After Getting Sick, Climber Dies On Mount Slamet Evacuated By TIM SAR

The SAR team evacuated victims of Mount Slamet climbers (Doc. ANTARA)

PURBALINGGA - A climber who was reported to have died on Mount Slamet was successfully evacuated by a joint SAR team coordinated by the KKP and Basarnas. The victim was rescued through the Bambangan route, Purbalingga Regency, Central Java.

"After being evacuated by the joint SAR team, the bodies of climbers on behalf of Yuswandi (46), residents of Kebon Pala I Village, Cibadak Village, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, arrived in View Slamet, Bambangan Hamlet, Kutawawa Village, Karangreja District, Purbalingga, at midnight last night, at 00.30 WIB," said Head of KPP/Basarnas Cilacap M Abdullah in Purbalingga, quoting ANTARA on Sunday. 27 July.

Yuswandi's body was examined by the Purbalingga Resort Police (Polres), before being taken to Dr. R Goeteng Hospital Taroendibrata Purbalingga and sent back to the funeral home in Sukabumi.

Regarding the chronology of the incident, he said that based on a report from a porter (a service that provides personnel to help climbers carry luggage while climbing) received by officers from the Mount Slamet Climbing Post in Bambangan, on Saturday (26/7), at 16.30 WIB, it was stated that climbers experienced illness at Post 5 of the hiking trail.

"However, at 17.45 WIB, the person concerned was declared dead by one of the climbers who is also a doctor," he said.

Based on the report received by the Bambangan Climbing Post officer which was forwarded to KPP/Basarnas Cilacap, his party immediately dispatched a rescue team from the Banyumas SAR Alert Unit to Bambangan at 18.45 WIB, followed by a rescue team from KPP/Basarnas Cilacap which departed at 19.56 WIB.

According to him, the SAR operation involved a joint team which was divided into three search and rescue units (SRU) with complete equipment.

They started climbing through the Bambangan route at 17.45 WIB. At around 21.11 WIB, the team arrived at Post 4 and met with a porter who provided more information.

He said the evacuation was carried out all night until finally Yuswandi's body arrived in View Slamet on Sunday (27/7), at 00.30 WIB.

"With the evacuation of the victim, the SAR operation was declared complete and all elements involved were returned to their respective units," Abdullah said.

Mount Slamet is the largest mountain on the island of Java and the highest in Central Java with a height of 3,428 meters above sea level and is known to have a fairly heavy terrain for climbers.