Ditemukan Tewas, Warga Jerman yang Hilang di Gunung Sibayak
German Hiker Missing on Indonesian Volcano Found Dead
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
PETUGAS Badan SAR Nasional (Basarnas) mengatakan warga negara Jerman yang hilang pekan lalu saat mendaki gunung berapi yang tidak aktif ditemukan tewas.
Kepala Kantor SAR Medan, Budiawan mengatakan, jasad Wolter Klaus ditemukan Kamis oleh lima mahasiswa yang berkemah di Gunung Sibayak di Kabupaten Karo, Provinsi Sumatera Utara.
Wolter Klaus, dari kota Oldenburg, mendaftarkan namanya pada 21 Juni saat memulai kegiatan pendakian Gunung Sibayak. Ia dilaporkan hilang sehari kemudian di dekat hotelnya setelah ia gagal untuk kembali dari gunung setinggi 2.200 meter, satu dari sekitar 130 gunung berapi di Indonesia.
Budiawan, mengatakan bahwa tim SAR berupaya mengevakuasi jasad Wolter Klaus yang berada sekitar 20 km dari tempat terakhir mendiang terlihat seperti dikutip Associated Press yang dilansir MailOnline.
INDONESIAN officials say a German hiker who went missing last week while climbing a dormant volcano has been found dead.
Search and rescue official Budiawan said the body of Wolter Klaus was discovered Thursday by five university students who were camping on Mount Sibayak in western Indonesia.
Klaus, from Oldenburg city, registered his name on June 21 when he began what should have been a day hike up Mount Sibayak. He was reported missing a day later by his hotel after he failed to return from the 2,200-meter (7,200-foot) mountain, one of about 130 volcanoes in Indonesia.
Budiawan, who uses one name, said rescuers were on the way to recover the body.
