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Approaching the edge of the plateau, the road to Kota Kinabalu runs along the side of the ridge some 7000+ feet below.

Daily Photo – The Road to Kota Kinabalu

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.

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Having wandered to some of the other peaks on Mount Kinabalu we decided it was time we were rejoining the pack and heading back down the mountain.

Daily Photo – Rejoining the Pack

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.

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

Daily Photo – Admiring the View

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

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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The small yellow structure on the vertical center line of this image is the Laban Rata resthouse from where I'd set off some four to five hours earlier.

Daily Photo – Looking Down on Laban Rata

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…

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Early morning on Mount Kinabalu and my two fellow climbers are taking a rest. 1989.

Daily Photo – Taking a Rest

The photo below shows my Italian and Norwegian climbing buddies taking a rest somewhere near the summit of Mount Kinabalu.

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