Russian climber who broke her leg on Kyrgyzstan’s highest mountain is presumed lifeless, officers say

Kyrgyzstan officers on Wednesday stated a seek for a Russian climber who turned stranded on the nation’s highest peak after breaking her leg greater than two weeks in the past had discovered no indicators of life.

Natalia Nagovitsyna was climbing the 24,406-foot Victory Peak however broke her leg and have become caught at an altitude of round 23,000 ft.  Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, is 29,032 ft. 

Kyrgyzstan’s state safety company stated a thermal-imaging drone survey of the realm the place Nagovitsyna confirmed no indicators she was nonetheless alive.

“Based mostly on evaluation of the info obtained and bearing in mind a mix of things, together with excessive climate circumstances and the specifics of the realm, no indicators of life had been discovered at Nagovitsyna’s location,” it stated in a press release.

A number of rescue makes an attempt didn’t retrieve the 47-year-old climber, who spent greater than two weeks in a small orange tent, torn aside by gusting winds, on the mountain high the place summer time temperatures attain decrease than -20C.

A drone that flew over Nagovitsyna’s location confirmed she was alive as of final Tuesday, The London Times reported, however there was no signal of life when the drone flew over the identical space final Thursday.

An Italian climber, Luca Sinigaglia, died on August 15, making an attempt to succeed in her, one rescue helicopter crashed and different makes an attempt needed to be referred to as off as climbers turned ailing and confronted excessive climate circumstances.

Consultants beforehand stated nobody has ever been evacuated from such a excessive altitude on the mountain.

Victory Peak, additionally referred to as Jengish Chokusu, is the very best mountain within the Tian Shan mountain vary and is situated on the China–Kyrgyzstan border. 

Natalia Nagovitsyna’s husband Sergei died of a stroke in 2021 whereas climbing Khan Tengri (23,028 ft), the very best peak in Kazakhstan, additionally in Central Asia, Russian media reported. The Day by day Mail reported Nagovitsyna made headlines on the time for refusing to go away her husband on the mountain after his stroke.

Earlier this month, a Chinese climber died after she was hit by falling rocks on K2, the world’s second-highest peak. In July, German mountaineer and Olympic gold medalist, Laura Dahlmeier, died whereas making an attempt to climb one other peak within the area.