Mt Kinabalu: Letter 1

Dear fellow future-to-be-conquering Mt Kinabalu Climbers,

With this email, you are being verified that you are a member of the team that will conquer Mt Kinabalu at 27 May 2010, 6.00am. You will be standing proudly on top of the Mountain Kinabalu, wearing your sweater, breath in the thin and cold air high up around 4000meter, taking photo with the sign and you are surrounded with the other successful climbers. You are there!!! You are there on top of the Mount Kinabalu.

With that in mind, you now need to start to prepare yourself mentally and physically.

It is recommended that all climbers should have themselves medically checked before attempting any mountain climb. If you have a history of suffering from the following aliments, it is highly recommended that you should refrain from climbing and do inform me immediately:

1. Hypertension

2. Diabetes

3. Palpitation

4. Arthritis

5. Heart disease

6. Severe Anemia

7. Peptic Ulcers

8. Epileptic fits

9. Obesity(Overweight)

10. Chronic asthma

11. Muscular Cramps

12. Hepatitis

13. Or any other disease which may hamper the climber.

If you are non of the above, then you need to be have stamina trained body. Now is the time to start training to build up stamina and strength. You need to remember, you are against not only length(more than 17km up and down) but height (4000meter above sea level, which means the air is thinner) and temperature (cold and very cold).

Besides, physically strong, mentally, we all need determination and strong support. As individual, we everyone need to be strong in mind and set the goal to reach the Mt. Kinabalu peak! As a team, we support morally and together we strive and conquer Mt. Kinabalu.

Countdown from today, there are 30 days leaved from the day we start to climb the Mt. Kinabalu. This email will be your first email you receive. Following weeks, you will receive a few emails about information on Mt Kinabalu, the climbing, what to bring, what to wear, what to… The information will be informed through emails. Discussion and sharing thought among our teammate will be carried out in Facebook the SabahBest (click on the link)group.

Any enquires; you are most welcomed to ask me through email, sms , blog or facebook.

Remember, there are 30 days leave! Start training!

All the best and enjoy your day!

Best Regards,

Jian Ming

25 April 2010

(013-5411 027)