Editing Mount Kinabalu (section)

=== Low's Gully ===
Low's Gully (named after [[Hugh Low]] who first looked down into it in 1851) is a {{cvt|1800.|m|ft|adj=on}} deep gorge carved out by [[Glacial period|glaciation]] on the north side of Mount Kinabalu, which is exceptionally inhospitable due to its depth and high rainfall. In March 1994 two British Army officers were severely criticised after leading a party of 7 British and 3 [[Hong Kong]] soldiers in an attempt to [[Abseiling|abseil]] and climb down into the gully that required extensive rescue efforts from both the RAF and the Malaysian army. The party were not equipped with radios and the 2 officers and 3 Hong Kong soldiers were trapped for 16 days and did not eat for five days before being rescued when stretchers were lowered by helicopter. The breakaway party of five completed the first descent of the gully in three days.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/leaders-of-lost-expedition-criticised-1450078.html |title=Leaders of lost expedition criticised |author=Mary Braid |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=20 September 1994 |access-date=7 June 2015 |archive-date=27 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627100506/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/leaders-of-lost-expedition-criticised-1450078.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A book about the 31-day fight for survival entitled ''Descent into Chaos'' was published in 1996 and a film drama ''[[The Place of the Dead]]'' was released in 1997. The first successful complete descent of Low's Gully was achieved by a 27 strong joint Malaysian-British team led by mountaineer and former British Army officer Pat Gunson in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/237750.pat_wins_his_battle_with_lows_gully/ |title=Pat Wins His Battle With Low's Gully |work=[[The Westmorland Gazette]] |date=1 January 2000 |access-date=15 June 2015 |archive-date=27 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627174627/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/237750.pat_wins_his_battle_with_lows_gully/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/46701.stm |title=British climbers prepare to tame Low's Gully |work=[[BBC News]] |date=12 January 1998 |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-date=22 October 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021022181444/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/46701.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kvinta |first=Paul |title=Big Gulp, No Exit |date=1 March 2003 |magazine=[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]] |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/1821356/big-gulp-no-exit |access-date=8 February 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214085724/https://www.outsideonline.com/1821356/big-gulp-no-exit |url-status=live }}</ref>