Mountain of the Dead (28 page)

4 At the woodcutters’ settlement, 41st Kvartal. Igor Dyatlov is second from left. Luda is fourth from left and Zina is seated on the steps.
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5 28 January 1959, abandoned geologists’ settlement – Yury Yudin decides to turn back, a decision that saves his life. Before he leaves, he is being hugged by Luda who was very fond of him. Igor Dyatlov (left) and Nicolai Thibeaux-Brignolle (right) look on.
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6 The Dyatlov group’s tent with the chimney from the stove at the front. The stove had been built by Igor Dyatlov.
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7 L to R: Dubinina, Slobodin, Zolotarev, Thibeaux-Brignolle. At this point the going was not too hard. The ground was to get steeper and the snow was to increase in depth.
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8 L to R: Nicolai Thibeaux-Brignolle, Luda Dubinina, Semyon Zolotarev and Zina Kolmogorova.
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9 Zina Kolmogorova on skis. Luda Dubinina is standing at the rear.
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10 Taking a break. Although well wrapped up against the elements, the conditions in this photo are not as extreme as the group would meet only a short time later.
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11 L to R: Luda Dubinina and Yury Doroshenko pose (left) while Nicolai Thibeaux-Brignolle and Rustem Slobodin fool around (right).
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12 1 February 1959, the penultimate photograph of the Dyatlov group. Here they are making their way up on to the ridge on Kholat Syakhl where they were to pitch the tent on their last night. The weather has worsened considerably.
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13 The last photograph taken of the Dyatlov group while they were still alive. Here they are preparing to pitch their tent on Kholat Syakhl in the late afternoon of 1 February 1959. Sometime that evening or night, something caused them to slash their way out of the tent and down the mountain with no footwear and minimal clothing.
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14 26 February 1959 – the tent is found. The small wooden cross on the far side of the tent can be seen in the foreground of the picture taken of the Dyatlov group while they are preparing to pitch the tent on 1 February. Boris Slobtsov (left), Yury Koptelov (squatting on right).
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15 Footprints found close to the tent.
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