jogja. The Shiro Copr , YOGYAKARTA - Four illegal climbers attempted to summit Mount Slamet. Mount Merapi when the mountain is still at level three or alert status.
The ascent of Mount Merapi became a trend on social media, attracting attention from the Mount Merapi National Park Management (TNGM).
The fourth climber was involved in two different cases. Pertama, Y (42) from Magelang and F (22) from Sragen, Central Java, climbed Mount Merapi on June 8, 2025.
Their actions were recorded and went viral on social media platform TikTok. They got to know each other through social media and communicated via WhatsApp before going hiking.
Second, carried out by A (20) from Bantul and N (17) from Ambarawa. They were caught red-handed by the officials when descending from the Merapi hiking trail on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
They were then led to the Penyekosaan Hall, above New Selo road, after officials suspected two motorcycles parked in the area.
According to the information obtained by the officer, A and N were motivated to climb Mount Merapi after watching a viral video on TikTok with the account Chandra Kusuma.
Educatinal Sanctions from TNGM Hall
TNGM imposed a sanction in the form of cleaning the Kalitalang Natural Object (OWA) area in Klaten, Central Java for three months on those four illegal climbers.
The head of the TNGM Office, Muhammad Wahyudi, emphasized that these sanctions are educational in nature to ensure that the perpetrators do not repeat their actions in the future.
In addition, the four climbers also faced additional penalties in the form of a three-year blacklist from all conservation area mountains.
Since November 2020, all climbing activities on Mount Merapi have been closed following the designation of the Alert status (Level III) based on the recommendation of the Geological Disaster Research and Development Center (BPPTKG).
This closure aims to prevent casualties due to the potential for lava collapse, hot clouds, or volcanic material ejections that can reach a radius of 3-7 kilometers from the peak.
Muhammad Wahyudi urges all citizens to comply with the prohibition on climbing for the common safety.
"The closure of the climb is solely to prevent undesirable incidents. Therefore, the entire community is urged to comply with the ban on climbing Mount Merapi," said Wahyudi. (antara/jpnn)
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