He climbed Mount Rinjani, Indonesia, with a group of mountaineer friends, hoping to find Juliana Marins alive. Mobilized by an appeal on social networks, Agam Rinjani tried to save her-but failed. Even so, alongside the same friends, he spent the whole night holding his body on the edge of a 500 -meter cliff, in the rain and fall of stones, so that it would not slip even more. With his voice embargoed by exhaustion and pain, he gave an interview to the globe:
– I couldn’t sleep so far. It is very sad. We couldn’t save her. There were a lot of people helping. We stayed with her all night on the edge of a cliff. I held Juliana so that she would not go down 300 meters. It’s very sad – lamented the volunteer climber, considered a hero by Brazilians moved by his courage.
In a social networking publication, Juliana’s relatives claim she could have survived if help had arrived at the expected time. The family now calls for mobilization for justice.
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Juliana, 26, suffered a fall while walking with a guide through the volcano trail. The commotion in Brazil has reached the other side of the world and mobilized, in addition to official rescue teams, volunteers like this experienced mountaineer.
– I saw an Instagram post, and a great mobilization for her. At the time, I called my mountaineer friends and said, “Come on?” And everyone agreed.
He knows Mount Rinjani well. He has been working for years, has witnessed similar tragedies and said Juliana’s rescue was one of the hardest experiences of her life:
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“I’ve seen two people can’t resist all this time that I work on the mountain.” It has a lot of ransom. Tomorrow I’ll be there again. Some points on the hill are closed, but others don’t.
At dawn, while the body was kept safe on the cliff, the volunteers had not yet been able to feed or seek medical attention.
“I’m hurt, I hurt my leg, and my fellow climbers were also injured.” We haven’t even been able to go to the hospital yet. We could only eat now, one o’clock in the morning here.
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The group’s bravery soon spread through social networks, and Agam was called a “angel” by Brazilians touched by his attitude. With humility, he replied:
– I saw that they call me angel in Brazil. Thank you, but I couldn’t save her. You thank me a lot, but I thank you.
Juliana did not survive. But thanks to this gesture of courage and solidarity, his body was found and returned to the family. For the mountaineer, there is the frustration of not being able to avoid the worst.
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– I’m not happy. I wish she was here – and she’s not. I wish I had saved Juliana.
