According to her family, a Brazilian national who spent four days stranded deep inside an active volcano passed away before being able to be rescued.
On her way to the summit of Mount Rinjani in Indonesia, 26-year-old Juliana Marins fell off a cliff close to Cemara Nunggal early on Saturday morning, June 21. The last eruption of the active volcano occurred in 2016.
Because she allegedly asked the guide for a break, it is believed that Juliana was hiking with the guide at the time of the event. The group apparently continued without her, though, and upon the guide’s return, they discovered Juliana had tumbled from the cliff.
It has already been verified that the hiker has sadly passed away.
Tereza Cristina, a member of the Brazilian Federal Senate, penned on Twitter, “The entire Brazil cheered and prayed that the rescue would arrive in time to save the young woman from Niterói, Juliana Marins, alive. Unfortunately, they could not save her. Very sad.”
“Our condolences to her family and friends.”
“And may the Brazilian government, through Itamaraty, demand an investigation of the facts and the punishment of those responsible in Indonesia. In practice, Juliana was left behind twice: on the dangerous trail and after she fell off the cliff.”
Juliana’s relatives reported the hiker’s death on social media.
It reads, “Today, the rescue team managed to reach the place where Juliana Marins was. With great sadness, we inform you that she did not survive.”
“We remain very grateful for all the prayers, messages of affection and support that we have received.”
Juliana lost sight of her guide and, according to the hiker’s sister Marianna, did not know where to go.
“She didn’t know what to do. When the guide came back because he saw that she was taking too long, he saw that she had fallen down there,” the sibling said.
Meanwhile, other hikers described the climb as ‘really hard’, with one man recalling on the Brazlian TV network Globo, “It was really early, before sunrise, in bad visibility conditions with just a simple lantern to light up the terrain which was difficult and slippery.”
In a Facebook post, Gunung Rinjani National Park claimed that Juliana had been “successfully monitored using a drone, in a position stuck on a rock cliff at a depth of 500 meters and visually motionless” before confirming her death.
The park added, “Two rescue personnel were deployed to reach the victim’s location and check the second anchor point at a depth of 350m (1,140 ft). However, after observation, two large overhangs were found before reaching the victim, making it impossible to install the anchor. The rescue team had to climb to reach the victim.”
In the end, bad weather forced the operation to be cancelled.
