Mount Rinjani was last on father’s wishlist, says son as climber laid to rest

JOHOR BARU: The mountain climber who died after falling along the Banyu Urip trail of Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday (May 3), has been laid to rest on Wednesday morning. Rennie Abdul Ghani, 57, an engineer at a private company, was laid to rest at the Mutmainah Muslim Cemetery in Pasir...

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...