This year, two mountaineering families aim to climb higher and go further

Haikal at the peak of Mount Kinabalu last year, when he was 10. — Photos: ABDUL HADEE SANIF

MIKHAIL Nuh Haikal Abdul Hadee is only 11, but the Year Five pupil of SK Wangsa Maju Zon R10, Kuala Lumpur, has climbed more mountains in Malaysia than most average adults.

And even then, Haikal, as he is fondly known, only started climbing mountains in October last year when he attempted to summit Mount Kinabalu in Sabah with his parents. Unfortunately, heavy rain forced Haikal and his group to abort the final push to the peak of Borneo’s and Malaysia’s highest mountain.