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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

British climber dies while descending Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu

File. Mount Kinabalu is seen from the Timpohon Gate - (AFP via Getty)

A British man in his 70s died while descending Mount Kinabalu, one of Southeast Asia’s highest peaks, in Malaysia on Tuesday.

The climber was found unconscious at the 8.2km-mark of the descent, beyond the Sayat-Sayat checkpoint, just a short distance from the summit, on the morning of 25 February.

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