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MDGross:
Certainly a plausible scenario. I wonder though, after they had extricated themselves from the collapsed tent, why not stop and assess the situation? Then send one or two team members back inside the tent and gather shoes, coats, gloves and blankets. These experienced cold-weather hikers would have known the greatest danger was hypothermia.
GlennM:
Your point is a good one. It vexes all of us who are in favor of the natural causes explanation. It has been claimed the single set of all the tourists footprints descended the slope show a walking pattern. For me, this means they had the presence of mind to control their actions, including going back in the tent as an option. Something precluded that choice. Since the tent is now gone and its location on 1079 is arguable, we are at a loss for a clue. That said, during all the time the tent was in storage, we have nothing to indicate there was anything about it to stimulate further examination ( blood,,scent,,sap,,scorch,,etc.)
For me, I support the idea that they didn't because they couldn't..as in bringing down more slab onto the tent. I think too that they underestimated the distance to the woods,,especially at night.
It was pointed out by another forum veteran that whereas Soviet hiking expeditions were a "thing", calamity and fatality did happen. It would be snarky of me to say," common sense ain't so common". It may go back to hubris on their part. Sometimes this exercise reminds me of standing on the edge of a swimming pool and trying to deduce what was tossed in the other end by only looking at the,ripples.
MDGross:
Yes, "looking at the ripples." Great description of what we're all doing.
Ziljoe:
Unfortunately, deaths and injury are common with those that partake in outdoor activities.
In the UK and Scottish Mountains there seems to be an average of 600 incidents a year with an average of around 20 deaths .
I would suspect the rest of the world will have similar statistics of accidents or nature overpowering those that do such activities, it is also the nature of the human spirit to take risks for adventure , all be it sad to the regrettable outcomes.
Everything points to the group not being able to gather further equipment from the tent, so from that view point we argue our opinions. We have 2 main arguments as to why leave the tent and leave that tent without more equipment. One being forced by outsiders or secondly something in the environment or nature.
As Glennm quite rightly highlights , any kind of collapse of the tent would cause havoc to those inside packed like sardines. Even if it were to be from the simplest thing as a main rope giving way or a tent pole snapping , those inside are now covered with unsupported canvas. On a campsite next to civilization, this would maybe found funny and time would be taken to slowly crawl out of the entrance .
When we transport the concept of the tent collapsing on an exposed mountain slope with snow and strong winds as opposed to a campsite , actions by those inside would differ because of real potential dangers.
If the wind had been strong and the hikers feared some imminent weather condition, I suspect they would be better dressed expecting to maybe have to take action why they slept. This doesn't seem to be the case, the hikers seem relaxed and without any fear or suspicion of impending emergency action.
About the only set of circumstances that seems to tick most boxes is some kind of snow avalanche or build up of snow that simulates a dangerous avalanche in the hikers mind. It initially causes the collapse, If they stay there in the darkness to try and assess what happened to the tent and how severe this snow collapse/slide was , they fear it may trigger more snow. The decision is made to make a fire in the woods and return in daylight to reclaim their equipment .
GlennM:
MDGross favors the hikers being driven from their tent by KGB. Anna argues they were lured out by malefactors under false pretenses. Why? It seems that these things would happen if the tourists had contraband such as State secrets, or more mundanely, something of theirs which would sustain their malefactor in achieving an escape.
I find not a single instance in the case files where these ideas get additional support. Nor do I see blatant coverup and suppression.
Another astute forum member supposes that the DPI incident which is but one of any number of wintertime hiking tragedies and become mythologizes and inflated with drama to rival the Bermuda Triangle. The area is now a tourist destination.
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