Dangling from a tree for nearly seven hours, 11-year-old Prajesh Dhimant Patel was barely conscious — only the faint, slow movement of his feet, clad in bright orange shoes, hinted at a trace of life.

As mountain trekking and hikes continue to be a huge part of leisure activities in Sabah, medical practitioners from various ...

When hikers fall ill or collapse on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu, help can take a while to arrive, and sometimes, minutes make the difference between life and death.

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A 23-year-old British backpacker who stripped naked and then urinated on a mountain held to be sacred by local villagers has been sentenced to three days imprisonment and ...

A five-member team from Sabah Parks’ Mountain Search and Rescue (SAR) Unit made history after successfully reaching the ...

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol. 46, No. 4, Special Issue: LOSING THE HIGH GROUND: Rapid Transformation of Tropical Island Alpine and Subalpine Environments (November 2014), pp. 745-753 (9 ...

Police in Malaysia have arrested four foreigners believed to have been part of a group of tourists who stripped naked at the summit of Mount Kinabalu, according to Bernama, Malaysia’s official news ...

They had gone to Kinabalu, one of Southeast Asia’s tallest peaks, for adventure. They left with heartbreak – knowing some of their classmates and teachers weren’t coming home with them. That was the ...