A Russian national who is said to have started hiking Mt. Agung on Sunday has not been heard from since.
A joint search and rescue team has been looking for the man, identified as 38-year-old Hildar, but so far hasn’t had any luck.
“We have reached the area, approximately 2,000 meters above sea level, but we haven’t found any sign of him,” Karangasem National Search and Rescue Agency head Ida Bagus Surya Wirawan said on Thursday to the Jakarta Post.
Unfortunately inclement conditions with rain and fog has made the search harder. “We decided to return to base and continue the search tomorrow,” Wirawan added.
A friend of the Russian staying in Kuta reported him missing on Wednesday after not being able to reach him.
Head of Karangasem Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Ida Ketut Arimbawa, said Hildar was hiking alone, without a guide.
“The team has checked the point from where he last made contact with his friend. He may have tried a new track and not taken the official track, and then got lost. His mobile phone could be running out of battery,” he said, as quoted by the Jakarta Post.
