Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Government will assist in covering additional costs to bring back the remains of Mount Everest climber, Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, to his hometown in Papar.
Kuala Lumpur: Difficult tasks await the search team looking for missing Everest climber Hawari Hashim, 33, if he has fallen to the base of the nearby Mount Lhotse, says climber M Magendran.
SEPANG: The death of a Malaysian while climbing Mt Everest, with another one still missing, has brought tears to the eyes of national solo climber T. Ravichandran.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah expressed their condolences to the family of Lieutenant Colonel Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, 56, who died during the mission to the Himalayas to climb Mount Everest recently.
SEPANG: "We have been conquering Mount Everest, but this year Everest beats us," said national solo climber, T Ravichandran tearfully on recalling his experience with the late Lt Col Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub and on hearing disabled climber Muhammad Hawari Hashim who was reported missing.