Altitude sickness forces Slovakian climber to be carried down from Mt Kinabalu

Rescuers bringing the victim down Mount Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: A Slovakian had to be carried down Mount Kinabalu after he suffered from Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) on Tuesday (March 21) morning.

The 68-year-old was believed on his way down from the summit with his friends when he started to have difficulty breathing, feeling dizzy and nauseous at the Layang-Layang rest checkpoint.