Anybody knows what does the climber’s insurance covers?
- Posted by drizad on 03:11PM Jun 6, 2008
For those who have climbed Mount Kinabalu before: Did you notice that you paid RM7 (USD2.15) for an insurance coverage? And do you know what does the insurance covers? Against injuries? Bad weather? Cancellation? It >>
Please help Kristina & her daughter…
- Posted by drizad on 08:29AM Jun 5, 2008
I actually received Kristina’s email 9 days ago. However, my life has been really occupied for the past couple of weeks. And for some other reason, I missed her important email. When I did some cleaning >>
Try booking your Kinabalu climbing package through Kumuka
- Posted by drizad on 02:38PM Jun 4, 2008
Hmm… Long list of disgruntled climbers jot down their comments in few of my blog post about how sucks it is to contact SSL directly to get a place to climb. It has been few months since my post about >>
Kinabalu National Park Headquarters Trail Map
- Posted by drizad on 03:40PM May 29, 2008
I received an email form one of our readers regarding other trails in Kinabalu Park. Swen Vetters wrote: We (3 adults and 1 child) would be interested to visit the Mt Kinabalu Park just for some trails >>
Upgrading Kinabalu Blog from Wordpress 2.1.3 to 2.5.1 completed
- Posted by drizad on 04:00PM May 28, 2008
The upgrading process of this blog has been long delayed due to some problems. I have been running this blog using Wordpress version 2.1.3 for the past 18 months. Few attempts to upgrade this blog to version >>
What have Kinabalu Blog tried to be?
- Posted by drizad on 10:37AM May 27, 2008
Yes. I sometimes wonder, what have I done to the online Kinabalu community, for the past 3 years mount-kinabalu-borneo.com went online? I started a website about climbing Kinabalu nearly 3 years ago, just >>
I have not shown you my photos…
- Posted by drizad on 11:04AM May 18, 2008
I posted 6 photo-blog post on Special Olympic Mt. Kinabalu Challenge for the past few weeks, but I did not have my own photos included. Oh, I also did not introduce to you the medical team that went up >>
My good friend Leong went up via ferrata on Kinabalu
- Posted by drizad on 09:05AM May 17, 2008
Pictures speaks louder than words. Leong went up Via Ferrata on Mount Kinabalu, the highest via ferrata in the world early this month. I think it is good if I share his photos with you. He has more than >>
An email from Wenky on climbing Kinabalu
- Posted by drizad on 08:36AM May 16, 2008
I received an email from one of Kinabalu Blog readers, Wenky. I hope you could benefit from then answers that I gave to her. My answers would be in bold. Dear Drizad, Hi, I’m a visitor of your blog, >>
The flora & fauna of Kinabalu
- Posted by drizad on 08:46AM May 7, 2008
This would be my 6th post on Special Olympics Mt. Kinabalu Challenges. After posting about the athletes, escorts and the volunteers, this would be a post on flora & fauna of Kinabalu. Frankly speaking, >>
The Unsung Heroes of Kinabalu : Porters & Guides
- Posted by drizad on 09:18AM May 2, 2008
Ahh… We will not be able to reach the peak of Kinabalu without them. We will cry in agony if nobody help us on carrying our 32kg (~70lb) backpack for our 1 week stay here in Sabah. The Unsung Heroes >>
Kinabalu Summit Plateau - I only reached 7.5km…
- Posted by drizad on 11:54AM Apr 29, 2008
My fourth post on Special Olympics Mt. Kinabalu Challenge 2008. Unfortunately this time, I did not able to reach the peak. It is not because of me, but more to the athletes. Some of the athletes were just >>
Wanna see the thrill at the “Rockface” of Kinabalu?
- Posted by drizad on 09:40AM Apr 25, 2008
I think this would be my third post on Special Olympics Mt. Kinabalu Challenge that I volunteered to be involved. The challenges of getting 40 special athletes up the mountain became more intense at this >>
4th Special Olympics Mt. Kinabalu Challenge - Going up to Laban Rata
- Posted by drizad on 10:42AM Apr 23, 2008
These are the photos taken the day we start our journey up from Timpohon Gate to Laban Rata. It was a day climb, clear day up to Layang-Layang, but it started to drizzle afterwards to Villosa & Paka. >>
4th Special Olympics Mt. Kinabalu Challenge - Flag off ceremony
- Posted by drizad on 07:57AM Apr 22, 2008
I am back to my clinic today. After having a very exhausting trip up and down Mt. Kinabalu on Friday & Saturday (18th & 19th April), I am now back to my usual work. Feels good to be back, but missed >>
