Tam Abu summited on September 24, 2009
AP Sep 30 2009: Expedition leader Robin Leo with Poon Niran on summit of Gunung Tama Abu. The Three Lions International Expedition reached the 2113 meter summit September 24th on their third and final attempt. Gunung Tama Abu is Sarawak's sixth highest peak and least accessible mountain. All of Borneo's
ten highest peaks have now been climbed.
Tama Abu Expedition Photos
Historical Events
From: Mountains of Malaysia: a practical guide and manual.
1857 ~ Spencer St. John makes first recorded attempt by outsider to climb Mulu, but only reaches Banarat.
1858 ~ Spencer St. John & Hugh Low - First outsider expedition to reach area of Gunung Murud and Batu Lawi .
1888 ~ First ascent of Low’s Peak, 4,101 metre, on Kinabalu by John Whitehead. Low’s Peak is highest point between Burma and New Guinea.
1891 ~ The Resident of Baram (Hose) is the first outsider to climb Bukit Dulit in Sarawak.
1911 ~ The Resident of Baram (Douglas) makes first government expedition to Bario in Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak.
1911 ~ Curator of Sarawak Museum (Moulton) leads first expedition to Batu Lawi. The Furthest point is half-way
up the saddle between the two peaks.
1922 ~ Curator of Sarawak Museum (Mjoberg) makes first ascent of Gunung Murud, 2,423 metre - the highest mountain in Sarawak.
1932 ~ Oxford Expedition to Sarawak. Tama Nilong and Edward Shackleton make first ascent of Gunung Mulu. 1932 ~ The Curator of Sarawak Museum (Banks) and A.W. Moore are first outsider to climb Bukit Kalulong.
1945 ~ Z Special parachutes into the Kelabit Highlands at Bario.
1946 ~ First ascent of lower peak of Batu Lawi by Tom Harrisson, Lejau Unad Doolinih and five other Kelabits.
1978 ~ First ascent of Gunung Api, 1,710 metre, in Mulu Park. The summit is first reached by Tama Kulan and Tama Bulan (grandson of Tama Nilong who first climbed Mulu with Shackleton in 1932).
1986 ~ First ascent of upper peak of Batu Lawi by 14th/20th King’s Hussars, led by Johny Beardsall.
2007 ~ First Malaysian ascent of 2046 meter Batu Lawi on Aug 14.
Banjaran Tama Abu Travel Logs
Current News Articles
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