2009/12/31
By Roy Goh
KUNDASANG: News photographer Mohd Noor Mat Amin began his quest to put his name in the Guinness Book of World Records here yesterday by scaling Mount Kinabalu 111 times in as many days.
Noor's campaign, called the "1Malaysia Solo Climb" was launched by Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah at the Mount Kinabalu National Park here.
He started climbing the mountain yesterday and will scale the peak in the early hours today to complete his first climb.
The 42-year-old will continue to do this until April 19.
Noor currently holds the record of reaching the mountain summit 50 times in 50 days in 2007 to commemorate the 50th year of Merdeka as well as the Solo 24-hour Climb of Menara Kuala Lumpur last year.
At the launch yesterday, Noor was accompanied by 111 students from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, who will take turns climbing the mountain until he ends his feat.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah flagging off Mohd Noor Mat Amin (centre) and his retinue of University Malaysia Sabah students on their first climb up Mount Kinabalu yesterday.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah flagging off Mohd Noor Mat Amin (centre) and his retinue of University Malaysia Sabah students on their first climb up Mount Kinabalu yesterday.
Noor will also climb Menara Kuala Lumpur 111 times from May 1 to May 7 as part of his campaign to spread the meaning of 1Malaysia.
Also present at the ceremony yesterday were UMS vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Kamaruzaman Ampon, the university's Sports Science head, Mohd Asyraf Fong, and the programme director, Hazran Mohamed.
SOURCE:
http://www.nst.com.my/
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