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Asia - Malaysia - Borneo - Sabah - Kota Kinabalu - Climbing Kinabalu - part II
Michael Meadows
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Clambering down from the rickety base-camp bunk-bed, I turn off the 2am alarm and wonder vaguely what was going through my mind when I packed for this trip. Already shivering in the frigid early morning air, I blearily consider my woefully inadequate clothing options. Let me sum it up for you like this: I'm about to climb to the summit of the highest mountain in South East Asia and I don't even have dry underwear to put on. A t-shirt still wet from yesterday's climb, a pair of light running shoes, a thin jumper, rain-jacket, quick-dry travel trousers, a beanie, gloves & a make-shift scarf (the bandanna I used in India to filter out road-dust) complete my rag-tag ensemble. The up-side is that I don't have to decide what to wear; I just put on every single thing I have with me. As I pull them on, wincing as the damp t-shirt clings to my skin, I wonder just how cold it will be up there. I've been told it often dips below freezing. Should I be worried about the fact that I don't have any boxers to wear, and only very thin trousers? Is frostbite a possibility?! In my sleep-befuddled
state, I actually start to genuinely worry about this.
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The obscured message below (must surely have) read "Please throw all rubbish in the rough vicinity of the bins provided" |
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Many Malaysian words are phonetically-spelt English |
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Attracting fish with bread between my toes |
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An 'Animal Freak Show' we checked out in KK one night I've always secretly wanted to hold the pythons in snake shows, but thought it was just too tacky to pay for... |
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...So when Vananh offered to pay if anyone wanted to do it, I finally got my chance. =P |
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One of the big monitor lizards Sapi island is famous for. |
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A beach on Sapi Island The perfect place to relax after the climb! |
