Post-mortem on Malaysian climber scheduled for June 3

KUALA LUMPUR: The body of climber, Zulkifli Yusuf, currently in a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, is scheduled to undergo a post-mortem on Monday (June 3). The Alpine Club Malaysia said this, via a Facebook post, on Monday. "Once the post-mortem is completed, the next process is to obtain the necessary documents for the repatriation of the body...

Aussie climber with severe mountain sickness carried down Mt Kinabalu

KOTA KINABALU: An Australian climber who developed severe acute mountain sickness (AMS) had to be carried down from Mount Kinabalu on Saturday (Nov 11). The 24-year-old woman was assisted by the fire department’s Mountain Search and Rescue (Mosar) team from the Laban Rata rest house. A department spokesman said they earlier received a call from a mountain...