Right after our long 5 hours hike from Timpohan to Laban Rata we finished up what was left from our packed brunch at Laban Rata’s restaurant and later on we checked in into our dorms at Gunting Lagadan Hut which is another 5 minutes hike up the mountain. Story fast forward… I had yet another [...]

Armed with food and water in our back pack alongside the ever so useful RM 3 wooden stick, we made our way down hill from the Timpohan gate or Pondok Timpohan starting point. Bungin the guide told us that the hike will take approximately 6 hours and by all means we should arrive at Laban [...]

Day 2 of the Mount Kinabalu expedition kicks off early for everyone and by 6 ish am all 13 of us gathered around at the parking lot of our rest house for a short briefing from Mr.Boss. *photo by Azrul Soon after that along with a little prep talk by Boss, we begin our little [...]

The wait was finally over on 13th May 2010 for our most anticipated big hike which is non other than Mount Kinabalu. The team had been planning for this expedition since late 2009 after a couple of us who visited Sabah for the first time last year went totally head over heels with the mesmerizing [...]

Yes, the most anticipated month of the year has finally arrived. It is another 8 more days left for us to do some last minute ‘muscle acclimatization’ and finally just DO IT! I’m talking about the big hike of course. I’ve been doing preparations for this Mt. Kinabalu hike since a couple of months back [...]