Men can move mountains.

Boy, 3, training to climb Mt Kinabalu next year

By R.S.N. MURALI

Raring to go: Mohd Noor and Sahrul Nizam giving the thumbs-up at their home in Kuala Terengganu yesterday.

KUALA TERENGANU: He's only three years old but Sahrul Nizam Mat Noor has started training to climb Mount Kinabalu next year and celebrate his birthday on the summit.

If he makes it, he will become the youngest ever to have made it up the mountain.

Sahrul Nizam started training under his seasoned mountaineer father Mohd Noor Mat Amin from the second day of Hari Raya. He will set off with his father on June 8 to hike up the mountain and reach the peak on June 13, which is his birthday.

Mohd Noor said they have to start much earlier as his son would most likely develop muscle cramps and have to rest frequently due to his tender age.

“Nevertheless, Sahrul Nizam is coping with the gruelling training session that I am putting him on now,” said Mohd Noor who is in the Malaysia Book of Records for climbing solo to the peak of Mount Kinabalu 50 times.

“My son has always been curious about what it is like at the peak.

“I asked whether he wanted to celebrate his birthday at the top of the mountain and he nodded happily, so I am helping to make his wish come true,” he said after a dinner organised by Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh on Tuesday.

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I'm going to assume that the boy has no idea what's going on...the father could've made a statement about the boy swallowing his cum for his birthday and the little tyke would've been all smiles to that suggestion as well. And I'd love to know what consists of a 'gruelling training session' for a 3 year old.

Whatever happened to those times when kids would ride their tricycles and play with worms?

Is it really the boy's wish or just expectations placed by a terribly overzealous father?

Go let him play in the sandbox.