Recommendations
- Try to spend your first night close to Kinabalu mountain region than the airport. The elevation gained help you to acclimatise.
- One inner layer and one outer jacket are ok to beat the cold. The temperature at the summit would be around ~2 Celcius. Definitely not under 0.
- Book your tickets in advance (like 2-3 months). There are restricted number of permits allowed every day.
- Practice climbing stairs (downwards as well) to strengthen your legs.
- Use a waterproof hand gloves. You would use ropes and quite a possibility they get wet.
- One pole is ok. No need to take two.
Just climbed the highest mountain in South East Asia - Mount Kinabalu (4095 meters above sea level). Though the climb is only 2 days and is far easier compared to climbing Kilimanjaro, you definitely need to train yourself before attempting Mt Kinabalu. I learned through my research that the terrain contains stairs, so this time I spent much time climbing 30 storey building. Twice. Three times a week. This helped me this time but it did affect me a bit while climbing down. Also, I would suggest that you strengthen your arms and shoulders muscles a bit, as towards the top, you need to use ropes as the climb becomes steep.
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