With four good friends and Taising as our mountain guide, we started going up Mt Kinabalu from Timpohon Gate on 12th June.  We took the whole trip in a slow & leisure pace, with two nights at West Gurkha Hut, targetting five peaks with weather permitted.  For five days on the mountain, hot cloudless morning & freezing cold nights were no exceptions.   Yet we still encounter thick mist when trek past the foothill of Low’s Peak towards West Gurkha Hut.

Being able to stand on top of Victoria Peak again is very exciting.  Though we gave up the plan of scaling the horn as we were not fully equiped with our rock climbing gears.  Alexandra Peak & Oyayubi Peak were climb with cautions.  Due to the heavy rain before sunrise, we gave up St John’s Peak as some parts are very slippery after rain.  We went up Low’s Peak on the way descending to Laban Rata Resthouse on 15th June. 

When I arrived at Timpohon Gate again at noon of 16th June, my little friend, a common treeshrew came fast on to my backpack to greet me for my safe coming back…  For more photos please visit this photo gallery at my Climbing section.