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Elpis Kinabalu Conquerors!

The team comprising of Elpis Staff and Financial Advisers took up the challenge to climb the region's tallest mountain between the 10th to 11th of April. Having trained for many months and weeks, the team was ready and raring to go for the climb.

 

Preflight to Kota Kinabalu

 

Nonetheless, the climb to the top required much determination and perseverance. Held over two the days, team members had to travel a distance of 6KM on the first day of the climb to reach Laban Rata, a resort on the mountain that is 3KM away from the peak.

 

Group photo at the start of the climb

 

Half-way there!

Arriving at Laban Rata Resort around 6-7pm, the team rested for a few hours before they were up and running again at 2am. The climb was scheduled this way so as to give climbers four hours to reach the peak and catch the breaking of dawn at the top.

 

At the peak! Finally!

 

The breaking of dawn at the peak

 

When the team reached the peak, it was all the way downhill from that point onwards. Interestingly, it was not the uphill that was difficult but the downhill as the going down had a force impact on the legs and knees of climbers.

 

A view from the top

 

When the climbers reached the bottom of the mountain, it was finally a time of rest and relax at Pines Resort for a night before it was time to return home to Singapore again.

 

A time for rest!

 

Home sweet home

 

All in all, 9 out of 10 climbers from Elpis Financial Pte Ltd reached the peak of Mount Kinabalu. Team members have shown that challenges can be surmounted by sheer determination and perseverance. This is indeed a lesson that they have taken away in their attempt to reach the top. Well Done Team ELPIS!