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Reaching the peak of Mount Everest is a dream for many people. But for one man without legs and another who is blind, this posed exceptional challenges.
ALOR SETAR: Former Kedah Civil Defence Force director, the late Lt-Col (PA) Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, was posthumously bestowed a Special Award at the state-level Maulidur Rasul celebration on Thursday (Sept 28).
PETALING JAYA: The fire is still burning bright for Indian shuttler P. V. Sindhu as she goes in search of a third consecutive medal in the Olympics.
JOHOR BARU: A six-pack grandmother has ticked off the final feat on her bucket list after scaling Mount Everest base camp at the age of 73.
KOTA KINABALU: The remains of Mt Everest climber Lt Col Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, 56, were laid to rest at the Kampung Benoni Muslim Cemetery in Papar, about 60km from here on Saturday (May 27).
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.
KOTA KINABALU: The remains of Mt Everest climber Lt Col Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, 56, arrived at the grounds of MASKargo in Kota Kinabalu International Airport at 2.20pm on Saturday (May 27).
Costly, crowded and dangerous ascent not a deterrent ‘because it is there’.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Everest 2023 climber Muhammad Hawari Hashim, who is hearing impaired, has gone missing while descending from Camp 4 after conquering the world's highest peak.
KUALA LUMPUR: Efforts to bring down the remains of Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) Kedah director Lt Col Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, who died on Friday, from the Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu, will be carried out on Monday (May 22) by helicopter.
KUALA LUMPUR: RJ Nagarajan proved that with sheer grit and resilience Malaysians are capable of achieving great challenges in the world when he became the second Malaysian to climb all seven highest peaks in seven continents of the world after successfully conquering his seventh peak at Mount Everest on May 22.
KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Civil Defence Force director Lt Kol Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub has perished during his attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
KUALA LUMPUR: An allocation of RM1.48mil will be channelled to search and rescue (SAR) efforts for Malaysian climber Muhammad Hawari Hashim who went missing on Mount Everest, says the Youth and Sports Ministry.
Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman, a tourism official said.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has allocated RM1.48mil for search and rescue (SAR) efforts for Malaysian climber Muhammad Hawari Hashim, who went missing on Mount Everest, says the Youth and Sports Ministry.
NEPAL (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã, also known as Céline Nha Nguyen, has become the first Vietnamese woman to conquer the summit of Mount Everest, according to Nepal-based mountaineering company Seven Summit Treks.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali sherpa scaled Mount Everest for a record 26th time, beating his own previous record set last year, a government official said on Sunday.
Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even frozen excrement have long littered the well-trodden route to the 8,848m high summit.
News highlights from the Asean Plus section on Friday (Feb 7)
