<photo: at Kinabalu National Park, with Mount Kinabalu in the background>
the peak of Mount Kinabalu is at the height of 4096 metres. it's difficult to feel what 4096 metres mean when you haven't climbed a mountain before. but what if you are told that Mount Kinabalu is almost half the height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. then suddenly you would want climbing Mount Kinabalu to be on your bucket list.
a bucket list is a list of things to do before you die. the term comes from another term "kick the bucket" which means to die. to put an item on your bucket list is a very serious act. it's a promise that you have made to yourself to achieve these items before you die. because it's half the height of Mount Everest and because it's a tall enough mountain, Mount Kinabalu appears on the bucket list of many people.
besides Mount Kinabalu, we all have many other things on our bucket lists - get a dream job, do a masters degree, see Angkor Wat with your own eyes and the list goes on and it never gets shorter. we add on items to our bucket lists as if we will live forever. but we won't live forever. don't wait. #bcc #whynot
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." - Confucius