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moon phase Feb. 1959

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tenne:
https://www.calendar-12.com/moon_calendar/1959/february

For general interest in how much light there may have been at that time, of course it also depends on cloud cover but it wasn't a full moon and they would have either stumbled down the slope, made a right and then a left to the cedar in the dark or had a source of light. Given the fact it wasn't a straight path to the cedar from the tent, it makes me wonder how they got to the cedar

Teddy:
I have the moon phase here as well.
https://dyatlovpass.com/expedition-unknown

tenne:

--- Quote from: Teddy on March 24, 2021, 07:36:12 AM ---I have the moon phase here as well.
https://dyatlovpass.com/expedition-unknown

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I did not see that, thank you for posting it.

Manti:
I have read that the cedar is a "prominent" point... Looking at the search photos it isn't. I don't think they "found" the cedar or aimed towards it... they were simply trying to go into the forest for some reason, maybe to find a larger tree that might have dead, dry branches to use for a fire, and the cedar was the first such tree they encountered.

trekker:

--- Quote from: Manti on March 24, 2021, 06:08:21 PM ---I have read that the cedar is a "prominent" point... Looking at the search photos it isn't. I don't think they "found" the cedar or aimed towards it... they were simply trying to go into the forest for some reason, maybe to find a larger tree that might have dead, dry branches to use for a fire, and the cedar was the first such tree they encountered.

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I think they made navigation error while trying to get to the storage. Distance to the storage was roughly same as to the cedar. The storage was in the treeline so it was quite easy to find even at dark. Tenne made good observation about zigzagging. Propably they tried to find the storage by zigzagging when they descended towards treeline. Eventually they ended to the cedar and perished there or nearby.

Climbing to cedar still puzzles me. I suggested that they split up and tried to communicate. But that zigzagging could indicate they descended as a single group and they climbed to cedar to locate their position after that navigation error.

Edit: please note that they had firewood ready at the storage. So best chances to go relative shelter from wind below treeline and make fire was the storage.

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