Mission 1 : Mount Kinabalu
25 Days to Mount Kinabalu
Whoah 
... only left 25 days to my first climb of Mt. Kinabalu. Meaning I only got left only 3 weeks to train. Any Advise ? Anybody want to follow ? 
This morning I did a 2 km walk plus 1 x 10 floors staircase climbs.
Follow with some toning of my pectoralis, latissismus, and abdominus muscle.
2:30 pm : doin lunges with 7 kg backpack; 9 kg squats
6:00 pm : ran 1.6 km ; 3 x 10 floors staircase climbs.
24 Days to Go - 6/5/14 Tue
07:00 am : morning walk 2 km
10:00 am : yoga stretching
23 Days to Go - 7/5/14 Wed
07:00 am : morning walk 2 km
09:00 am : upper body toning
06:00 pm : 60 floors staircase climb
22 Days to Go - 8/5/14 Thu
9:00 am upper body toning
6:00 pm : 60 floors staircase climb
21 Days to Go - 9/5/14 Fri
07:00 am : morning walk 2 km
12:30 pm : 8 kg lunges; 28 kg squats
06:00 pm : 60 floors staircase climb
20 Days to Go - 10/5/14 Sat
11:00 am : Run 1 km
12:00 pm : Pull Ups, Press Ups, Squats 20 kg, Turning Kicks
19 Days to Go - 11/5/14 Sun
11:00 am : 8 kg lunges; 20 kg squats
18 Days to Go - 12/5/14 Mon
07:00 am : 30 floors staircase climb with 8 kg backpack
08:30 am : trail tracking 30 min
06:00 pm : easy run 2 km in 10 min 30 second
17 Days to Go - 13/5/14 Tue
08:30 am : Left calf smashing follow by stretching
06:30 pm : Turning Kicks
16 Days to Go - 14/5/14 Wed
07:00 am : Morning walk 2 km
12:30 pm : 8 kg Lunges
06:00 pm : 60 floors staircase climb (15:30)
15 Days to Go - 15/5/14 Thu
07:00 am : 30 floors staircase climb with 8 kg backpack
03:00 pm : abd crunches
06:00 pm : easy run
14 Days to Go - 16/5/14 Fri
07:00 am : Morning walk
09:00 am : yoga and stretching
01:00 pm : 25 kg Squats, upper body toning
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I just returned from my climb up the said mountain about a month ago. It was by far the toughest thing I have ever attempted in my life. I don't think you really need any special training for the climb. You just need to be reasonably fit and have the desire and the determination. I am almost 60 but exercises regularly. Before the climb I went about my usual weekly routine which consist of one day of 45 minutes jogging and three days of trekking about 35 minutes up the hill. And pray for dry weather.
2014-05-05 14:16
Leno, I wrote "my usual weekly routine which consist of one day of 45 minutes jogging and three days of trekking.....", which means once a week, not every day jogging. That is my weekly routine so I don't consider that as special training as I was not doing anything differently. The first stage up Mount KK using the 7km route takes about 7 to 9 hours to reach the rest house, so would you consider a 35 minutes trek as special training?
2014-05-05 14:47
oh ... i read too fast, u know lar .. i am getting exciting with each day mar ... my routine is doin 4 km run in less than 20 min ... but start to cut down my run to 2 km daily and increase my staircase climb .. which is GRUESOME ! Weatherwise my fren said (who went 4 times alredi) .. no escape from raining. I believe eftee suffer from shoes too tight, that's why he recommend the open sandal. Anyway, i have tried my trail shoes over bako hill ... no problem on running down hill.
2014-05-05 14:53
when I went, rain all the way. shoe--> bad idea. Strap on sandals or whatever sandals made of rubber, where u can buy downhill--> awesome. more grip, less heavy during rainy days.
2014-05-05 15:27
i am goin to use my columbia trail "waterproof" shoes. I also bought a waterproof pants, and waterproof jacket. Hope they will help. I might get a standby rubber "boling" sandal for my kid. He doesn't have the waterproof shoes.
2014-05-05 15:31
a decent level of fitness is good enuf. problem with mountain climbing is endurance, u need to endure the coolness, u need to endure the hunger, u need to endure the weight of your backpack, u need to endure the fatigueness,and most important of all u need to endure the thought of giving up which will be constantly remindind you at the back of ur head, happy climbing.
I ve done KK, i ve done Rinjani in lombok ( a live volcanoe which is breathtaking ), and i plan to do EVEREST basecamp.....the world is too big to miss, and mountain too high to climb...
2014-05-05 15:48
one good tip for u.
wear a tight fitting polyster which grips ur body, so that u can loose ur sweat as fast as u can in a cold weather, if not, u will be trapping heat inside ur wind breaker which is not a pleasant thing to do.
2014-05-05 15:49
fistball > i am goin to train hard for Mt. Kinabalu ... so that when i reach the top, i still have enough energy to enjoy the scene. I don't want to feel so tired until i can't think anything else but breath .. breath .. breath. And i will probably goin for my first half marathon next year, and yes ... EVEREST. If u reach Everest, don't forget to mention codeword : LENO-PANLAI when u meet anyone handsome hor ... who knows ? See ya' there !
2014-05-05 15:54
fistball > i am using a columbia baselayer which claim can wick sweat. I am 56 kg, Ht 1.69 cm ... which is thin and very scared of COLD. Trapping heat will be a bonus (i hope) to me.
2014-05-05 15:59
My ranger told me weather has been very dry for a month already and there is no water supply at Laban Rata. He advised us to bring surgical mask as it is very dusty and pray hard for some rain too.
2014-05-12 15:10
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Depends on how old you are. More of breathing exercise as you will it more tiring with thinner air. Remember to bring along strap-on sandals on your way down (Nobody advised me on that last time)
2014-05-05 12:52