77 Climbers Desperately Climb Mount Gede Pangrango When Closed Sanctioned Sorry Through Personal Social Media

The entrance to the Mount Gede-Pangrango climb is in Rarahan Village, Cipanas District, Cianjur, West Java. (ANTARA).

JAKARTA - The Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park Center (BBTNGGP) has sanctioned 77 illegal climbers. They were desperate to climb to Mount Gede Pangrango illegally because the climb was closed from the end of December 2024 to March 2025.

Public Relations of the TNGGP Center, Agus Deni, said that dozens of illegal climbers were caught by officers from December 2024 to February 3, they were subject to minor sanctions in making statements and videos of their personal social media.

"The dozens of people who were caught from 19 different groups from Jakarta, Bekasi, and Cianjur. Social sanctions in the form of making videos and statements of apologies uploaded to their respective personal social media accounts," he said when contacted in Cianjur Monday, February 3, was confiscated by Antara.

His party only provided minor witnesses because the person concerned had never committed a violation, while severe sanctions in the form of blacklists against climbing all over the mountain in Indonesia would be given when they repeated the same mistake.

Along with the high number of illegal climbers during the closure of the climb, his party further increased patrols and security along the hiking trail, including involving residents around the foot of the mountain.

"We hope that climbers become intelligent climbers, do not commit violations, including not climbing at the time of closure or becoming illegal climbers," he said.

He added that the closure was carried out for three months for the restoration of the ecosystem in the Mount Gede-Pangrango area based on circular letter Number: 30/BBTNGG/Tek/B/12/2024 issued on December 20, 2024.

"The closure is carried out for the restoration of the ecosystem in the Mount Gede-Pangrango area after several months of use as a climbing area," he said.

As reported, the TNGGP Center closed the climb for three months from December 25 to March 2025 for the restoration of the ecosystem in the Mount Gede-Pangrango area.

The closure is carried out for ecosystem recovery in national parks, especially on the Gede-Pangrango hiking trail, for the next three months no climbers will be allowed to climb.

The closure was also carried out due to extreme weather that has still hit the national park area since the last few weeks and is expected to continue until the beginning of the year based on information from the BMKG.