The SAR Team For The Evacuation Of 6 Climbers Gets Lost On Mount Pontea, North Morowali

The joint SAR team evacuated six climbers who lost their way on Mount Ponteoa, Harbeteme Village, North Morowali Regency on Tuesday (12/24/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Kansar Palu)

PALU - The joint SAR team evacuated six climbers who lost their way on Mount Ponteoa, Tejume Village, North Morowali Regency (Morut), Central Sulawesi.

"Six climbers lost their way while climbing to the top of the mountain, as we received information from the team in the field," said Head of the Palu Search and Rescue SAR Office (Basarnas) Andrias Hendrik Johanes as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 24.

The incident occurred on Monday (23/12), where the six climbers departed at WITA with an estimated climb to the top of about four to five hours of travel.

In the middle of the trip, one of the six climbers at 13:00 WITA provided information to one of his colleagues in Bungku that they had lost their way.

"As of 17:00 WITA, a number of their colleagues did not find the whereabouts of the victim, only a number of objects allegedly belonging to the victim were found," he said.

Based on the report, on Tuesday morning the joint SAR team searched for victims.

At 11.10 WITA the joint SAR team managed to find the victim about 1 kilometer from the scene, with the six climbers safe.

"The six climbers were evacuated and arrived at the SAR post at around 13:24 WITA, they were rushed to the Pembo District Health Center using an ambulance," said Andrias.

The six climbers who were evacuated by the joint SAR team were three men and three women on behalf of MohRicky (L), Husein (L), Akil (L), Irna (P), Selfi (P) and Nabila (P).