View over the Crocker Range from Mount Kinabalu. Unfortunately, after a few good swings of the butterfly net it seems the stalk-eyed flies are still hiding from the rain.

I’ve just arrived in a beautiful encampment deep in the primary forest of Mount Kinabalu. The station lies on the banks of a fast-flowing stream that is lined by big, mossy boulders.

The next morning, at 3:30 a.m., just as the rain eased, they resumed their climb through the steep, soggy terrain of Mount Kinabalu. “It was physically very tough,” Uzayr admitted.

Pos Malaysia launched its first post box on Mount Kinabalu in 2015, earning a place in the Malaysia Book of Records as the highest-altitude post box in the country, located 3,289m above sea level.

Mount Kinabalu appears through the clouds over Kota Kinabalu, capital of the east Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, in this 2002 aerial photograph. Known as "aki nabalu" or "home of the ...

The UNESCO-listed Mount Kinabalu National Park – including the namesake peak, which rises to 4,095 meters (13,435 feet) above sea level – is a geographic jewel in Malaysian Borneo.

The next morning, at 3:30 a.m., just as the rain eased, they resumed their climb through the steep, soggy terrain of Mount Kinabalu. “It was physically very tough,” Uzayr admitted.