Corporate figure Azman Hashim scales Mount Kinabalu at 84


KOTA KINABALU: Corporate figure Tan Sri Azman Hashim proved that age is just a number when he managed to conquer the peak of Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak in Southeast Asia, on Tuesday (Oct 31) at the age of 84.

The former AmBank Group chairman said he started the climb on Monday (Oct 30) at 8.45am and arrived at Laban Rata, the halfway house, at 7.15pm, while the summit climb started at 5am the next day, reaching the summit early in the morning.

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