Mountaineers die on Mt. Ciremai

Mountaineers die on Mt. Ciremai

BANDUNG, West Java: Two mountaineers were found dead and two others were in critical condition on Mount Ciremai in Kuningan, West Java, over the weekend.

Second Sergeant Haeruddin of the Cilimus police station in Kuningan identified the dead as Azis and Mulyono, both from Cirebon, West Java, and the two in a critical condition as Adi and Cahyo.

He said on Saturday that the victims had been suffering from extreme fatigue after they, along with 14 others, reached the top of the 3,087-meter-tall mountain, Antara reported.

The group of youths from Cirebon left on their climbing expedition on Feb. 27. The survivors managed to complete the mission and arrived in Cilimus on Saturday. (rms)