Climbers back to firmer ground after quake shock


Help is here: Firemen carrying a woman suffering from severe mountain sickness back to base at Mount Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: French tourist Thiery Brethes was preparing to sleep before his hike up the peak of Mount Kinabalu in the wee hours of the morning when an earth­quake shook the Ranau district.

The 44-year-old said he and his family felt severe shaking and heard loud rumblings at the Panar Laban resthouse, some 3,200m above sea level, at about 9pm on Thursday.

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Family & Community , earthquake , Ranau , Sabah

   

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