9 Missing Jakarta Climbers On Mount Gede Are Found: 1 Downstreamed Natural Foot, 2 Hypothermia

CIANJUR - A total of nine climbers from Jakarta who were reported missing while climbing Mount Gede-Pangrango via the Ciputri Cianjur route were found safe by the joint SAR team. All of them have been evacuated.

Head of the Bandung Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas) Jumaril said the climbers consisted of five women and four men reported missing contact after two days of climbing.

"They climbed on Monday (January 23) and were supposed to return on Tuesday (January 24), but until Wednesday (January 25) there was no news from the nine people," he said when contacted from Cianjur, West Java (West Java), Thursday, January 26, was confiscated by Antara.

Jumaril explained that the Bandung Basarnas coordinated with the management of the Gunung Gede-Pangrango National Park (TNGGP) to carry out a search after receiving a report on Wednesday, January 25.

Bandung Basarnas dispatched two rescue teams to the Mount Gede-Pangrango hiking trail and found nine climbers who were constrained by getting off the mountain. Of the climbers, one had a sprained leg and the other two were hypofermic.

"A climber sprained his leg and two people were hypothemic, so they were forced to wait for their three friends to recover," he said.

After finding the nine climbers, the rescue team helped them down the mountain and get the necessary medical care.

Jumaril said three climbers who needed medical help had improved and could return to their original area.