Bad choices
So, she’s been found, dead. I continue to wonder why anyone thinks it’s a good idea to take tourists (as opposed to experienced climbers) on such a dangerous walk.
After a complex rescue operation, teams finally reached her body on Tuesday, her family said in a statement on social media.
That’s another thing. Letting amateurs do dangerous climbs puts rescuers in danger too.
I wonder if she had any idea how dangerous the climb is – I wonder if the people who make money from taking tourists on such strolls pretended it was exciting but totally safe, because they want to make the aforementioned money.
One group member told Brazilian TV that the terrain was slippery, the climb “very hard,” and visibility poor.
And, we can add, there were places where you could just plain fall off, as opposed to rolling down a slope.
On Monday rescuers were able to locate Marins again, who appeared to have had fallen even further, but they had to stop work because of “climate conditions”, according to the family. The search resumed on Tuesday, and rescuers finally reached her body after descending 600m down a ravine, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said in a statement.
However, bad weather has meant they have yet to retrieve her body. Efforts are due to resume early on Wednesday morning.
Ok wait. Why retrieve her body? I don’t mean to be callous, I know people generally want to do a formal disposal, but come on – risking people’s lives to recover a corpse? People already risked their lives trying to save her, so how about leaving it at that.
