I am on my own – off to climb the mountain – Mount Kinabalu. There is another world out there. The world of cold. I can not feel my fingertips. My hands are both numb. I am having a difficult time with finger dexterity – zipping my jacket, stuffing my backpack, and changing my camera settings. All of these cold induced traumas are happening, and I have yet to even begin my climb up to the summit og Mount Kinabalu. Climbing will happen tomorrow – weather permitting. The rains fell and the temperatures dropped. I thought I was walking around the trails of Cordova in the temperate rain forest. Why visit Cordova when you have Mount Kinabalu. The real difference is this. The rains of Mount Kinabalu happen every afternoon about one o’clock and then they are gone for sunset. The rains of Cordova have no end pattern. I was going to stay longer at the Timpohon Gate to acclimate, but I was really suffering in the rains. I was “suffering” as much as a dad who had been given a 48 hour mountain pass out of fatherhood can suffer. Today, I walked the Liwagu trail to the gateway of the summit climb. The Liwagu trail goes along a river. A cool walk with zero leeches. Maybe leeches do not like the cold. I caught the tail end of hikers that had stayed the night on the mountain and summited this morning. Even though the rains were falling, everyone looked pretty happy and satisfied. Amazing that I was sweating from the heat of the city of Kota Kinabalu and now I can not feel my fingertips.
Wonder where in the world we were a year ago?
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