It is very symbolic that it was in the first days of February that the prosecutor's office announced a new investigation into the death of Dyatlov's group. After all, it is believed that they died, in all likelihood, precisely in these numbers of the distant 1959. Already 60 years have passed, but the death of these young guys haunts investigators and relatives.
And indeed in this story there is a very large jumble of incomprehensible moments and inexplicable actions. Apparently this prompted the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia to try again to answer the main question: what was the main reason that led to the death of tourists?
A strange place for a tent
Even a cursory acquaintance with this tragedy is surprising. We are convinced that this group was sufficiently well prepared and was led by an experienced person prepared for such transitions. And suddenly the tent was pitched on a bare, windswept slope. Let me remind you that this is the end of January and beginning of February. The very peak of snowstorms and quite severe frosts in this area.
I read that this is due to Dyatlov's mistake. As a result of severe fatigue and understanding that it was dangerous to go further at night, it was decided to pitch a tent 300 meters from the nearest height. At first glance, everything is logical.
But this whole chain of events and decisions is simply suicidal. Why?
The first question is, how could a heading mistake have been made? Well, let's say it was already getting dark and a strong wind was blowing. Visibility conditions are practically nil. But these are experienced tourists! They have a map and a compass! Is it really difficult to navigate with this at hand? But they stubbornly moved, supposedly in the wrong direction.
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And here the second question arises: why leave a place that is quite suitable for an overnight stay, and then realizing that you cannot pass the pass and still have to spend the night, they simply will not come back?
I live in Bashkiria and have a good idea of what frost is like in a strong wind. Therefore, I can safely say that it was simply impossible to spend the night in a tent without a stove.
They had a stove we know from the inventory of the property found
But the stove needs firewood! I doubt very much that they carried bundles of firewood with them. It just doesn't make sense if you choose a place to sleep in the forest. But we are convinced that they stopped on an absolutely "bare" slope a kilometer from the nearest forest.
At the same time, they decided to spend the night without using the stove and began to take off their warm clothes! How can you change clothes in such frost ?!
These questions do not have intelligible answers, because they defy logical explanation.
But further actions are simply absurd. They are leaving the tent in full force! Half-dressed!
I want to consider this point in another part.