Quick hill climbing in Kota Kinabalu (Part II)
November 22nd, 2007Another hill around Kota Kinabalu is next to Kg Kopungit, next to the new Penampang highway.
Most afternoons you will be able to see cars parked on the side of the road next to the hill. Most likely they belong to hill climbers:
Somewhere along the road there will be a way to climb up the path, which initially runs parallel to the highway:
After a short walk you will be able to look down on the housing project below. Would you pay RM700K for their 3-storey corner lot terrace house? Crazy price, but that’s another story.
After a while the path isn’t so clear anymore, but just follow the general direction of the hilltop, and you’ll be fine. Just remember that although this is a shorter hike than the previous hill I described, it is more “wild”, meaning there are no steps and no lights.
After a while you’ll reach a place where you can see the sea already. There’s a big rock there:
But that is not the top yet. Going further, a few minutes later will reveal this clearer view of the airport and sea:
There’s a concrete marker there to mark the highest point. The metal pyramid has gone - perhaps already taken by scrap metal thieves.
As you can see from the timestamp, it took a mere 20 minutes to reach the top, at a fast-walking pace.
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i used to jog here and taman tun fuad when staying in hings park..now, now more park or hill to go to..
You not living around KK anymore?
WHO CARES ABOUT HILLS…….. I CONQUERED MOUNT KINABALU 2 TIMES ALREADY… PLUS REACHED PONDOK KANDIS A RECORD 25 TIMES ALREADY!!!!! PLUS BEEN TO TABLE MOUNTAIN, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As the topic says, this is for busy people around KK who want a quick hill workout while being close to nature. Even seasoned campaigners use these hills to train before going to the real thing.
Thanks to you we manged climb the hill near Kampong Kopungit…. We were searching everywhere before for the path but could’nt find it, until I read this article. We were very happy to find the path. Please have a look at some of the photos I took. =] Click here to see them: http://www.panoramio.com/user/443829 The path is rather wild, compared to Bukit Padang.
Hi Jason, I’m glad you found the article useful. And thanks to you, I now know about how powerful is the google earth-panoramio combination!