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Osi:



This drawing depicts a possible view of Mount Kholat in summer. We know that over the years, due to erosion caused by wind and temperature differences, the rocks at the summit have broken down and flowed downstream, forming mounds of various sizes. These mounds accumulate over time and accumulate energy due to an obstacle, always ready to continue sliding downward if triggered.


A view of Kholat in winter. It is generally covered by a snow depth of 150 cm meters or less. The mounds are completely buried under the snow.


If the group had decided to pitch their tents in Kholat, they would have had to cut the snow at a 90-degree angle, digging more than a meter into the ground to create a flat surface and protect it from the wind blowing from above. Even if they had dug as deep as a meter, the angle would have made it impossible to reach the ground. My theory is that they encountered a large boulder at the beginning of this cut. They must have thought that if they could lift this boulder, they would find a comfortable place below

OLD JEDI 72:

ahabmyth:
These theories and replies just keep getting better.


Here we can see from a recently taken pic of near the campsite on Kholat Syakhl that a snow or rock slide is more than likely the cause of the disaster. 


 

Axelrod:
My relative Moisey Akselrod was very keen on the avalanche theory.
But I am not him, and I have other thoughts. Don't be such a fool as he.
I don't understand how much of this avalanche theory is reality or fantasy.

Yes, in winter avalanches usually occur where there is a rockfall in the summer.
Sometimes in summer there are avalanches and a rockfall together. That's what happened in Krasnaya Polyana last summer, two people were hurt.

It seems to me that the landslide or avalanche theory in the previous messages was caused by the incident with the Dyatlov group, which is the only way to explain it. But if the cause of the incident was another, some insurmountable force, then the question arises - is an avalanche something that can be confused with consequences, or there can be no avalanche there at all. That is, an avalanche in that place is so unrealistic that this avalanche theory is just a fantasy.

Ziljoe:
Thank you for the illustration Osi, I think something similar but perhaps with a snow  cornice higher up. The slope above the tent  reaches at least 25 degrees.

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