Hiker trapped in active volcano for 3 days has died, family says
Rescue teams are evacuating the body of a hiker who fell into an active volcano three days ago and has died, Indonesia park officials and the victim's family reported Tuesday, June 24.
The hiker fell off a cliff on the island of Lombok near Cemara Nunggal about 6:30 a.m. local time on June 21, on her way the peak of Mount Rinjanim according to a news release from the Gunung Rinjani National Park.
Lombok is directly east of the island of Bali.
The woman's family identified her on social media as Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins and, on June 24, posted that she did not survive the catastrophe.
"Today a rescue team managed to reach the place Juliana Marins was," the post on Instagram reads. "With great sadness we inform you that she did not survive."
Marins, 27, was hiking with five friends on Mount Rinjani when she slipped and fell off the 12,224-foot-high mountain, according to information from Indonesian authorities and Reuters.
Head of local rescuers Muhammad Hariyadi told Reuters Marins "fell off a cliff on the mountain but not into the volcano crater, while noting that the soft sand in the area made it difficult to retrieve her using ropes."
'Extreme terrain and dynamic weather'
Fifty people, officials reported, were involved in the rescue.
According to a release from park officials, the search and rescue team reported the hiker was spotted "using a drone, in a position stuck on a rock cliff at a depth of 500 meters and visually motionless.”
Helicopters, at the governor's instruction, were dispatched to the area in an effort to help, the release reads.
“Two rescue personnel were deployed to reach the victim's location and check the second anchor point at a depth of 350m (1,140 ft)," the park wrote in the post. "However, after observation, two large overhangs were found before reaching the victim, making it impossible to install the anchor. The rescue team had to climb to reach the victim."
But, park officials reported, "extreme terrain and dynamic weather," dense fog conditions, and narrowed visibility have hampered the recovery.
Paste BN has reached out to the Marins family.
This story has been updated to add new information.
Contributing: Reuters
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for Paste BN. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.