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Arjan:
Thank you Axelrod for this additional information.

My reply had been only based on Case files vol 1: sheets 11 - 20.

The notebook of Maslennikov indicates that the group had several maps with them.

Remark on the reply of Partorg:

In case Google maps is correct and my interpretation of this part of the map is correct, then the group had ascended around 350 meter over a distance of 1000 meters: see this relevant part of Google maps:



This is a slope of 35 % or around 20 degrees on average(!): pretty challenging with 30 kg back pack (and 20 kg for the female group members) while carrying two skis and ski poles by hand.

Probably this slope did not have a clear track: it had to be taken into account that the group may well had to find and make a new track.

These kind of slopes pose a risk for sliding group members: in case of a slide, a victim will ascelerate quickly to a speed that poses a high risk of a serious injury.

The post mortem report of Zinaida states:
- 'On the surface of the area of the lower back on the right side of the abdomen there is a graze wound of bright red color in the form of a strip sized 26 x 6 cm.'

This graze wound may well have been caused by a small tree that had stopped Zinaida during/after a slide.
Frame 28 from film no 1 may provide a hint: Zinaida is standing bent while Alexander is looking worried in the direction of Zinaida/Lyudmila.
Of course not a full sound proof.

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