Wednesday September 16, 2009
Climber found dead on Mt Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: A climber slipped and fell to his death when trekking up Mount Kinabalu.
Tan Tzu Hau, 31, from Inanam here, was found dead 5.5km from the Mesilau trail at about 2pm on Monday by a Sabah Parks porter.
Ranau district police chief Deputy Supt Suhaimy Hashim said Tan was part of a group of locals and peninsular Malaysians trekking up the mountain through the Mesilau trail when the incident occurred.
“Tan was trailing behind the group when he apparently slipped and fell. No one knows exactly how he fell, but a porter who was behind spotted his sprawled body beside the trail,” DSP Suhaimy said.
The incident occurred near the Panar Laban rest house at an altitude of 3,270m of the 4,101m mountain.
“His body has been brought down to Ranau and we are waiting for the post-mortem to be conducted,” Suhaimy said, adding that police did not suspect foul play as they believed it was a case of misadventure.
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