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Armide:
I've been reading over some of of the books and something in "An Unknown Compelling Force" by Clark Wilkins caught my eye. He basically mentions flasks of "medicinal" alcohol being found (I guess he's assuming it was not truly used as a medicinal alcohol) at the scene and Igor being under the influence by the time of the tragedy. He then goes on to say that the search group found 'vodka' at the scene, which I don't remember reading about, and also mentions that the full bladders of some of the hikers may have been due to intoxication. What I fail to understand is why he would assume this, especially considering the coroner clearly states that the investigation revealed no traces of alcohol in their systems.

Is there something I'm missing, or is this just a mistake made by Wilkins?

BottledBrunette:
I thought the autopsy report said none of the tourists had alcohol in their system?  Where did you see that Igor had alcohol in his system?  Yuri Yudin said alcohol consumption was none to minimal in all the hikes he went on.

Armide:
I just read it in Wilkins's book, but I don't think it's true. I know that the autopsy said that they had no alcohol in their system, so that's just why I was confused about the matter. I also know that the members of the group were smart enough not to get blackout drunk at 1079m altitude in the middle of the Urals. I just wanted to see if anyone else had any conflicting information about the alcohol on the trip.

Loose}{Cannon:
Not on alcohol, but from what I understand, there was a more in-depth toxicology investigation ordered to be done on blood/tissue samples from each victim.  The resulting report is nowhere in the released casefiles.  One would have to wonder why it was not released.  bat1 

BottledBrunette:
Another mystery in an enigmatic mystery.  bang1  That's weird that that wasn't included in the autopsy report.   nea1

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