 "Business Times (Malaysia)")
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When climbing Kinabalu unprepared, BUSINESS TIMES
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Business Times (Malaysia)
09-08-2000
MY KNEES and legs had long turned to jelly during the descent of Mount
Kinabalu. Exactly when this happened, I don't know.
But what was worse, I was teetering on a high vertical drop. Never
mind the fact that there were steps, countless along the walking trail,
which had been secured by wooden planks as well as makeshift railings to
help climbers reach the bottom safely, or up, whichever way they were heade...
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