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A fellow climber takes a rest admiring the view near the summit of Mount Kinabalu.

Daily Photo – Admiring the View

Richard Davis March 23, 2013
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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.

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What not to wear on Mount Kinabalu. I didn't notice for quite a while as I processed this image that there are two people in it! 1989.

Daily Photo – What Not to Wear

Richard Davis March 22, 2013
Travel 1

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!

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Here's another image of the Mount Kinabalu's shadow cast on the early morning haze. 1989.

Daily Photo – Mount Kinabalu’s Shadow

Richard Davis March 18, 2013
Landscape

Below I’ve posted another photo of Mount Kinabalu’s Shadow. Taken a short while after the one I posted a few days ago…

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The rising sun chases the night away from the summit of Mount Kinabalu.

Daily Photo – South from the Summit of Mount Kinabalu

Richard Davis March 12, 2013
Landscape 2

As the sun rose into the morning sky, I took this shot in a southerly direction from the summit of Mount Kinabalu.

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Mount Kinabalu is mostly granodiorite, similar to granite but with a different ratio of plagioclase and feldspar. This is a telephoto shot, not of the summit but of one of the peaks above Laban Rata.

Daily Photo – Granodiorite Peaks

Richard Davis February 27, 2013
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Mount Kinabalu is formed from granodiorite. This is an intrusive igneous rock, very similar to granite but with a different proportion of plagioclase and feldspar.

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