Slipping While Being At An Altitude Of 2,300 Above Sea Level, East Jakarta Residents Who Climbed Mount Sindoro Were Evacuated By The SAR Team

The SAR team evacuates a woman climbing Mount Sindoro. (Photo: Antara/Semarang SAR Office)

JAKARTA - Rahardia Parnanda, a climber from East Jakarta, was evacuated while descending from Mount Sindoro, Temanggung Regency, Central Java, Saturday, May 7 in the morning. He had to be evacuated by the search and rescue (SAR) team after slipping while descending via post 3 on the Grasindo hiking trail.

Head of the Semarang Search and Rescue Office, Heru Suhartanto, said the victim suffered a leg injury as a result of the incident.

"There are reports of survivors who suffered leg injuries while going down through post 3 on the Grasindo hiking trail in Kledung District," he said, as quoted by Antara.

According to him, the leg injury caused by the slip caused the survivor of Mount Sindoro to be unable to walk.

The rescue team was then dispatched to the location of the survivors at an altitude of 2,300 meters above sea level. The SAR team also took about two hours to reach the location.

He explained that the rescue team then evacuated the survivors using stretchers.

"Can be evacuated down in the early hours of Saturday morning safely," he added.

With the completion of the evacuation process, the search and rescue operation for the woman climber was closed, said Heru Suhartanto.