Antara News·Indonesia·Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM UTC

Young hiker found alive after missing for 7 days in South Sulawesi

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M Darwin Fatir, Nabil Ihsan

A teenage hiker identified as Asrading, aged 15, was found alive after being lost for seven days in Mount Bawakaraeng in Gowa District, South Sulawesi.

“The victim was found alive today at 1 p.m. local time. He was found with abrasions on his face and other parts of his body,” the operational head of the National SAR Agency (Basarnas) office in Makassar, Andi Sultan, stated on Sunday.

The young hiker was last seen near a riverside in the Ramma Valley hiking route last Sunday (November 8). He failed to arrive at the Lembanna basecamp at the designated time, prompting his group to report him missing to the authority.

The Basarnas office received the missing person report on Monday (November 9) morning and immediately commenced the search operation.

Search parties managed to found the victim’s cloth, cap, and bag on Wednesday (November 11), but the victim himself was not found until Sunday at 1 p.m..

Sultan said the victim was found some 2.35 kilometers west from the location he was last seen a week ago.

The victim was evacuated to the nearby Topidi Village at 2:30 p.m., where an ambulance is ready to transport him to a public health center, according to Sultan.

Meanwhile, volunteer rescuers who participated in the search operation posted a video depicting moments after they found Asrading on Sunday.

“Praise be to God, we found the hiker who went missing for seven days. We found him today near the Kambara waterfall,” as said by the resident in the video circulating in online chat groups.

The victim, who was visibly fatigued and had fresh injuries in his face, was seen covering his body with a sarong. In the video, he was also seen drinking fresh water provided by the rescuers before being evacuated from Mount Bawakaraeng.

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