For non-athletes, the trek up and down the mountain is an arduous 2-day achievement. At the TM Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathon, over 100 brawny men and women from around the world, including Great Britain, Venezuela, Spain, Japan, Germany and Singapore push themselves to physical and mental limits to run up and down the mountain at superhuman speed and stamina to complete a total distance of 21km in between 2 and 4 hours. In 2007, the Men’s Open category saw Spain’s Kilian Jornet Burgada come in first place, clocking 2:39.10s. Fellow Spaniard, Monica Arbid Ubed came in first at 3:44.08s in the Women’s category and the Veteran Men’s category saw Malaysian Sarun bin Sadi crowned as champion with a time of 3:24.03s
It all started in 1987 as a Sabah Parks' project to develop a rapid rescue squad—a team of rangers who can bring down injured climbers fast, especially useful during bad weather when helicopter rescue is not possible. Now the Climbathon is an endorsed venue by the Federation of Sport at Altitude (FSA) as the steepest of the six official races for the Buff Sky Runner World Series. Other races in this circuit include the “Sentiero delle Grigne” in Italy and Berga in Catalonia, Spain. The Climbathon in Kota Kinabalu is now also popular among European mountain runners who form the majority of the members of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA), whose patron is the International Amateur Athletic Federations (IAAF).
23 - 24. August 2008
Heritage at stake:... The state government has found itself in a catch 22 situation – jeopardise George Town’s Unesco World Heritage Site...
Ka Chuan steps down as... Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan, who was defeated in the recent MCA elections, has...
Shah Rukh Khan’t come... Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan will not be able to receive his Datukship on Nov 29 due to his busy schedule.
Malaysia keen to help... Malaysia is keen to participate in Turkmenistan’s tourism and infrastructure development to expand bilateral trade...
‘Resolve cases within... The Human Resources Ministry wants all cases received by the Industrial Relations Department and referred to the...
Subra: Too early to... MIC secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam will leave it to the party to decide on its future direction, including...
Cops slam NGO’s action The police have hit out at a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that allegedly kept two Penan women for nine days here...
MCA: BN success due to... Umno is not the sole party in the Barisan Nasional coalition government, said MCA publicity bureau deputy chief Lee Wei...
Pempena probe has... The nonchalant attitude of those being questioned over the Pempena Group of Companies controversy has irked the Tourism...
No car perk from... Pempena Group of Companies executive chairman Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun has denied that she was given a personal car by...
TRAXXfm heißt der neue Radiosender in Malaysia, der Einheimischen und Touristen nicht nur coole Musik über den Äther sendet, sondern auch als Reiseführer für das südostasiatische Land dient.
Film-Screenings 13.11.08 - 23.11.08
GSC Pavillion KL and GSC Mid Valley
The two German Films in this year's EU Film Festival are ONE DAY IN EUROPE and
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