5 Climbers Of The Republic Of Indonesia's 76th Anniversary On Mount Agung Ask For Help, Helped By The Bali SAR Team

DOK Basarnas Bali

KANGASEM - As many as 5 climbers asked for evacuation assistance when climbing Mount Agung.

The five climbers started climbing the mountain from Besakih Temple on Monday, August 16 at noon. Had time to spend the night and returned to the way down, but at 17.30 WITA, one of the climbers contacted the family to ask for help.

Information about the incident was received by the Denpasar Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas Bali) from the victim's family at around 18.55 WITA.

"Information from the complainant, who is also the family of one of the victims, said that they might have experienced fatigue with the estimated location at Post 2 Mount Agung," said Head of the Bali Basarnas Office, Gede Darmada.

Based on the report, the identities of the five climbers were identified as Mario (17), Emilio (17), Wulan (16), Bobby (16), and Yohanes (18).

The personnel who were deployed to conduct the search were 8 people from the Karangasem SAR Post.

"The rescue team arrived at Pengubengan Temple, then coordinated with local guides, and at 8:45 pm began their search," explained Gede Darmada.

Finally, after 1 hour later, the five climbers were found safe at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level.

All climbers are in good enough physical condition so that they can continue their journey and are assisted by the joint SAR team to the Pengubengan Temple Command Post. The climbers were then handed over to their families.

The SAR operation was completed at 22:45 WITA involving SAR elements from the Karangasem SAR Post, Rendang Police, Karangasem BPBD, Karangasem PMI and local guides.