Summit of BORNEO
Mt KINABALU
Mount Kinabalu, standing tall on the island of Borneo in the Malaysian state of Sabah, is the highest point between the Himalayas and New Guinea, and a stunning jewel worthy of its UNESCO World Heritage status. Rising above 13,000 feet out of the Borneo jungles, like most tropical mountains its great climactic variation between base and summit supports a huge diversity in eco-systems, from cloud shrouded tropical rain forests to cloud-shrouded sub-alpine flower meadows. The mountain is composed of glacier-scoured granite, and was formed from an uplift of magma millions of years ago. The glacier carved pinnacles, rising from the smooth granite dome, are a distinctive and unique feature of the peaks. A Rock Climbing paradise for people of all level. Combining it's western & Eastern Plateau, Kinabalu offer a stunning world class Trekking destination for anyone who loves the mountains.
Mt Kinabalu is a fantastic training ground for anyone who wish to begin the sport of climbing or mountaineering – which I called it “A journey of self-discovery”. Climbing is enormously diverse and perhaps this is the attraction. There are few activities that combine so many different factors together. It is physically exhilarating and can be competitive if you want it to be, but it is also a way of getting to the world's wild places and simply seeing what they have to offer. There are tremendous views, enthralling opportunities to see other cultures and to learn from them, and the most obvious of all, a great sense of FREEDOM.
In mountain ranges around the world, visitors and climbers go to the mountains to experience the mountain environment, to feel the power and sacredness of the mountain, to be in awe of Earth’s beauty. This is done by spending time on the mountain, by participating in various mountaineering activities, be it multi-day alpine hiking trips, via ferrata climbing, rock climbing, rappelling or alpine camping.
For the last 30 years in Mt Kinabalu, climbers’ objectives were to climb up and down in 2 days after having conquered the summit. Mt Kinabalu became a conquest, when mountains should be experienced. There is an urgent need to give Mt Kinabalu the respect that it deserves of a full fledge mountain. As such, the idea of developing Mt Kinabalu into a mountaineering training centre for South East Asia was born.
Via Ferrata was chosen to be the first activities to be introduced to Mt Kinabalu, because via ferrata climbing is unique as it is one of the easiest mountaineering activities that can be easily done by all ages.
Now Via Ferrata climbing is available in Sabah. Adventure Factors Mountaineering Centre Sdn Bhd has recently launched MOUNTAIN TORQ – The World’s Highest and Asia First Via Ferrata on 15th Dec 2007, at Kinabalu Park. MOUNTAIN TORQ has also been awarded by the Malaysian Book of Record as the Highest Via Ferrata in Malaysia.
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