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Climbing up Mount Kota Kinabalu, a 13,435-foot (8.9 kilometer) high mountain on the Borneo side of Malaysia, was without a doubt the hardest activity I’ve ever put my body through, and it goes down as one of the most memorable accomplishments in my life.
The brochure said that people of all ages participate in climbing the mountain. What the brochure neglected to mention is that you shouldn’t try to climb the summit unless you’re in good physical shape!
I initially thought that climbing up the mountain would be like a cute little nature hike, especially since I’ve done tons of nature hikes in New York, but I quickly learned that it’s nothing but climbing up stairs and rocks pilled up like stairs, for hours and hours on end.
After I cursed myself for not going to the gym in years, I began to admire my surroundings, which consisted of four different terrains…
