They broke off into 2 factions..

[Dona]

They didnt  work together s a team.. They broke off into 2 factions.. Half followed Simon and  his miltary training.. find a ravine and wait it out.. The others followed Igor and his hikers training.. Gather wood, build a snow cave etc.. It was only Igors team that was scraped up, bruised and abrasions on them.. Knuckles bruised and bloody because they were doing the work..They were digging and climbing trees.. Simons team has barely a scratch on them..

[tenne]

The 4 in the ravine had the worst injuries on them. The ones under the cedar had some injuries and the 3 found on the slope had barely any.

[Dona]

Re-read my post...more slowly..

[sarapuk]

They didnt  work together s a team.. They broke off into 2 factions.. Half followed Simon and  his miltary training.. find a ravine and wait it out.. The others followed Igor and his hikers training.. Gather wood, build a snow cave etc.. It was only Igors team that was scraped up, bruised and abrasions on them.. Knuckles bruised and bloody because they were doing the work..They were digging and climbing trees.. Simons team has barely a scratch on them..

I think you have got the sequence wrong for a start.

[Dona]

What sequence?? I didnt sequence anything.. Unless you believe they were injured at the tent... Not possible.. the single file footprints prove that..

[Nigel Evans]

Yes they split up, the case files mention the footsteps diverging and the injury profile is very different between the two groups which tells a story. It could be a disagreement over the path to take. I think you're seeing Semyon's WW2 experience shining through here. I like the theory that they didn't all make it down and the rest lit a fire at the cedar on a knoll because it would provide a beacon for the stragglers. (there are better places to build a fire than on a raised area...). I like the idea that Zina, Rustem, Igor never made it down. The 2 Yuris were part of the same group but reached the cedar in a terrible mess expiring shortly afterwards. Zina, Rustem and Igor may have been blinded.

[Dona]

I have wondered myself why they built the fire there.. Seems and odd place... Maybe they put it there because they were getting the wood from the cedar tree? I dont know.. tis weird tho..

[sarapuk]

They didnt  work together s a team.. They broke off into 2 factions.. Half followed Simon and  his miltary training.. find a ravine and wait it out.. The others followed Igor and his hikers training.. Gather wood, build a snow cave etc.. It was only Igors team that was scraped up, bruised and abrasions on them.. Knuckles bruised and bloody because they were doing the work..They were digging and climbing trees.. Simons team has barely a scratch on them..

You say that they broke off into 2 factions. Half followed Simon to find a Ravine and wait it out. The others followed Igor to build a snow cave etc. This is your sequence on the Dyatlov Group leaving the area of the Tent. Then you say that only Igors team was scraped up.  Every Member of the Dyatlov Group had bodily injuries. Whatever happened at the Tent must have scared the living daylights out of the Dyatlov Group. It must also have been something completely unexpected in order for them to abandon that Tent without proper protection or any equipment to survive outside for any length of time. Its almost a certainty that they headed down to the Treeline together as a Group. Once at the Treeline something else happened. All indications suggest desperate measures to survive with little time to do so. 2 die at the Cedar Tree. 3 die on the slope up towards the abandoned Tent. The other 4 are found dead at the Ravine. They didnt break off into 2 factions.

[Dona]

They split in the woods.. Not sure what your point is regarding their deaths..

[sarapuk]

They split in the woods.. Not sure what your point is regarding their deaths..

We dont really know how they came to separate because we lack Evidence. The positions of the bodies tell us that they were separated, thats for sure.

[Dona]

Its  who is n the ravine that makes it  suspicious..

[sarapuk]

Its  who is n the ravine that makes it  suspicious..

What is suspicious about that  ! ?

[Dona]

Alex, a nuclear scientist with a device,thats gone missing,  radiation spills, Simon the odd man with a nefarious background,rushed into the group and Nick, why buddied up with Simon,  in a day.. It couldnt be worse..

[sarapuk]

Alex, a nuclear scientist with a device,thats gone missing,  radiation spills, Simon the odd man with a nefarious background,rushed into the group and Nick, why buddied up with Simon,  in a day.. It couldnt be worse..

What device went missing  ! ? Radiation spills  !  ?  Radiation was Detected in the area and on some clothing, but where from no one knows.

[Dona]

The device the nuclear scientist was lugging  up the mountain that Zena talks about him having and testing along the way

[KFinn]

The device the nuclear scientist was lugging  up the mountain that Zena talks about him having and testing along the way

That was a sledge he'd attempted to make out of skies. 

[Dona]

What is a sledge and where did you see that?

[KFinn]

What is a sledge and where did you see that?

A sledge is like a basic sled or toboggan kind of thing, meant to help haul their items.  They were using a spare pair of skis.  There was a lot of equipment to haul and every piece had to be weighed as there were limits on how much they could each carry.  One of the girls was still carrying relatively lighter weight after an injury the summer before.  Kolevatov had attempted to throw together a sledge to help haul in the deeper snow (they were having issues with the weight and the deeper snows in the forest.). It is mentioned in Kolmogorova's diary as well as the Evening Otorten and I think it was mentioned by Yudin later, but I may be wrong on that last part (I have to go back to my notes, so it may be a bit before I can confirm that.)

[Dona]

This was a  level 3 certification. They werent allowed to have anything like that.

[KFinn]

This was a  level 3 certification. They werent allowed to have anything like that.

There wasn't any restriction of this kind for level 3 certification.

[Dona]

Everything had to be hand carried... from what I have read

[KFinn]

Everything had to be hand carried... from what I have read

Nope.  Here is an article WAB wrote some time back.

https://dyatlovpass.com/sports-classification

[Dona]

It doesnt mention it..

[KFinn]

It doesnt mention it..

It doesn't mention you can't use a sledge because there was no restriction on it.  In order to be certified as category III, you needed total length, duration (with a certain number of days at a distance from civilization,) a certain number of nights in winter condition (that doesn't mean without the stove, or tent, just that they had to overnight with only the supplies they brought with them,) and a certain amount and extent of natural obstacles.  This had to be done autonomously, as in without outside help. 

[Dona]

This is not the rule manual.. I'm sure its more than one paragraph..

[KFinn]

This is not the rule manual.. I'm sure its more than one paragraph..

No, its not a rule manual.  It is just an article by someone who was involved in winter trekking at that time in Soviet Russia.  However, if you feel there was a rule against this, maybe you can point us to where you found that?  It would certainly change some theories, that's for certain.

[Dona]

It was in a video.. too many to remember which one.. maybe someone else knows..

[KFinn]

It was in a video.. too many to remember which one.. maybe someone else knows..

If you ever do run across something conclusive, please do share!!  I will likewise see if I can find something closer to what you are looking for, as far as a definitive manual.

[Dona]

Ok sounds good.. I wonder if Teddy would know..

[Dona]

I just went thru Zena's diary and I dont see anything about it..