00:00The body of Malaysian climber Zulkifli Yusuf, who died during an expedition on Mount Denali
00:06in Alaska, arrived at the Penang International Airport on Saturday morning.
00:11The remains of the 37-year-old began its journey home on a cargo plane from Alaska on Wednesday
00:16with transit flights in Los Angeles and Incheon.
00:18Zulkifli's hearse left for his hometown in Taiping for burial at about 10am.
00:23Zulkifli's father, his siblings, relatives, friends and representatives from the Alpine
00:29Club Malaysia accompanied the body back to Taiping.
00:33He was laid to rest at a cemetery in Kampung Temerlok after the Zohor prayers.
00:39Zulkifli's younger brother, Zaid Yusuf, said Zulkifli was a man of few words but he was
00:44well loved by his friends.
00:46He said Zulkifli rarely shared about the extreme sports that he was involved in and the family
00:51never thought he would die while doing what he loved the most.
00:56Zulkifli died of high altitude illness on May 29th at 19,700 feet on Mount Denali after
01:02he and two other climbers were stranded during their descent from the summit.
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