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A daredevil referred to as ‘The Spider-Man of Yemen’ has died after falling right into a volcano crater while attempting to climb without safety equipment.
Al-Qaqa Ibn Antar, 30, was climbing the partitions of the Hardah Dam volcanic crater in Dhale, Yemen, on Friday when he lost his grip and fell.
After plunging into the 120-metre crater, the Civil Defence Authority said, his body sank 100 feet below the surface.
The ten-second video shows Mr Antar climbing a rocky cliff with none safety equipment.
On the cliff he’s scaling, names in Arabic have been written in white across the rocky wall.
He’s then seen holding the cliff together with his right hand, together with his left hand within the air, before he appears to lose his right grip and falls.
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Rescue teams, including diving and water specialists, were sent to retrieve Mr Antar’s body, which was found by divers at a depth of 30 metres below the surface.
The four-hour search and rescue operation was described by the authority as ‘complex’ due to the steep and rocky location, which made access difficult.
The Hardah Dam – known also because the Haradhat Damt – is a novel volcanic crater situated near town of Damt, in Yemen’s southern Dahle province.
A landmark of the region, the crater has steep rocky partitions with a hot sulfurous lake at its base.
Mr Antar had gained fame on social media platforms where he posted videos showing him performing high-risk ascents of a few of Yemen’s most rugged terrain.
His videos often went viral. In one in all them, he was seen hanging from the sting of a rocky cliff using his bare hands, his legs dangling toward a steep slope in a dangerous performance without safety equipment.
The Civil Defence Authority has urged those that climb and have interaction in adventure sports to watch safety procedures.
Additionally they issued a warning to make use of ‘appropriate protective gear to avert similar incidents’ after Mr Antar’s death.
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