Mountain search and rescue team roped in to bring down two climbers from Mt Kinabalu


KOTA KINABALU: Two Malaysian climbers - one suffering from hypothermia and one from a sprained wrist - were assisted down Mount Kinabalu by the Mountain Search and Rescue (Mosar) team and other rescuers in two separate incidents on Wednesday (Feb 22).

In the first incident, Mosar - a unit under the Fire and Rescue Department- received an emergency call at 11.30am informing about a 35-year-old man experiencing hypothermia at Laban Rata, which is the rest house lodging for climbers before the ascend to the mountain peak.

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