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IT'S described as akin to climbing a ladder. So long as you know how to climb, Mount Kinabalu is yours to conquer ... through the via ferrata. Excuse me, via what?
Via ferrata, Italian for iron way, has long been a well-kept secret in Europe. An immensely popular sport, it describes a style of climbing through ladders, steps, bridges, bolts and strands of cable affixed to a vertical rock. A technique developed in World War I - allowing troops to be moved quickly through the Dolomites in Northern Italy - the via ferrata technique has become popular today as it allows climbers, particularly novice ones or those with no experience at all, to scale mountains that previously seemed inaccessible to them.See the full content of this document
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Stairway to Heaven
Now in Malaysia, Mount Kinabalu is home to Asia's first via ferrata, that opened in December 2007. Built at Mount Kinabalu's Panar Laban rock face, the via ferrata begins at 3,411 metres and ends at 3,776 metr...
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