So I guess I should begin by saying that I didn't make it to the summit of South East Asia's tallest mountain! Not that I had any say in it though, the summit was closed to all due to extreme weather conditions. At 2am when we were supposed to start waking for the climb everyone was already awake and listening to the pouring rain and around 80km/h winds. visibility outside was at about 2m. For me, Laban Rata would be the highest point I reached on Mt. Kinabalu, at a little over 3000m.
That said, the climb was still more then worth it. The 8km trek on the Meselau trail to reach Laban Rata was quite difficult in some places and absolutely beautiful in many more. We crossed waterfalls and grottoes of pitcher plants, and we walked along ridges that provided us with amazing vies of the villages below. Had you asked me before I came on this trip how I would feel about not making the summit I would have said I would be devastated, but honestly after doing the first days climb I really wasn't bothered. Mt. K was an excellent experience with or without the summit!
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