One more trekker found dead

One more trekker found dead

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: One more missing trekker from Gadjah
Mada University's Nature Lovers club was found dead on Wednesday,
raising the number of fatalities to three.

Purbalingga Police chief. Comr. Sukamto Handoko confirmed the
finding of the body of Dodo, saying that the body had yet to be
evacuated from the mountain.

The other dead trekkers were Masruhi and Fauzan, whose bodies
were found on Monday and Tuesday respectively.

On Tuesday 15 trekkers were found alive but in poor condition.

As of Wednesday a total of 26 students had been found alive
and three were found dead.

Comr. Sukamto said one student, identified as Bregas, had yet
to be found.

The three dead trekkers were from Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada
University, who -- with other climbers from Soedirman University
in Purwokerto -- began to climb the 3,428-meter high Mt. Slamet
on Feb. 3.

Rough weather had forced 11 of them to make their way off the
mountain, while the rest, 18 trekkers, including Masruhi, Fauzan
and Dodo, were left on the mountain. (45)