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Katherine Bravo Gelvez.

The Dyatlov Pass incident Analysis

The Dyatlov Pass incident was an event in which nine Russian hikers died in the northern
Urals between 1 and 2 February 1959, under uncertain circumstances.

The experienced group of hikers from the Ural Polytechnic Institute, led by Igor Dyatlov,
planned to head to a camp in the eastern lands of Kholat Syakhl’s experienced group.
During one of those nights, some unknown object or person made them leave their camp
with everything but the right clothes for the coming snowfall. When the bodies were
discovered, something began to smell. Because many of them and as was predictable, died
from hypothermia by the horrendous cold that was lived that night, but on the other hand
and the mysterious case. Some of them were discovered with traumatic blows to their
bodies.

What happened? Many theories claim that it was due to animal attacks, supernatural
creatures, among others. But at the end of the case, it was revealed that the deaths of these
campers were due to an avalanche and for this reason some of them contained blows to
their bodies. And it was due to this guarantee, the cause of traumatic death of these
campers.

Passage from “THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT”

Explanations and evidence:

On 11 July 2020, Andrey Kuryakov, Deputy Head of the Urals Federal District Directorate
of the Attorney General’s Office, announced that an avalanche would be the "official cause
of death" of the Dyatlov group in 1959. [40] Later independent computer Simulation and
analysis by Swiss researchers also suggest that the cause is an avalanche.

As we also get contradictory evidence such as:

1. More than 100 expeditions have been conducted into the region since the incident,
and none of them reported conditions that could create an avalanche. A study of the
area using the updated physics related to the terrain revealed that the location was
completely unlikely for such an avalanche to have occurred. The "dangerous
conditions" found in another nearby area (which had significantly steeper slopes and
cornices) were observed in April and May when winter snowfalls were melting.
During February, when the incident occurred, no such conditions existed.
2. An analysis of the terrain and slope showed that even if there could have been a
very specific avalanche that made its way into the area, its path would have passed
through the store.
3. The tent had collapsed sideways but not horizontally.
4. Dyatlov was an experienced skier and Zolotaryov, much older, was studying for his
Master’s Certificate in ski instruction and mountain hiking. Neither of these two
men would have camped anywhere in the path of a possible avalanche.

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