Memoriam Climber in Mount Kerinci

New Year tragedy
Three Students Climber Kerinci Not Found

Jambi, January 3, 2003 15:22Three students were reported missing climbers on Mount Kerinci, 410 Km from the city of Jambi, respectively Tedi (20), Wiwin (20), and Alesius (20), has yet been found.
Kerinci police chief Dwi Hartono AKBP Drs, when informed of Edinburgh, on Friday said the three students who gathered in a combination of nature lovers from Jakarta, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, has yet been found.
"Three of the 200 students who climb on Mount Kerinci since December 28, 2002 to welcome the New Year's Eve at the top of the mountain, three of whom are not returned or lost," he said.
Dwi Hartono said, should all 200 students who climb it, on January 1, 2003 have gone down the mountain, but three were not found.
Climbing activities conducted by 200 students, he said, but did not report to the National Park Kerinci Seblat (TNKS), also failed to report to the nearest police station.
The loss of three students, was only discovered when their colleagues at the Institute report TNKS and the nearest police station.
Lower the team
Dwi Hartono said Leih information, to search for three missing students, pihaknnya has fielded as many as 15 personnel from the Police Department, who assisted the Central TNKS five people.
Search for victims was also helped by local residents and other groups of nature lovers, who also was doing the climb on Mount Kerinci.
"The team assigned to search for three missing college students who assisted residents and other nature lovers group totaling 50 people, has continued to comb the area of ​​Mount Kerinci," said Police Chief Kerinci, Dwi Hartono. [Tina, Ant]http://arsip.gatra.com/2003-01-03/artikel.php?id=23800
 Three Climbers of Mount Kerinci found dead
 Evacuation of the bodies of victims lost on Mount Kerinci, Jambi.10/01/2003 20:25Liputan6.com, Kerinci: The bodies of three climbers of Mount Kerinci, Kerinci regency, Jambi, expected to arrive in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Friday (10/1), around 19:00 pm. Furthermore, their remains will be taken to Padang, West Sumatra, to be flown to Jakarta. Similarly SCTV information obtained from the monitoring officer TNSK Purwadarminta Hall, in Kerinci.
The bodies of Aloysius, Teddy, and Wiwin found by Search and Rescue Team Wanadri London, last night, lifeless in a valley in the rocky mountains. Three people were listed as missing from Jakarta on Mount Kerinci Selter II at an altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level [read: The three climbers missing on Mount Kerinci].
According Purwadarminta, not far away when all three bodies are found. Allegedly, they were mired in a steep ravine, there is no vegetation and water. Certainly, they were not able to survive for ten days since otherwise disappeared. (CHOP / Team Coverage 6 SCTV)
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