MOUNT KINABALU PARK, WORLD HERITAGE SITE

To commemorate IFE Centennial in 2018, IFE Malaysia Branch will be organizing a Climbathon to Mount Kinabalu, Sabah. A 1-Day Fire Seminar will be held in Kota Kinabalu in conjunction with the Climbathon. All IFE branches and members are welcomed to participate.

Date: 19th – 23rd April 2018 (Thursday–Monday)Duration: 5 Days 4 NightsPackage Price (Ex-Kota Kinabalu): IFE members - MYR 2,800.00 ; Non members - MYR 3,000.00

THE COMPETITIONThe competition comprise of team (3 team members) and individual event to climb from Timpohon Gate to Laban Rata, overnight at Laban Rata and continue to ascend to Low’s Peak, the summit of Mount Kinabalu. There will be winners for the team and individual event who clock the fastest overall time. Photo shoot of all participating IFE members carrying their national flags at Low’s Peak will be the highlight of the centennial celebration.

IFE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN SABAH, MALAYSIA

ITINERARY

IFE MALAYSIA BRANCH MOUNT KINABALU CLIMBATHON 2018

19TH – 23RD APRIL 2018

THE INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS (UK) MALAYSIA BRANCH

Package Price excludes:-1. Meals not specified in the Itinerary2. Airport transfers

Notes:1. Accommodations on Day 2 & Day 3 - dormitory style2. Accommodation on Day 4 – twin shared (additional charge for single room).3. Pick up on Day 2 from hotel lobby at 12.00 noon

Supported byMinistry of Tourism, Culture

and Environment Sabah

19/4/2018ThursdayDay 1

Arrival at Kota Kinabalu

Evening: Welcoming Dinner

Stay (Hotel in Kota Kinabalu) Meals (Dinner)20/4/2018FridayDay 2

Kota Kinabalu/ Kundasang• Pickup from your hotel lobby and depart on a 2 hours journey to Kundasang.• En route passing by villages and a panoramic vista of the valleys of the Crocker

Range.• Check into Kundasang Hotel. Free and easy for rest of the day.• Dinner

Stay (Kundasang) Meals (Dinner)

21/4/2018SaturdayDay 3

Kundasang/Timpohan Gate/Panalaban Base Camp• Breakfast. Thereafter, collect your packed lunch. Transfer to Kinabalu Park.• Collect your ID Tag and follow your guide.• Transfer to starting point – Timpohon Gate – where your journey to the summit

of Borneo’s highest mountain begins!• Flag Off Centennial Mt. Kinabalu Climbathon 2018 • Arrive at Panalaban Base Camp – 3,272m and check into you accommodation.• Dinner and overnight.

Stay (Laban Rata) Meals (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

22/4/2018SundayDay 4

Ascend Low's Peak/ Descend Mount Kinabalu/ Kota Kinabalu01:00hrs: Wake up, get ready and have supper.02:00hrs: Briefing by guide and depart for journey towards Low’s Peak (4,095.2m) the summit of Mount Kinabalu.You might be able to experience the glorious sunrise over the majestic Mt. Kinabalu if you arrive early.09:00hrs: Descend back to Panalaban Base Camp for breakfast and check out. Trek down to Timpohon Gate for lunch, thereafter, depart for Kota Kinabalu.Coach leave for Kota Kinabalu City for overnight stay (Last transport leaves @17:00)20:00hrs: Prize giving ceremony at the dinner.

Stay (Hotel in Kota Kinabalu) Meals (Supper/Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

23/4/2018MondayDay 5

Check out

SABAH, LAND BELOW THE WINDSabah occupies the top portion of Borneo (the third largest island in the world) and covers and areas of 74,500 sq km (29,388 sq miles) with a coastline of about 1,440 km (about 900 miles) washed by the South China Sea and Celebes Sea on the East. She is blessed with a diverse landscape of tropical forests, rugged mountains, greenflatlands and pristine seas teaming with indigenous flora and fauna some of which can only be found in this part of the world.

Located in the state of Sabah, the national park is considered as one of the most important ecological haven for about 5,000 to 6,000 species of plants, 326 species of birds, and with more than 100 mammals that could only be found and identified on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Among this rich collection of wildlife are famous species such as the gigantic Rafflesia plants and orangutans.

Sabah Malaysia is affectionately known as The "Land Below the Wind", first made famous by Agnes Keith, the famous US writer in the early 20th century. It is also a name appropriately given to the State as Sabah lies below the typhoon belt of East Asia. Sabah Malaysia is beginning to carve a name for herself as one of the premier adventure, eco, nature, wildlife and scuba diving destination in the region. The world famous ecology professor, author, and documentary producer, Ralph Bellamy, has called Sabah Malaysia, the "Nature" of the world.

MOUNT KINABALU

Standing at 4,095 meters (13,435 ft), Low’s Peak of Mount Kinabalu(Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is a prominent landmark not only for Sabah, but for the entire country. It is protected as Kinabalu Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Kinabalu is the highest peak in Borneo's Crocker Range and is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago as well as in Malaysia and South East Asia. Mount Kinabalu is also the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence. Low’s Peak is named after Hugh Low who was a British army officer.

British colonial administrator Sir Hugh Low made the first recorded ascent of Mount Kinabalu's summit plateau in March 1851. Low did not scale the mountain's highest peak. In April and July 1858, Low was accompanied on two further ascents by Spencer St. John, the British Consul in Brunei. The highest point of Mount Kinabalu was finally reached in 1888 by zoologist John Whitehead. British botanist Lilian Gibbs became the first woman and the first botanist to summit Mount Kinabalu in February 1910. Botanist E.J H. Corner led two important expeditions of the Royal Society of Great Britain to the mountain in 1961 and 1964. Kinabalu National Park was established in 1964. The park was designated a natural World Heritage Site in 2000.

Low's Peak can be climbed quite easily by a person in good physical condition and there is no need for mountaineering equipment at any point on the main route.

REGISTRATION FORM limited to 20 Teams

Payment Mode: Fund TransferAccount Name: The Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia BranchAccount No: 5148 5111 2802Swift Code: MBBEMYKLBanker: Maybank, Alam Damai Branch

Please send your registration and payment by 30 December 2017 to:Contact: Khangyien GohThe Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia BranchNo. 28, Jalan 3/154, Taman Bukit Anggerik, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTel: +603-9101 2255 Email: ife.malaysia@gmail.com / info@ife.org.my(Registration will be confirmed only upon payment received)Due to limited climbing permits, registration will be on first come first serve basis.

1 White Water Rafting

2 Proboscis Monkey & Fireflies River Cruise

3 Scuba Diving Adventure

4 Sandakan Sepilok Orang Utan Centre & Labuk Bay

5 Golfing

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