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At least five climbers have died in August on Victory Peak, located in Kyrgyzstan.
İdman.biz reports, citing the Telegram channel SHOT, that the deadly mountain claimed the lives of two Russian, two Iranian, and one Italian climber.
First, the captain of the Russian mountaineering team, 66-year-old Nikolai Totmyanin, died. He reached the summit on August 10, but died in hospital the next day from a heart attack.
On August 12, an Iranian couple – Maryam Pilehvari and Hassan Mashhadioglu – died. They reached the summit and encountered Natalia Nagovitsyna, who was ascending, during their descent. The Iranians died a few hours later, and the Russian climber broke her leg and was stuck on the mountain ridge.
Natalia was climbing the mountain with Russian Roman, German Günter, and Italian Luka. Luka eventually refused to climb to the summit and waited for the group in a cave. Günter climbed to the summit alone and then returned to Luka. Only Roman joined them later.
On August 13, Luka and Günter climbed up to Natalia and brought her a tent, sleeping bag, gas, and food. Roman descended alone and returned to base camp. However, the foreigners could not bring Natalia down and had to spend the night on the mountain with her. The weather conditions worsened completely. On August 14, Luka and Günter were also forced to leave Natalia there and descend. Luka suffered severe frostbite and died the next day from a brain hemorrhage.
It should be noted that Luka Sinigaglia, who died, climbed Khan-Tengri Peak with Natalia Nagovitsyna in 2021. At that time, Natalia's husband died. Natalia and Sergey helped the Italian climber to reach the summit. Later, at an altitude of 6,900 meters, Sergey suffered a stroke, opened his safety ropes while delirious at night, and fell into the depths and died. Luka did not forget this help and tried to save Natalia, but lost his own life.
Currently, the bodies of the four climbers are not planned to be retrieved due to dangerous weather conditions. Moreover, only the location of the Russian woman and the Italian climber are currently known. Drone searches for the Iranians have been unsuccessful.
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