[bunkerhill7]

Idiots love hot lava.

[bunkerhill7]

Idiots love hot lava.

[oldplayer]

I’m not morbid, but I am curious about the causes of death. It sounds like many may have simply been burned to death by hot gases. I’m also curious about how many may have been killed by rocks and boulders shot out of the vents, or if fatal amounts of H2S was also present in the gasses.

(Given a choice, choose H2S!)

[moovova]

“...forensic workers were preparing to identify the dead by dental and fingerprint records, or based on marks on their bodies...”

I’d be curious about the climbers’ nationalities. A mountain like that probably draws from all over the world.

[metmom]

The head of Indonesia's volcanology agency, Hendra Gunawan, said Marapi has been at the second level of a four-tier alert system since 2011, and a three-kilometer exclusion zone had been imposed around its crater.

He appeared to blame hikers on Monday for going too close to the crater, saying the agency recommended no human activities in that zone, and emphasized that "severe impacts" were reported for victims within one to 1.5 kilometers from the crater.

They should be blamed. Nobody forced them to go there.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Tommy Revolts]

I've always wanted to hike an active volcano.

[Ezekiel]

"I was zig-zagging, going down around 30 to 40 meters" to a trekking post, Ridho, 22, told AFP from a bed in a nearby hospital.

Haven't we seen this movie?

"Serpentine, Shelly, Serpentine."

[EinNYC]

How is it that there was no warning for hikers to stay away from the area, that an eruption was imminent?