Mount Kinabalu Donkey Ears
A selection of pictures of mount kinabalu summit with its various peaks south peak donkey ears peak st john s peak low s peak taken at dawn and in the early morning.
Mount kinabalu donkey ears. Mount kinabalu donkey ears. Eighteen people including hikers and mountain guides were killed by the earthquake and a massive landslide that followed it. Mount kinabalu was not spared from the tremors. Climbing mt kinabalu over a 3 days.
Day 10 11 thu fri 6 7 november 2014 in 2003 i joined my school s outdoor activity to outward bound sabah for a week of hiking trekking rock climbing mountain climbing and. The iconic donkeys ear peak at mount kinabalu before has been destroyed due to the tremors on june 5 2015 the twin peak landmark resembling a pair of donkey s ears has been badly damaged with the. Masidi manjun the minister of culture tourism and environment tweeted that the iconic donkey s ear may have been damaged. August 20 2018 october 17 2018 schmolphin 0 comments.
Come climb mount kinabalu and t rek through the maginificent sabah mount kinabalu. Asia malaysia sabah southeast asia climbing mount kinabalu 2nd time after 11 years. Another peak was peculiarly named ugly sister though it looks nothing like its implied name. Donkey ears peak mt kinabalu as it was before a 6 0 magnitude earthquake hit on thursday night friday australian time credit.
The climb of mount kinabalu climbing mt kinabalu can be done in 2 days but a more comfortable climb in 3 days are recommended to acclimatise to the altitude and fully enjoy the rich biological diversity the exotic rare plants orchids birds and many more. Sadly the iconic donkey s ear at mt kinabalu may have been badly damaged by the tremor today. Further down is donkey ears peak where one of its ears was partly destroyed by the recent earthquake and south peak commonly mistaken for low s peak. On 5 june 2015 at 07 15 mst the area around mount kinabalu was damaged by an earthquake.
On the way to mt kinabalu successful climber of mt kinabalu. The photos were taken on trips in 2001 and 2003. Eric bc lim flickr the force of the tremor snapped one of the two. The mt kinabalu massif essentially consists of a huge block of granite.
Mount kinabalu information booking centre offers climb permits and full range of climb. Mount kinabalu summit trail via timpohon.