The Foreign Service Journal, June 2019

82 JUNE 2019 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY WILLIAM FOLLMER n MOUNT KINABALU, MALAYSIA Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Imagesmust be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”, or 1MB or larger) andmust not be in print elsewhere. Include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used. Send to locallens@afsa.org . C limbers make their way to the South Peak of Mount Kinabalu. At 4,095 meters (13,435 feet), the peak is the highest point on the island of Borneo, as well as one of Southeast Asia’s tallest moun- tains and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization world heritage site. At the base of Mount Kinabalu lies one of the world’s oldest and most biodiverse rainforests, and to reach its peak, climbers must pass through several distinct ecosystems, each with its own unique animal and plant life. n William Follmer is the environment, science and technology officer at U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur. He took this photo in April with a Nikon D610.