Five Russians died while climbing a "mountain-man" in the Himalayas: Details

Despite the fact that they were all experienced climbers, the Russians fell into the abyss on Mount Dhalagir. Five Russians were killed during the climbing to the Dhalaglaire Mountain 8167 meters in the Himalayas. They walked in one connection - one of them broke down and pulled the other behind. About it reports The Himalayan Times. The first four people from the group put the camp when they rose 7. 420 meters. Two more came at night.

On October 6, Alexander Dusheyko, Oleg Kruglov, Vladimir Phistikov, Mikhail Nosenko, Dmitry Shpilev, Valery Shamlo continued the way. Soon the latter became ill and he went back to the camp, others continued ascending. After a while, the connection with them disappeared. This morning, rescuers flew a mountain on the helicopter and found the only survivor. The rest broke into the abyss. It is reported that the bodies of the dead cannot be lifted from the abyss.

Rescuers will try to go down on the winch, as the helicopter cannot land on an almost steep slope. Sports ascent without the use of oxygen for the title of "snow leopard" began on September 1 and should end on October 5. Before the path, everyone was tested for health - the indicators were normal. During the ascent, each participant paid about three thousand dollars. The instructors were Alexander Dushako and Valery Shamalo.

The first is a master of sports of international class, the second is a candidate for a master of sports. At one time it was considered the highest peak in the world. But Dhalagiri, located in Nepal, is the seventh in the height of the world in the world of 8167 meters high and the highest mountain within one country. The first ascent was carried out on May 13, 1960, the Swiss-Austrian-Austrian expedition. Dhalagiri is the Nepalese name of the mountain, which means "blinding top".

Dhalagiri's vertex was the penultimate eight -thousand, which managed to climb, and the last in Nepal. As its other routes are disproportionately dangerous, most of the climbing followed the route of the Northeast Range, where the first climb took place. As of 2007, 358 successful ascents and 58 fatalities were carried out, which is an indicator of 16. 2%mortality. For which Dhalagiri called "Mountain-man".