Climber Who Fell Mount Natas Angin Kudus Found Dead

Personnel from the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) of the Jepara SAR Post, Central Java, are down a ravine for the evacuation of climbers who fell on Mount Natas Angin/ANTARA HO

JAKARTA - The Jepara SAR team, Central Java and a joint team managed to evacuate a climber of Mount Natas Angin in Rahtawu Village, Gebog District, Kudus Regency who was found dead.

"The victim was successfully lifted from the falling location with a ravine depth of 180 meters from the road that the climbers passed using the rope we have prepared," said Jepara SAR Post Basarnas Field Coordinator Ali Usman as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 25.

During the evacuation process, his party together with volunteers from various regions began to rise to the top of the ravine today at around 10.50 WIB and arrived at the location at 11.20 WIB.

To be able to reach the place where the victim fell, he said, three rope threads with a size of 200 meters were provided.

Meanwhile, the rescue team deployed consisted of two people who got off, the first was in charge of opening the lane, then the second was to evacuate the victim while carrying a body bag.

After the evacuation process from the ravine paid off, the Basarnas team together with volunteers brought the victim who was found dead to be taken down to the ambulance pick-up location at around 14.00 WIB.

"The victim was then taken to the Kudus Hospital," he said.

With the accident, he hopes that the climbing basecamp will give an appeal to climbers to avoid "the dragon path" or choose a safer duck path.

In addition, he said, climbers must also prepare themselves, both mentally, physically, and in supplies.

"The knowledge of climbing must also be controlled, so that during the climb to the bottom again it runs smoothly and safely," he said.

The climber who fell into a ravine on the Mount Natas Angin hiking trail in Rahtawu Village, Gebog District, Kudus Regency, on Tuesday (24/6) at 14:10 WIB was Jovita Diva Pramudawardani (21), a resident of Tanjungrejo Village, Jekulo District, Kudus Regency.

During the climb, the victim along with two of his friends, namely Avika Febiana Wibowo (13) and Willy Restu Mahadewa (15). The three of them started their journey from home at around 07.00 WIB. Arriving in Rahtawu Village at around 08.00 WIB and continued climbing until they reached the peak of Natas Angin at around 13.00 WIB.

On the way down, the victim and the witness chose the land route which was next to the rock path which was known by residents as the " Dragon path".

About 15 minutes after starting to come down, the victim's friend heard screams and the sound of objects falling, but did not have time to see the victim's fall firsthand.

Another climber who happened to be in the group behind the victim said that at that time the victim was recording the scene while walking before finally slipping and falling into a ravine.

After the incident, the witnesses immediately went to the climbing basecamp to report the incident to the Gebog Police.

Then the Basarnas team together with the joint team conducted a search until finally at 22.30 WIB it was stopped because it had not been found. Then today (25/6) it was continued and successfully evacuated.