This is one to do before you leave. The Operation Gully Heights team nearly died because they didn't do it ...
In 1994, a British Army expedition of 10 men set out to become the first to explore Low's Gully in Borneo – a 1.6-kilometre-deep canyon, stretching for 10 kilometres off the side of Mount Kinabalu. Armed with 10 days' rations and a video camera but without radio and flares, they descended into the abyss ...
The rainforests of Borneo are home to some of the deadliest snakes, including the king cobra, the largest venomous snake in the world. Russell's viper also lives here. Although this highly irritable snake is usually found in open country, it is responsible for more human fatalities than any other snake in Southeast Asia.
