188 ACCOUNT OF EXPEDITIONS TO MT. KINABALU. 
bank of the Tampassuk. The next to Koung, five hours, 
where there is another little rest-house. Here one has to 
cross the Tampassuk (or Kadamaian, as it is called here), 
and begin the ascent to Kiau. Unless the path is in good 
condition, this has to be walked; in three hours one 
should reach Kiau. 
The Western or Tuaran Route .—One may ride the twenty 
odd miles from Jesselton to the Government station of 
Tuaran, or make a more interesting and varied day’s 
journey of it by taking boat for two or three hours to 
Gantisan ; disembark there, cross a narrow ridge of land, 
and take a fresh boat the other side for two hours to 
Mengkabong, a pretty Badjau village built over the water. 
Thence to Tuaran is an hour’s walk. From here to Kiau 
is four days’ walk; Dusuns have to be taken from Tuaran 
to carry baggage. The path is hilly, and, like most native 
paths, in a varying state of repair. The first stage is to 
Kappak, about five hours, the second day to Kalawat 
rather less; then a long day of seven hours to Koung, 
being careful to avoid the village of Bungol, which lies in 
a hollow on the right. Most travellers have spent the 
third night there, thus wasting the next day over a short 
journey to Koung. At Koung one joins the same path up 
to Kiau as by the Tampassuk route. 
The Southern or Interior Route .—I have not been this 
way, but I understand one may take the train from Jessel¬ 
ton to Tenom, the station of the Resident of the Interior, 
and thence ride by bridle-path, six days, over the Tambunan 
Pass and down to Koung, and thence up to Kiau as by the 
other routes. 
An examination of the accompanying map will make 
these routes clear. 
From Kiau to the summit is three days’ journey. The 
first stage is to a large overhanging rock known as Lobong 
(alt. 4700 ft.) To get to it, one may either descend from 
Kiau to the Kadamaian and follow that stream up and 
through the Minitindok gorge, or keep along the hillside 
from Kiau and strike the Kadamaian above the Minitindok 
gorge. Four or five hours are required for this journey, 
and if the river is at all high the route through the gorge 
is impossible. The second stage is a steep climb of six or 
seven hours to the Pakka cave (alt. 10,500 ft.), passing 
another camping ground (Kamborangah) at 7800 ft. From 
Pakka to the summit (18,455 ft.) is three hours up and 
three down. 
