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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

Richard Davis March 21, 2013
Landscape 1

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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Most of the ascent of Mound Kinabalu from the Timpohon Gate to the Laban Rata Guesthouse is a trek up a massive staircase. It might be the stairway to heaven but if you're not used to climbing like this for several hours (and who is really?) it can be quite a struggle.

Daily Photo – The Climb to Laban Rata

Richard Davis February 25, 2013
Travel 3

Laban Rata is pretty much at the altitude where the vegetation peters out and the base granite starts. The trek there is through the jungle/rainforest so it can be pretty warm and humid. Most of the climb that I recall was this seemingly endless zigzag of stairs cut into the side of the hill and shored up with wood or stone, without which the entire climb would be a muddy scramble.

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