Woman From Spain Climbing Mount Merapi Illegal Hiportemia Rescued By BTNGM Boyolali

YOGYAKARTA - A Spaniard who was reported to have experienced hypothermia while climbing Mount Merapi via Boyolali Regency was found safe.

The foreign national (WNA) named Jacinto Cornejo Energy Del Carmen, was successfully evacuated down from Mount Merapi and then an examination was carried out by the Mount Merapi National Park Team (BTNGM) Selo Boyolali.

The female climber was successfully evacuated on Thursday, September 14 at 12.00 WIB. Jacinto was then taken by a joint team to the BTNGM Selo Boyolali Office.

According to BTNGM officer, Jacinto is an illegal climber. He did the climbing of not permission to the officer.

Head of the TNGM Administration Sub-Division of Yogyakarta Ahmadi added that Jacinto also did not pay attention to the ban on climbing Mount Merapi. Where Mount Merapi is currently still at level three alert.

Jacinto, after being examined by officers, was then asked to make a statement that he did not repeat the climb again.

"He was to make a statement, which did not repeat the climb back to Mount Merapi," Ahmadi said in Boyolali, Central Java, Thursday, September 14, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said the team when evacuating the woman from Spain was traveling down from Merapi. Officers then found the foreign woman 1.5 kilometers from the Boyolali News Selo Post.

"He was actually on his way down, but he previously contacted the insurance or SAR TEAM, and we also monitored it via CCTV at the Bubrah Market and then I told him to come down," he said.

Jacinto headed to Mount Merapi by riding a motorcycle with the Yogyakarta number plate type of metic. Then he climbs alone to Mount Merapi.