Overview
- Juliana Marins, a 26-year-old Brazilian influencer and publicist, fell roughly 500 meters near the crater of Mount Rinjani during a guided hike on June 21.
- Rescue teams deployed over 50 personnel along with helicopters and thermal drones in a four-day operation that located her body at the volcano’s steep, sandy slope.
- Challenging terrain, unpredictable weather and limited visibility hampered efforts to install anchors and secure her remains.
- Indonesian authorities have closed the popular Lombok peak while they conduct safety evaluations and review hiking routes.
- Brazil’s embassy has expressed condolences to Marins’s family and taken charge of the formalities for returning her body to Brazil.