Unprepared Guide to Mount Kinabalu 🗻

Low’s Peak, not because it’s low. It’s named after an English chap, Hugh Low.

Moneyshot, Low’s Peak featured in the hundred Malaysian Ringgit Bill issued in 2012 via Banknote World

Well, you might wonder why I’ve chosen the word unprepared. Here are my thoughts and things I would have told myself before the hike.

🤸🏻 Training

🎯 Know Yourself

Let’s start within, knowing your physical limits and how mentally prepared are you for this hike. Besides that, how much money you are willing to exchange for a bit of help.

There are porter services available for the hike, basically they provide their service to carry your bags and supplies through your hiking trip. It is charged depending on weight and make sure you waterproof them, else you are going to have a hard time when it rains.

Porters are severely underpaid there and it’s tough work. Just bear that in mind, before judging them when you are looking at their price list price 🏷

Here are two approaches you can plan for the hike, can use them interchangeably too!

💪🏻 “Hey, I can do that myself!”
🚀 *Cheat Code Activated*