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Access to the mountain was closed after a 26 year-old Swiss climber has been missing for 10 days now since he climbed the volcano on 3 June.
The young man who climbed the volcano without a guide was reported missing by a travel companion who had been in a different location for a few days and could notice his absence only 3 days later. Despite intense efforts, local search-and-rescue teams have so far been unsuccessful to locate the young man. It can only be speculated about his fate, but chances of his survival seem dwindling.
The most likely causes for the accident are lost orientation on the mountain during ascent or descent, or perhaps falling into one of the difficult-to-access steep ravines draining on the volcano’s steep slopes.
Semeru with its 3676 m elevation can also be subject to extreme weather (lightning storms etc), in addition to elevated hazards, in the summit region, due to explosive volcanic activity. In 2000, several volcanologists were killed near the active crater by ballistic bombs ejected during an explosion.
Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com
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