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View all search resultsForeign climber accidents spark doubts over commitment to improve Mt Rinjani safety
Emmenegger and Van Hulten are the third and fourth foreign tourists to suffer serious accidents on Mount Rinjani in the past month, raising growing concerns about safety on Indonesia’s second-highest volcano.
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Treacherous: Rescue workers from the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) attempt on June 24 to evacuate Juliana Marins, a Brazilian national who fell into a ravine on Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, after going missing on June 21. (AFP/Handout)
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wo foreign tourists have fallen into a ravine on Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara in the past two days, casting fresh doubt on the government’s commitment to improving safety on the mountain after the recent death of a Brazilian hiker that drew international scrutiny.
Danish climber Sarah Tamar van Hulten fell into a ravine on Mount Rinjani at approximately 2:00 p.m. local time on Thursday near Segara Anak Lake, about one kilometer below the summit.
Head of the Mataram Search and Rescue Agency, Muhamad Hariyadi, said the agency immediately deployed a rescue team to the scene and dispatched a helicopter to assist in the operation.
“A helicopter was deployed from nearby Bali Island at 3:45 p.m. We are doing our best to evacuate the victim safely and will keep the public updated on the progress of the operation,” he said in a statement on Thursday.
According to authorities, Van Hulten fell near the same location where another climber, 45-year-old Swiss national Benedikt Emmenegger, fell into a ravine just a day earlier.
Emmenegger had started his ascent of the 3,727-meter peak on Tuesday, accompanied by four fellow hikers, a porter and a local guide.
The circumstances of the accident remain unclear, but Noer Isrodin Muchlisin, director of preparedness at the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), said that Emmenegger sustained broken legs and arms, as well as severe facial bruising from the fall.
