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LOMBOK RINJANI
TREKKING INFORMATION
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packages, guide, climbing and trek to rinjani mountain lombok
island volcano Indonesia Asia, and service with safe, fun,
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your life time at the excellent nature of adventure to rinjani
mountain lombok island volcano Indonesia Asia.
Lombok Trekking is most populer called by Rinjani Trekking. And
many people from over the world have been try to climb and
trekking to rinjani mountain lombok volcano, and more then 10.000
people every years come to lombok for enjoy of amazing view from
the summit of Mt. Rinjani 3726 m. The Rinjani mountain is the
second highest peak active volcano in indonesia and absolutely a
challenging mountain walk and you must be prepared with good
equipment, warm and windproof clothing if you want to make
adventure trekking to the summit of rinjani mountain 3726 m.
Trekking to Rinjani mountain lombok indonesia can attract severe
storms, lightening and strong winds. When the weather is settled,
the sun is intense and the nights frosty. Parts of the trail are
steep and slippery.
Beware of bad weather and risks of exposure to the wet and cold
(hypothermia). If caught in an electrical storm, take shelter and
avoid prominent ridges. Beware of snakes, and stinging insects and
plants. Leeches can be a nuisance in the wet season.
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Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani is an
active volcano in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. It rises to
3,726 m (12,224 ft), making it the second highest volcano in
Indonesia. The first historical eruption occurred in September of
1847. The most recent eruption of Mount Rinjani was on 1 October
2004. The volcano and spectacular Segara Anak crater lake, are
protected by a national park established in 1997. The 6 km by 8.5
km oval-shaped caldera is filled partially by a lake known as
Segara Anak (approximately 2000m above sea level and estimated at
being between 200m and 300m deep); the caldera also contains hot
springs. The eruptions of 1994, 1995, and 1996 have formed a small
cone, Gunung Baru (or Mountain New - approximately 2300m above sea
level) in the center of the caldera and lava flows from these
eruptions have entered the lake. The highlands are forest clad and
mostly underdeveloped. The lowlands are highly cultivated. Rice,
soybeans, coffee, tobacco, cotton, cinnamon, and vanilla are the
major crops grown in the fertile soils of the island. Tourism is
also increasingly popular with trekkers able to visit the rim,
make their way into the caldera or even to make the more arduous
climb to the highest point, fatalities, however, are not uncommon.
Erupted History
The June 1994 eruption. At 02:00 pm, on June 3rd, 1994, Barujari come
began erupting by sending an ash plume 500 m high. On June 8th,
press report described emission of "smoldering lava" and "thick
smoke", as well as ashfallin nearby villages from an ash cloud
rising 1,500 m above the summit. Between 3rd and 10th of June, up
to 172 explosions could be heard each day from the Sembalun Lawang
volcano observatory (15 km NE). During this period, seismic data
indicated a dramatic increase in the number of explosions per day,
from 68 to 18,720. Eruptions were continuous at least through 19th
of June, with maximum ash plume heights of 2,000 m on 9th to 11th.
The ash plume generally drifted SE, depositing up to 30 mm of ash
on the island. Strombolian eruptions ejected pyroclastic material
> 2m in size as high as 600 m above the vent; this material fell
in a restricted proximal area around the cone and in the lake.
Lava flows began on 8th of June and partially covered previous
lava flows from Rombongan (in 1944) and Barujari (in 1966).
A series of aircraft warnings based on pilot reports and weather
satellite images indicated much larger plumes than suggested by
the ground observations. First an eruption at about 12:00 on June
7th produced a long plume that caused a large number of aviation
warnings. The plume, located on satellite imagery, extended 120 km
S of Rinjani and was beginning to disperse by 15:30. A pilot
report at 16:45 indicated a "smoke" plume to 13,500 m altitude
moving ESE, but by 23:45 the plume was in distinguish- able on
satellite imagery. The imagery showed a plume around 06:33 on the
8th of June, which extended at least 83 km SE of the volcano.
Aircraft were advised to avoid this area to an altitude of 10,500
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