6/30/2023 Buryat Pass. Chivruay Pass Incident. Dyatlov Pass. The Theori... by Miles M.J. AllenRead NowFor decades, few people beyond the group’s friends and family were aware of the event. Some of their corpses were found with broken bones one was missing her tongue. Later that night, the nine experienced trekkers burst out of their tent half-dressed and fled to their deaths in a blizzard. In a moment of lightheartedness, one drew up a fake newspaper with headlines about their trip: “According to the latest information, abominable snowmen live in the northern Urals.” Their excess equipment stored away, the group began moving toward the slope of Peak 1079, known among the region’s indigenous people as “Dead Mountain.” A photograph showed the lead skiers disappearing into sheets of whipping snow as the weather worsened. Precisely 61 years ago, a band of skiers trekking through the Ural Mountains stashed food, extra skis, and a well-worn mandolin in a valley to pick up on the way back from their expedition.
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