A Singaporean woman was carried down Mount Kinabalu in Sabah by rescuers on July 11 after she injured her leg while descending Malaysia's tallest peak. The 41-year-old Singaporean slipped and fell at the 8.
The 41-year-old Singaporean woman was suspected to have broken her left ankle and was taken to the hospital.Lok Jian Wen
A Singaporean woman was carried down Mount Kinabalu in Sabah by rescuers on July 11 after she injured her leg while descending Malaysia's tallest peak. The 41-year-old Singaporean slipped and fell at the 8.3km mark, 200m off the peak, on the summit's trail, Sabah Fire and Rescue Services Department operations centre assistant chief Riki Mohan Singh Ramday told The Straits Times.The fire department received an emergency call at 8.06am and dispatched a rescue team that arrived around 10.50am, he added.
Rescue personnel from the Sabah Parks and Mountain Search and Rescue helped carry the woman on a stretcher to Timpohon Gate, one of the starting points for hikers looking to summit Mount Kinabalu.A 2023 report by Malaysian news outlet The Star said an average of 60,000 people climbed the 4,095.2m-tall mountain every year before the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the mountkinabalu.com website, no specialised mountain climbing skills are needed to conquer the peak, with locals starting to climb it from age three. The climb takes a minimum of two days, with the website recommending a three-day affair. Climbers are required to get a permit.
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