Malaysian climber recounts harrowing descent from Mount Denali

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Climber Muhammad Illaham Ishak, who had been stranded during a climbing expedition to Mount Denali in Alaska, United States, has revealed that he decided to descend to camp five on the mountain by himself to arrange a private helicopter to help his friends who were trapped due to bad weather on May 28.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/mkLc8  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Malaysian climber Muhammad Ilham Ishak returned home on Sunday.

00:11 The 47-year-old was received by his family and friends in an emotional homecoming after

00:16 his ordeal climbing Mount Denali in Alaska.

00:29 He lost his climbing partner while his other friends suffered high-altitude injuries when

00:34 they were trapped in the mountain due to bad weather on May 28.

00:38 He said he decided to descend to Camp 5 on the mountain by himself to arrange a private

00:44 helicopter to help his stranded friends.

00:47 He said despite the risk of going down alone on the 15-hour journey from the top to get

00:53 help, the move had to be taken immediately as Zulkifli Yusuf's condition had worsened

00:59 with leg injuries.

01:01 He said the rangers told him that he had to come down immediately due to high-altitude

01:06 pulmonary edema.

01:08 The helicopter, which was supposed to take Zulkifli through a bucket, decided to evacuate

01:14 Ilham first, considering the bad weather and his health.

01:18 Zulkifli died on May 29 in a snow cave at 19,600 feet on Denali, and his body was brought

01:25 down on June 1.

01:27 The third climber, Zainudin Lot, was evacuated on May 31.

01:32 He is expected to return to Malaysia together with the remains of Zulkifli on June 15.

01:40 The trio successfully reached the Mount Denali summit, but they were stranded by severe weather

01:45 during their descent.

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