A Brazillian influencer has died after falling while hiking near the crater of an active volcano in Indonesia.
Juliana Marins, 26, slipped and fell from a hiking trail around Mount Rinjani, Lombok, around 6.30am local time on Saturday.
The publicist and pole dancer rolled 984ft down a slope before clinging to a rocky ravine next to the crater.
Drone footage showed Juliana, from Rio de Janeiro, sitting and crawling across the volcanic trail.
Yet rescue teams could not find Juliana the next day, as she had fallen further down into what rescuers said was a ‘deep gorge with loose rocks’.
She was found motionless roughly 1,600ft down the volcano on Monday, with search and rescue establishing a dedicated tent.
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Her family confirmed in an Instagram post this afternoon: ‘The rescue team managed to reach the place where Juliana Marins was. With great sadness, we inform you that she did not survive.
‘We remain very grateful for all the prayers, messages of affection and support we have received.’
Juliana had been backpacking through Southeast Asia since February, sharing images from Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines on her Instagram.
Her final post from Indonesia on June 11 was captioned: ‘Never try, never fly.’
Juliana’s sister, Marianna, earlier told the Brazilian TV station Fantástico that Juliana had been hiking with a group of six tourists and two guides when she asked to stop and rest.
But the group went on without her, Marianna claimed, adding: ‘She didn’t know where to go.
‘She didn’t know what to do. When the guide came back because he saw that she was taking too long, he saw that she had fallen down there.’
Two members of the hiking group said in an interview with Brazilian TV network Globo that the climb was ‘really hard’ and it was ‘so cold’.
A rescue team was dispatched after receiving a call at 2.32pm on Saturday, with rescuers hampered by thick fog and cold temperatures.
Her family grew increasingly worried about Juliana, writing on Instagram that she had gone three days without food or water.
They said earlier today: ‘Keep Juliana in your thoughts, send the best energies, so that she gets stronger and stands firm.’
Mount Rinjani is Indonesia’s second-tallest volcano and a popular hiking spot with tourists, towering at 12,000ft.
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