Mt K hike

Did it! I survived Mt Kinabalu! Ouch.
Anyway, here's a pictorial journey to give y'all an idea..

First sighting of Mt K from the ground..


Details of the trail



the hike itself covered lots of steps, trails and then natural rock steps..



An idea of the foliage up once you pass 3,000m up the mountain ..





After arriving at Laban Rata, about 6km up the mountain, higher than 3,000m, we continued hiking at 230am next morning, to cover more than 2km up to 4,095.2m.
This is the granite terrain that we had to trek across in the last 500m to the peak of Mt K. See the ppl "rappelling" down? (this pix is taken while descending.. in the morning, we had to climb it in utter darkness, save for the torches strapped onto our foreheads!)



so close to the peak.. and yet so far..


A long trek over sloping, granite terrain - took me close to an hour, I reckon, slowing following the white rope, taking 30-50 steps at a time, while all the time the rising sun on my right was urging me to go faster


Here's Low's Peak, which at 4,095.2m or close to 4,100m, is the tallest mountain in SEA. Climbing that last steep bit wasn't easy - I really wanted to give up!


The sky has brightened up.. and you can still see the climbers inching their way up, like ants on a granite hill..


Started climbing down the mountain at about 615am, arrived at bottom at 4pm. Legs pretty much as stiff as boards. :)