Search and rescue attempts have been so far unsuccessful due to Extreme terrain and at the timeaccording to the Indonesian authorities.
The authorities of Parque do Monte Rinjani said in a publication on social networks that on Saturday the rescuers they had heard shouts of help of Marins. At the time the tourist was safe, although it seemed to be in shock.
Drone images and videos filmed by walkers seem to show that on Saturday The young tourist was alivehaving been seen sitting and moving in gray soil, far below the walk.
However, later on that day Rescuers could not find her after a 300 meter descent to the place where they believed they were. Marins also did not respond to the calling screams of the rescuers.
On Sunday morning, the drone images showed that Marisn was no longer in his original location. According to the park’s authorities, the thick fog had made efforts difficult rescue and affected the use of a thermal drone.
This Monday, the rescuers were able to locate Marins again, who seemed to have fallen even morebut had to interrupt the work of relief due to “weather conditions,” according to the family.
According to the young woman’s family, the rescuers had “advanced only 250 meters down, they were 350 meters to reach Juliana but retreated.”
The searches resumed at 6am on Tuesday. Rescue teams will have been able to go down 400m, but Marins would be even lower, about 650m.
“A perforator is positioned to climb the mountain and Follow plan B rescue actions. They are testing the possibility of using a helicopter for the rescue, ”says an Instagram profile created to follow the Brazilian’s rescue efforts.
According to the family, the park is still open and that tourists continue to use the same route – “While Juliana needs help! We don’t know the state of your health! She hasn’t had warm water, food or clothes for three days! ”
An employee of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture explained on Monday that it was decided to keep the route open after employees were able to determine that “would not disturb the rescue process“.
“The mountaineers were alerted and advised Not to approach the evacuation site, ”said the employee, who stressed that some mountaineers had made online reservations and traveled long distances to get to the scene.“ Closing the climb would have potentially caused chaos for these mountaineers ”.
In interviews with TV Globo, two members of the Marins group described the walk as difficult. One of the mountaineers described the walk as “very difficult, It was very cold, it was very, very hard“.
Another of the walkers said that at the time of the accident, Marins was in the back of the group to walk with their guide. “It was too early, before sunrise, in bad visibility conditions with only one flashlight Simple to illuminate the terrain, which was difficult and slippery, ”he said.
According to the Brazilian portal, Monte Rinjani has a history of serious accidents and deaths – including, in 2022, that of a Portuguese. In May this year, a Malaysian walker died after a fall while climbing the volcano.
With a height of over 3700 meters, Monte Rinjani is the second highest volcano of Indonesia and a popular walk among tourists.
