<photo: Google Earth image of Mount Kinabalu>
Located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah, climbing Mount Kinabalu is on the bucket list of many people. Mount Kinabalu is almost half the height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. this makes reaching the peak of Kinabalu a worthwhile item to be on your bucket list. if this is not enough reason, here's 7 more reasons why you should climb Kinabalu:
It's on everyone else's bucket list.
Why not?
Kota Kinabalu is just 2.5 hours flight from Singapore.
Kinabalu can be summitted over a weekend.
If you are on a shoestring budget, you can possibly do it with just under SGD$1,000 all in.
A great opportunity to experience altitude sickness, which makes for a good story to tell.
When was the last time you watched the sunrise while sitting above the clouds.
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” Anonymous