Thread: Tourist Who Fell Into Active Volcano Was ‘Abandoned’ by Tour Guide

A 26-year-old tourist tumbled into an active volcano in Indonesia after she was “abandoned” by a local hiking guide, her sister told Brazilian TV station Fantástico.


Brazilian citizen Juliana Marins slipped and fell down a cliff Saturday morning from a trail that overlooks Mount Rinjani’s famous crater lake. She descended deep into the volcano, but drone footage confirms she miraculously survived the more than 1,000-foot slide.


Gunung Rinjani National Park said in a statement Monday that Marins has been “successfully monitored using a drone in a position stuck on a rock cliff at a depth of 500 meters and visually motionless.” That is equivalent to 1,600 feet, but reports say Marin has slipped farther into the volcano since her initial fall on Saturday.

Marins’ condition remains unclear on day three of her being in the volcano, but the BBC reports rescuers heard screams for help on Saturday. A massive rescue mission is underway, but attempts to reach her by helicopter were called off due to poor weather, and the park said subsequent rescue attempts by hikers were thwarted because of “extreme terrain and dynamic weather,” including “thick fog conditions.”


“For safety, the rescue team was pulled back to a safe position,” the park added.

Marins’ family is requesting assistance.


“A whole day and they advanced only 250 meters below, there were 350 meters left to reach Juliana, and they retreated,” her family said of rescue efforts in a statement on Instagram. “Once again! Another day! We need help, we need the rescue to reach Juliana urgently!”

The most recent statement from the family, shared Monday morning, said that “two well-experienced mountaineers from the area are headed to the scene of Juliana’s crash.” It added that “there is good backup with specialized equipment to accompany crews” on site.


Marins plunged into the volcano around 6:30 a.m. local time Saturday. Her sister, Marianna, told Fantástico that Marins “got very tired” during her hike and asked her guide “to stop for a while.” Ultimately, Marianna said the guide decided to continue without Marins.

“They continued on, and the guide didn’t stay with her,” Marianna said.


A friend of Marins said in a video statement that the hiker’s loved ones, including her parents, learned she was missing from social media. She alleged that Indonesian officials have provided conflicting updates about Marins’ status, including a false claim that she had been reached and provided with food and water.

“We’re living in a nightmare here,” the friend said.


Marianna said her sister was making the trek with a small group of five hikers and a single guide. She said her sister spent an hour resting alone before her tragic slip at sunrise.


“She didn’t know where to go,” Marianna said. “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.”

Marins posted photos from Indonesia to Instagram last week, showing her hiking, scuba diving, playing cards, and doing yoga in the Pacific island chain. She also shared a photo of herself with a large hiking backpack.


Other recent posts documented her travels to Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines. Her friend said in a video statement that she had saved up for a backpacking trip across Asia.

Marins is from Niterói, near Rio de Janeiro, where she works as a publicist, the U.S. Sun reports. Her Instagram shows she is also a pole dancer.


The Brazilian embassy in Jakarta is facilitating contact between the family and the company responsible for the tour, according to Brazil TV. The embassy did not respond to a request for information from the Daily Beast.

PICS & Video Juliana Marins Was ‘Abandoned’ by Tour Guide Before Falling Into Volcano

Crikey....so she is still there ? Probably getting pretty thirsty by now

This article says food and water had been dropped but no one can get to her so far.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world...no/ar-AA1HhsnS

Originally Posted by misskit

Active Volcano Was

...smokin hot, according to leading vulcanologists

Rescuers search for Brazilian tourist on Indonesian volcano

Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for a Brazilian tourist who fell while hiking near the crater of Mount Rinjani, an active volcano.

Brazilian media and the woman's family have identified her as 26-year-old Juliana Marins, who was hiking with a group when she disappeared around 06:30 local time on Saturday (23:30 GMT Friday).

Brazilian authorities said she fell from "a cliff that surrounds the trail next to the volcano's crater".

Search and rescue attempts have so far been unsuccessful due to the extreme terrain and foggy weather, according to Indonesian authorities.

Mount Rinjani park authorities said in a social media post that rescuers on Saturday had heard Ms Marins's screams for help. At the time she was safe, though she appeared to be in shock, they said.

Drone footage and other clips filmed by hikers that have been circulating online and carried by Brazilian media also appear to show she was alive on Saturday. She was seen sitting and moving around in grey soil, far below a hiking path.

But later that day rescuers could not find her when they descended 300m (984ft) to where they believed she was located, nor did she respond when they called out to her.

Rinjani: Rescuers search for Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins on Indonesian volcano

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Didn’t want to keep pace with the group, then starts wandering in her own after likely being told don’t move. Serves her right.

That seems very harsh. People make mistakes, even foolish mistakes. I hope she's promptly rescued (and her SMV isn't relevant).

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Didn’t want to keep pace with the group, then starts wandering in her own after likely being told don’t move. Serves her right.

indeed. if she is eventually rescued the selfies will be all over her already selfie stuffed instagram account.

whats wrong with these people.

Originally Posted by 39TG

That seems very harsh. People make mistakes, even foolish mistakes. I hope she's promptly rescued (and her SMV isn't relevant).

If you are a professional guide working in dangerous situations, the onus is on you to take care of your charges.

He's the c u n t here.

Normally willy would be furiously white knighting.

Must be having a bad day.

^

when you have idiots tourists going rogue by putting themselves in danger just to get that selfie shot, then responsibility for accidents lies firmly with the tourist.

the guide has the safety of rest of the group to think about.

Drone footage and other clips filmed by hikers that have been circulating online and carried by Brazilian media also appear to show she was alive on Saturday. She was seen sitting and moving around in grey soil, far below a hiking path.

Her complexion has been described as ashen.

^

you're a lava minute.

^ They're now able to communicate via tremorse code.

Originally Posted by taxexile

indeed. if she is eventually rescued the selfies will be all over her already selfie stuffed instagram account.

whats wrong with these people.

And she might use her Insta to get the lads going to her Only Fans account. She might do very well out of this if she gets out alive. It's a crazy world these days.

I was wondering why my only fans page wasn't monetising damn. I gotta get my ass to a volcano or something

Strange how you can see her left nipple erupting proudly with molten seismic activity while her right nipple lies curiously dormant



That is a smile to warm your caldera cockles

Originally Posted by taxexile

^

when you have idiots tourists going rogue by putting themselves in danger just to get that selfie shot, then responsibility for accidents lies firmly with the tourist.

the guide has the safety of rest of the group to think about.

Oh look, for lo, it is a man made of straw.