50 on Kinabalu: Countdown
Day 1 - Sunday 24 Sept 2017 (KK to National Park) 6.00am - Welcome to Kota Kinabalu! Your first stop for the day should be the Gaya...
In search of purpose: Don't judge a camel by its humps
<Photos from left: 1) Bactrian camel with Mount Khuiten and Malchin Peak in the background 2) Ships of the Desert carrying our loads 3)...
In search of purpose: Which road to take
<photos: from top left clockwise: 1) Love at first sight, meeting the Russian UAZ van for the first time after landing at Ölgii...
In search of purpose: A hole in the ground is worth more than rocks in the open
<photos: from left 1) hole in the ground toilet near Ölgii, Outer Mongolia 2) it takes two to poo - helping to keep the toilet doors...
In search of purpose: Slow and last to reach the summit
<photo: Climbing Malchin Peak , with a view of the Potonin Glacier in the background, Outer Mongolia. Photo credit - Andrew Chok>...
In search of purpose: Disconnect to connect
<photos: clockwise from top left: 1) Mount Khuiten basecamp at Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, 2) Mount Khuiten advanced basecamp with...
In search of purpose: Ropes and knots
<photo: Learning to tie figure of eight knot and classic Prusik knot and how to climb out after falling into a crevasse.> Mountaineering...
50 on Kinabalu: Why?
<photo: at the summit of Mount Kinabalu> Here's a collection of quotes from the 50 climbers who will be summiting Mount Kinabalu on 26...
50 on Kinabalu: You can't connect the dots looking forward
<photo: 8km sign post on Mount Kinabalu> The 8km sign post on Mount Kinabalu is famous because many climbers give up when they reach this...
In search of purpose: When doors are closed
<photo: Mesilau Trail, one of the 2 starting points to climb Mount Kinabalu, closed indefinitely due to the 2015 earthquake.> It happens...