16 Mount Pangrango Climbers Who Lost Found Safe

Basarnas found 16 climbers of Mount Gede Pangrango, West Java in a safe condition, Cibedug Village, Ciawi District, Bogor Regency, West Java, Monday (29/1/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Basarnas)

JAKARTA - The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said as many as 16 climbers of Mount Gede Pangrango, West Java were found safe after being reported lost.

Head of the Operations Section of the Jakarta Basarnas Agung Priambodo said the 16 climbers were found in Saung, a garden owned by a resident of Pasir Pogor, Cibedug Village, Ciawi District, Bogor Regency, West Java.

"Survivors were finally found this afternoon at an altitude of 1238 MDPL with the condition of two people with leg sprains and the remaining 14 people were safe," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 29.

Previously, the joint SAR team conducted a search with Explore SAR on Monday (29/1) at around 02.30 WIB by combing the climbing area along the footpath from Kulah Dua Ciawi to the scene of the incident until finally all survivors were found safe.

Agung said that previously the information obtained was 13 survivors who got lost, but after being found it turned out that 16 survivors had been rescued.

Kini 16 surviv itu masih dalam penanganan dari Puskesmas Citapen di Kantor Resort Pengelolaan Tapos Wilayah, Kabupaten Bogor, Jawa Barat.

Previously, around 16 people climbed the Mount Gede Pangrango area with the aim of making a pilgrimage on Saturday (27/1) at around 16:00 WIB via a non-hiking route from Kulah Dua, Cibedug Village, Ciawi District, Bogor Regency, West Java.

It is known, they informed their families that they would come down on Sunday (28/1) afternoon. However, because at that time the rainy weather was quite heavy so they got lost.

Shortly after the survivors' family informed officers to ask for help, dozens of joint SAR personnel were involved in the search effort.

Data on survivors, namely Bintang (46), Dedi Saefullah (45), Syarhroni (45), Ian Mulyana (43), Saripudin (45), Asep (40), Andi Rahman (21), Helmi (45), Farid (50), Farhan (22), Ateng Muhdi (56), and Akbar (12).

Furthermore, there are Yanuar (40) with sprained legs, Riza (12), Dedi Supriadi (46) with sprained legs, and Afrizal (50).