I've decided to take the plunge and commit myself to climbing up Mt. Kinabalu in early January. Everything's booked, so now I just need to prepare myself. I unfortunately haven't quite yet gotten back into a hiking routine now that the cooler weather's arrived, so I need to really set it up to be ready.
Have any of you climbed it before? Any particular suggestions on routes in HK to train with? Any recommendations for how often and how many meters I need to be doing? I've been thinking Quarry Bay to Parkview would be particularly good to prepare for the first day of steps. Lantau Peak up from the Big Buddha might also be good. I'm just wondering, though, if it's truly better to train more in the morning, instead of squeezing in night hikes?
I'm generally a rather slow (but experienced) hiker, and I've never climbed 1400m in one day (only have done 1200). And with the whole waking up at 2 am to head for the summit thing, I would generally not commit to something like this. But I feel it's a rather special mountain worth seeing in life.
Thanks!