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Brazilian Tourist Found Dead After Four-Day Search on Mount Rinjani

The incident has drawn fresh scrutiny to the hazards of hiking Indonesia’s volcanic peaks

A woman idetified by Brazilian media as Juliana Marins fell down a cliff (circled inset) from a hiking trail on Mount Rinjani in Indonesia.
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Overview

  • On June 21, Juliana Marins, 26, slipped from a narrow section of trail on Mount Rinjani after reporting fatigue and became separated from her hiking group.
  • Rescue teams tracked her location with drones and rappelled down steep slopes but were repeatedly delayed by dense fog, rough terrain and worsening weather.
  • After four days of intensive effort, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency located her unmoving body on June 24 and carried out the recovery.
  • Indonesian authorities closed the Mount Rinjani hiking track following the recovery to facilitate the evacuation and honour Marins’s family.
  • Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said its embassy in Jakarta coordinated closely with local officials and monitored the search from the outset.