KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian mountaineer James Lee Chong Meng, who is on a mission to reach the summit of Mount Everest, was airlifted by helicopter on an emergency evacuation to a Kathmandu hospital in Nepal Saturday due to severe chest pain.
He was scheduled to ascend to Camp 3 and to the summit from Camp 4 on Saturday.
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