of your walk. Get to the office at 6:45am (it opens at 7am) to ensure you can start early enough for the walk. Remember to bring your walking stick as I found it extremely helpful on the slippery parts as well as coming down the big steps.

]]> By: Alasdair Brown http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-5881 Alasdair Brown Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:01:08 +0000 http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/2007/05/11/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day/#comment-5881 I managed the climb in one day last week, its tough but definately achievable! Need to check in early (7 am) and get going ASAP. Managed to get up to Laban Rata in 2:15 hrs and summit about 4:35. Last stage of mountain is tough really steep and altitude kicks in so every exertion is multiplied X10 ( prob didn't help i didn't have any breakfast, helps to be prepared the day be4!) The view from the summit was very poor, the clouds were heavy. Met other climbers who did the overnight package and had been up for sunrise and said it was spectacular.Comin down was almost the hardest, had crap shoes so kept slipping and my energy levels were really low so was hard to focus on my footing. Grabbed some food in Laban Rata anyway and that made a big difference, the rest of the trip down was really enjoyable and included stops to see pitcher plants and the waterfall. Got back to park headquarters around 5, and got a taxi straight back to KK. All in all a great experience. If you have the time (and money) i would say do the overnight experience on Laban Rata as you can saviour it a bit more. I just didn't want to pay for the Monopoly that is SSL and their accomodation, but no alternative if you want to be able to get up for sunrise view from summit! In relation to flying that day i would say its fine especially if your doing the 2 day package as you'll be back down in park HQ by lunchtime so will have time to rest. I managed the climb in one day last week, its tough but definately achievable! Need to check in early (7 am) and get going ASAP. Managed to get up to Laban Rata in 2:15 hrs and summit about 4:35. Last stage of mountain is tough really steep and altitude kicks in so every exertion is multiplied X10 ( prob didn’t help i didn’t have any breakfast, helps to be prepared the day be4!) The view from the summit was very poor, the clouds were heavy. Met other climbers who did the overnight package and had been up for sunrise and said it was spectacular.Comin down was almost the hardest, had crap shoes so kept slipping and my energy levels were really low so was hard to focus on my footing. Grabbed some food in Laban Rata anyway and that made a big difference, the rest of the trip down was really enjoyable and included stops to see pitcher plants and the waterfall. Got back to park headquarters around 5, and got a taxi straight back to KK.

All in all a great experience. If you have the time (and money) i would say do the overnight experience on Laban Rata as you can saviour it a bit more. I just didn’t want to pay for the Monopoly that is SSL and their accomodation, but no alternative if you want to be able to get up for sunrise view from summit! In relation to flying that day i would say
its fine especially if your doing the 2 day package as you’ll be back down in park HQ by lunchtime so will have time to rest.

]]> By: jaslyn http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-5824 jaslyn Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:38:32 +0000 http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/2007/05/11/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day/#comment-5824 My friends are on our way to a 3D/2N climb to Mt K in April. We are departing on a 8pm flight back to to KL on the same day of our descend. However, a friend strongly advised that we should not take a flight on the same day for it may have adverse effect on our health. Is this true? Thank you. My friends are on our way to a 3D/2N climb to Mt K in April. We are departing on a 8pm flight back to to KL on the same day of our descend. However, a friend strongly advised that we should not take a flight on the same day for it may have adverse effect on our health. Is this true?
Thank you.

]]> By: josh http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-5641 josh Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:03:32 +0000 http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/2007/05/11/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day/#comment-5641 You don't need to be that fit. It defintely wasn't the hardest physical activity I've done... that being said, you need to make it to Laban Rata by 1 pm at the very latest. You don’t need to be that fit. It defintely wasn’t the hardest physical activity I’ve done… that being said, you need to make it to Laban Rata by 1 pm at the very latest.

]]> By: drizad http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-5637 drizad Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:48:19 +0000 http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/2007/05/11/climbing-mount-kinabalu-in-one-day/#comment-5637 @Farah: YES, of course! @Farah: YES, of course!

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