Five Mt. Slamet climbers die: Five members of a nine-person

Five Mt. Slamet climbers die: Five members of a nine-person
climbing expedition attempting to scale Mt. Slamet (3,428m) in
Central Java were found dead at an elevation of about 3,000
meters above sea level on Thursday morning. Quoting his officers
sent to evacuate the victims, Banyumas police chief Adj. Sr.
Comr. Sukamto Handoko told The Jakarta Post that three other
climbers were in a critical condition. He did not mention the
fate of the ninth climber. Sukamto said the climbers might have
died due to the freezing temperatures and rainstorms at the top
of the mountain. The climbers, six locals and three from
Yogyakarta, had been climbing since Monday. -- JP