Category Archives: Mountains Today’s photo shows a fellow trekker descending Mount Kinabalu on a section of the trail above Laban Rata. It’s the last photo I took on the Mountain. By now the sun was pretty high in the sky removing any character from the views over the Crocker Range.  The road to Kota Kinabalu is clearly visible in today’s image, etched into the side of the ridge near the base of the photo. The Park HQ complex is in the bottom left of the photo. 
[...] now the sun was pretty high in the sky removing any character from the views over the Crocker Range. The next photo I took was on the beach later that afternoon so I guess I stuffed my camera into my [...]  After a while spend wandering off-trail we decided it was time we were rejoining the pack. The tops of the clouds in this photo are more than a mile vertically below me.  But that was all ahead of me. Here I was admiring the view myself and trying not to think about climbing down that massive staircase I’d climbed up less than 24 hours prior.
[...] a while spend wandering off-trail we decided it was time we were rejoining the [...]  Clearly up here on the exposed granodiorite at the summit of Mount Kinabalu, a grey windbreaker definitely falls into the what not to wear category!
[...] Turn the camera back to the more normal orientation, shift the angle slightly to the left and below I’ve posted an alternate interpretation of my Norwegian friend admiring the view. [...]  Having posted some photos a few days back looking up towards the summit of Mount Kinabalu from the resthouse at Laban Rata, today’s photo is the reverse…
[...] photo was taken at the same location as yesterday’s but looking west rather than [...]  The photo below shows my Italian and Norwegian climbing buddies taking a rest somewhere near the summit of Mount Kinabalu.  I’d like to say today’s photo is looking back to the summit of Mount Kinabalu but I can’t be sure it is.  Below I’ve posted another photo of Mount Kinabalu’s Shadow. Taken a short while after the one I posted a few days ago…  This is the only photo of the sunrise on Mount Kinabalu that includes the sun in the shot! |
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by Richard Davis