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MajorPayne
03-31-2010, 02:45 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/31/tourist-dies-falling-active-bali-volcano/?test=latestnews

A Swedish tourist was killed Wednesday when he fell 490 feet into the crater of Mount Batur, an active volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, local police said.

The 25-year-old man slipped as he tried to peer into the crater after a dawn trek to the summit, which climbs to 5,600 feet, on the northeastern side of the island, police added.

"He was looking into the crater, slipped and fell," local police chief Made Oka told AFP.
He said emergency responders were at the scene and were trying to recover the tourist's body using ropes. Police were unable to provide the man's name.

Mount Batur is easy to climb compared to some other volcanoes in Indonesia and is popular with day-trippers on Bali.
flanker7
03-31-2010, 02:47 PM
RIP
Terible...
goat89
03-31-2010, 02:48 PM
RIP. :( Man... now the gov is gonna put up some restrictions now.
MajorPayne
03-31-2010, 02:48 PM
They won't have to cremate him at least
brokenclog
03-31-2010, 02:49 PM
Bloody horrible way to go..RIP...
benbach
03-31-2010, 02:52 PM
They won't have to cremate him at least

dude...

RIP
Octavariable
03-31-2010, 02:53 PM
Isn't human sacrifice the solution for earthquakes?
Mu-Meson
03-31-2010, 02:56 PM
Isn't human sacrifice the solution for earthquakes?

Normally yes. But I think sacrificing Swedes will just piss Gaia off.
MajorPayne
03-31-2010, 02:56 PM
Isn't human sacrifice the solution for earthquakes?

Yes, but it has to be a virgin female - preferably hawt as well.
CMNot
03-31-2010, 02:58 PM
Joe Versus the Volcano II.
Evolv5
03-31-2010, 02:58 PM
Normally yes. But I think sacrificing Swedes will just piss Gaia off.

Gaia doesn't like the Gaya?
HollywoodMarine
03-31-2010, 03:00 PM
They won't have to cremate him at least

Kind of naive and insensitive don't you think? A man's accidental death is not humorous.

Rest In Peace to the deceased.
randir14
03-31-2010, 03:24 PM
They won't have to cremate him at least

It says they're trying to recover the body using ropes, doesn't sound like he fell into lava.
Holmes85
03-31-2010, 03:30 PM
They won't have to cremate him at least


Isn't human sacrifice the solution for earthquakes?

That's kind of insensitive, this man's death is nothing to laugh at.

RIP
Peanut
03-31-2010, 03:39 PM
Well that's unfortunate.

RIP
Reaper17
03-31-2010, 03:43 PM
Gaia doesn't like the Gaya?

"Gaya" is Fallap. RIP to the tourist.
Big John Daddy
03-31-2010, 03:57 PM
Should of warn a base rig. RIP
Hauser
03-31-2010, 04:29 PM
RIP to the tourist. To the idoiots talking about him falling in lava, volcanoes don't work that way. Active just means it has erupted in the last 500 years, there is no lava above the surface, else it would be erupting and then everyone peering in would be fuc*ed. It's just a big hole, not a bubbling cauldron of death.
CMNot
03-31-2010, 04:47 PM
Easy cheesy, I don't think anyone here has a burning desire to read of bad things happening to people.
3rdMillhouse
03-31-2010, 05:11 PM
The 25-year-old man slipped as he tried to peer into the crater after a dawn trek to the summit,

A really bright idea, I say Darwin has done his job.