Trekker's body missing on Mt. Slamet

Trekker's body missing on Mt. Slamet

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Rescue workers continued efforts to
evacuate the bodies of four trekkers from Gadjah Mada
University's nature lovers club from Mount Slamet on Friday.

"We've evacuated the bodies of Fauzan and Dodo while we're
still trying to remove the remains of a girl named Iis alias
Ismarlianti which is located at an altitude of 3,000 meters,
close to the summit of the mountain," Muheri, a local coordinator
of rescue workers at Bambangan post, said.

The body of a trekker named Masruhi which had been located a
few days before, however, has gone missing.

"His remains have probably got washed away in a heavy
downpour,' Muheri said.

Another trekker named Breges is still missing and his chances
of survival are falling due to rough weather and lack of food
supplies, he said.

"The man has been missing since Feb. 3. He doesn't have enough
food supplies plus the cruel climate factor with thick fog, storm
and rain which will make it almost impossible for him to
survive," Muheri said.

The victims along with other climbers from Soedirman
University in Purwokerto began to climb the 3,428-meter high Mt.
Slamet on Feb. 3. (45/edt)