Mosar team rescues injured climber in Mount Kinabalu

KOTA KINABALU: Firemen had to give a female climber who sprained her left ankle a “piggyback ride” from the fifth shelter, Villosa, at 2,691m of Mount Kinabalu, a kilometre down the mountain On Tuesday afternoon (June 4).

Ranau Fire and Rescue Services Department chief Ridwan Mohd Taib said a team of nine, comprising two from the district fire station and seven from Mountain Search and Rescue (Mosar), was dispatched to the location after receiving a distress call from a mountain guide at 1.30pm.