Russian climber who broke his leg in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrguistan officials said Wednesday that a search for a Russian climber that was stranded in the highest peak in the country after breaking his leg more than two weeks ago had not found signs of life.

Natalia Nasivitsyna He was climbing the 24,406 feet victory peak, but his leg was broken and stuck to an altitude of around 23,000 feet. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is 29,032 feet.

The Kyrguistan State Security Agency said that a thermal image drone survey of the area where Nagovitsyna showed no signs that he was still alive.

“According to the analysis of the data obtained and taking into account a combination of factors, including extreme climatic conditions and details of the area, no signs of life were found in the location of Nagovitsyna,” he said in a statement.

Several rescue attempts could not recover the 47 -year -old climber, which spent more than two weeks in a small orange tent, destroyed by winds of bursts, at the top of the mountain, where summer temperatures reach less than -20 ° C.

A drone that flew over the location of Nagovitsyna confirmed that he was alive from last Tuesday, London Times reported, but there were no signs of life when the drone flew over the same area last Thursday.

An Italian climber, Luca Sinigaglia, died on August 15, trying to communicate with her, a rescue helicopter crashed and other attempts had to be canceled when the climbers became ill and faced extreme climatic conditions.

Experts said before that no one has been evacuated from such a high altitude in the mountain.

Victory Peak, also called Jengish Chokusu, is the highest mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range and is located on the border with China -Kirguistán.

Natalia Nagovitsyna’s husband, Sergei, died of a stroke in 2021 while climbing Khan Tengri (23,028 feet), the highest peak in Kazakhstan, also in Central Asia, the Russian media reported. The Daily Mail reported that Nagovitsyna arrived at the headlines at the time for refusing to leave her husband in the mountain after her blow.

Earlier this month, a Chinese climber died After it was beaten by the fall of rocks in K2, the second highest peak in the world. In July, German German and Olympic gold medalist, Laura Dahlmeierhe died while trying to climb another peak in the region.

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