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General Discussion / Re: Book "1079"

« Last post by bertie on Today at 12:26:09 AM »

Ahabmyth, why on earth are you posting in the book thread, when you have no idea what this book is about?
Go and find something more constructive to do.

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Yeti / Snowman / Re: "Yeti" photo enhanced

« Last post by ahabmyth on May 29, 2025, 05:57:21 PM »

Not a bad joke but 1959 and the pose.
Which reminds me of the one in the US with the supposed Yeti walking through the woods. It was proven false years later by the perpetrators. However what year was this, was one off our hikers imitating the US film clip or the other way around.As others clearly mention for an animal of the size to be thriving in these wilderness. there would need to be females as well as males. Think about the food sources, there is nothing around for miles, they would be extremely slow especially in snow and so slow as to not be able to catch just about anything going.
I am not saying they couldnt exist but just not in this area.

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Non-DP Related Mysteries! / Malaysian Airlines 370

« Last post by ahabmyth on May 29, 2025, 05:20:10 PM »

What are peoples thoughts on the disappearance of this flight.
 And I can start the topic. When the news first reached Australia on the goggle box, we were watching a report from the BBC and on the film strip news at the bottom of the screen was a a comment " Fishermen in the area have reported a huge mysterious object floating out to sea directly under the aircraft's flight path".
This film strip comment was only on the report for a couple of days then vanished never to be repeated. Years later I did email the BBC for any records of this but didnt receive a reply.

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General Discussion / Re: Presence of water in the foothills of Kholat

« Last post by ahabmyth on May 29, 2025, 04:45:43 PM »

Arjan re Pressure blast wave.
             Lets not forget that only 13klm away was another group of hikers who more than likely would have bee affected. Unless we assume a targeted strike was spot on.

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General Discussion / Re: Presence of water in the foothills of Kholat

« Last post by ahabmyth on May 29, 2025, 04:35:20 PM »

Arjan - Well done for thinking about the moon phase.
Unfortunately I done believe a theory that their could have been a clear night. The last pictures taken show some of the group on ski's in a blizzard and a few pics of them getting ready to assemble the tent and the weather then looks the same.
For the same reason (bad weather) I do not believe that anyone would be looking for water or firewood as they were well above the treeline.
I only assume that they would all be hunkered down in the tent trying to keep warm.
The fact that they didnt use the stove was strange but when you think about the amount of wood it would take to keep a reasonable fire going all night maybe they didnt think it worth it. I dont know much about these stoves. I know (first hand) that there were (in the UK) a paraffin based sort of wax that was used to start a fire. The amount of fuel in the stove must have been quite small and lets not forget the tent was 2 tents sewn together, maybe then thinking it not worth it.

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General Discussion / Re: Presence of water in the foothills of Kholat

« Last post by GlennM on May 27, 2025, 12:07:42 PM »

It certainly seems to reduce to whether the group split up or stayed together. I feel that two people walking for a mile round trip to fetch water is unbeliebable. I believe nine people descending as group for the same resource is also unbelievable. I rule out the liklihood that their final camp was in the forest because Igor's diary gives no indications. Therefore the final camp at elevation 880 on 1079 was abandoned for the greater good of the expedition. I feel that since the tent was cut away, the immediate and lingering threat was suffocation from sliding snow.

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General Discussion / Re: Book "1079"

« Last post by ahabmyth on May 27, 2025, 04:41:29 AM »

If the group went over the top of 1079 and went down on ski's to the cedar then why were 3 bodies found going up towards the big boot. If everyone was together at the cedars they wouldnt have dies.

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General Discussion / Re: Presence of water in the foothills of Kholat

« Last post by ahabmyth on May 26, 2025, 09:07:29 PM »

Afraid dosnt make sense to me about bringing water. On this day we are told there were extremely windy conditions, we only have to look at some of the last photos taken to imagine this. So if we assume there was plenty of snow it would be easier in those conditions just to scoop up some snow and melt it. We know the oven wasnt used as it was found in its box, so maybe they had an alternative sauce to use. Doing this would save 2 people 30minutes in that terrible weather.

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General Discussion / Re: Presence of water in the foothills of Kholat

« Last post by GlennM on May 26, 2025, 07:31:02 PM »

Arjan, the rescue party who descended to the woods to help their stricken friends had no need to knife open the tent to start their descent.

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General Discussion / Re: The notenook

« Last post by GlennM on May 26, 2025, 07:27:24 PM »

I loke the thinking, but we need clarification. One arguement is they left the torn tent with supplies which in turn precipitated injuries. The forensic reports imdicate that while some small items like soap and antibiotic pills were found in pockets, there does not seem to be an imdication of what was brought down from the tent, nor what became of it.

I favor natural causes. I thought they would have cut the tent for ponchos before abandoning it, but if they did,  then the stores they brought with them, including their skis could be scattered to Siberia by the winds.