Photo above : Plants on the high rocky slops. The high rocky slopes reveal to adventurers many unique species of plants. Many of the world's richest variety of orchids are found on the high rockier slopes.
| On the rocky slope you will discover over 800 unique species of orchids. With its wide ranging climate range and differing soil and rock conditions, this helps to create a large variety of plants. Wildlife Around Mount Kinabalu: http://EzineArticles.com/7168666 An estimated 5,000 to 6,000 plant species call Mount Kinabalu, and its surrounding National Park, home. Many carnivorous plants and orchids grow on its slopes, which also attract 326 species of birds and over 100 mammals, including orangutans, Black shrews and the gloriously-named Bornean Ferret-Badger. The descent should take between two and four hours, depending on your level of fatigue. Sore legs, knees and ankles tend to be the limiting factor on the way down, rather than aerobic fatigue. In fact, our group found itself in more collective pain halfway down the mountain than at any other stage in the trek. The second half of the descent, through the rainforest stairs after Layang-Layang, was the most taxing. Climbing Mt Kinabalu - Day 2 : |
Photo above : On the way down, with other climbers (in the photos). The blue rope accompanies climbers to Low's Peak begins here. On some section you need to pull yourself up the rockface, this can be an exhilarating experience.
On our way down the views over the clouds and the valleys below are breathtaking.The night when we climbed up was a clear night with clouds stretched as far as the eye could see, broken intermittently with views down to the forest below.
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