Singaporean man dies from acute altitude sickness on Mount Kilimanjaro


At 5,895m above sea level, Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in the African continent. - PHOTO: UNSPLASH

SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old Singaporean man has died after suffering from acute altitude sickness during an attempt to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Expedition group Adventures Unlimited, in a Facebook post on Saturday at 3.41am, said: “We have received the sad news of a tragedy which had happened during the Kilimanjaro trek. One of our team members, Mr Darrel Phee, lost his life during the expedition.”

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