Tributes for guide who gave his all for climbers


Mountain guide Robbi Sapinggi...one of the earthquake victim.

KUNDASANG: Tributes poured in from around the world in social network sites as soon as word of Mount Kinabalu guide Robbi Sa­­pinggi’s (pic) death got around.

Resort worker Azmi Murshidi knows why. After being struck by rocks on the mountain while fleeing an avalanche during an earthquake on Friday, Robbi shouted to the climbers under his charge to keep running.

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