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The search operation in the mountainous area of Bezengi (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia) is completed. A day earlier, a 54-year-old Belarussian fled. Alas, he was found dead. TUT.BY was informed by the high altitude search and rescue team of Elbrus.
As he was informed earlier, the man broke down during the pbadage of the tourist route to the Bezengi Gorge at the top of Ukyu. The searches began on the evening of 17 July and continued the next day: the man was looking for 8 rescuers and a helicopter.
On the afternoon of July 18, we learn that the climber was found dead at 4100 meters altitude. Due to difficult weather conditions, her body will be transported tomorrow morning.
The deceased is known to be a 54-year-old man from Gomel. He came to the Caucasus as part of an organized group of 17 residents of Gomel.
"There were three on the road where the accident occurred – it is this man – a masters candidate in mountaineering sports, and it is the only one in the world. is a very high qualification.As an instructor was also the leader of the ascent, they started on July 10, and now they have come down ", – said the head of the alpine camp" Bezengi " Aliy Anayev .
According to him, it is a Category 2A route, complexity and Crestal, which is hardly the cause of the tragedy was the collapse of the race.
Bezengi is a mountainous region in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, the highest part of the Caucasus Mountains. Here, there are six peaks of eight, except Elbrus and Kazbek, with a mark above five thousand meters. Russian mountaineers call this region "small Himalayas" for the severity of the perpetual peaks and glaciers.
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