Well, looky here..

[Dona]

Look how close they are to the Komi Republic border.. Is this why they camped out in the open?? To be easily found..

[trekker]

Look how close they are to the Komi Republic border.. Is this why they camped out in the open?? To be easily found..

But still they were well inside of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

[Manti]

To be easily found.. by whom?

And yeah they were in the middle of the SU, if they wanted to defect it's more practical to hike somewhere close to Finland maybe or on Sakhalin near Japan.

[Dona]

Who said they were trying to escape? More likely they were meeting someone..

[Dona]

Hmm, maybe the Rus. Gov.  found out something and ran them into the woods to die.

[Dona]

Could be why the Gov. knew about things on Feb 6th. and the 15th. And someone turned Zena over..I think Rutem  too

[trekker]

Who said they were trying to escape? More likely they were meeting someone..

Why meetings take place only on the borders of the states? To my understanding you can also meet someone in the middle of the state, you dont have to go border to meet.

[Dona]

I think there are many reason this would be a better place.. and maybe they wanted to retrieve something..

[trekker]

I think there are many reason this would be a better place.. and maybe they wanted to retrieve something..

Why make unnecessary assumptions? To me any fact and evidence doesn't need better meeting place or retrieve something. Why not just stick to Occam's razor principle?

[Loose}{Cannon]

I think there are many reason this would be a better place.. and maybe they wanted to retrieve something..

Like a level III certification?   😋

[Manti]

Semyon an outsider was with them so I don't think they would go on a clandestine mission to retrieve something.

But maybe they killed Semyon and buried him in the ravine first..... so then it's a staged scene, staged by the Dyatlov Group themselves 

[Loose}{Cannon]

Semyon an outsider was with them so I don't think they would go on a clandestine mission to retrieve something.

But maybe they killed Semyon and buried him in the ravine first..... so then it's a staged scene, staged by the Dyatlov Group themselves 

 

[trekker]

Semyon an outsider was with them so I don't think they would go on a clandestine mission to retrieve something.

But maybe they killed Semyon and buried him in the ravine first..... so then it's a staged scene, staged by the Dyatlov Group themselves 

Yes, and after killing Semyon they spied Top Secret Missile Tests and tried to defect to the Komi Republic which was secretly western country inside Soviet Union. Eventually KGB was after them all the time and they got caught, KGB killed them by freezing and in the end left wealth of puzzling details to amateur detectives.

[Dona]

Maybe Simon was  the one passing something.. He was fully dressed... I meant the Gov. retrieving

[Dona]

Something along that line is possible..  Beats many other theories.. Like falling off a 4 ft slope  LOL

[Loose}{Cannon]

Something along that line is possible..  Beats many other theories.. Like falling off a 4 ft slope  LOL

How high is it if a snow bank had accumulated along the ravine?  8ft... 22ft... ?

[Dona]

Then the bottom would be even further off the ground.. But, aside from that.. they were walking single file in deep snow..  The first one plunges to his death, then, the next one walks up and falls to their death, and then the  3rd and then the 4th..like lemmings  Yeah, I dont think so Besides a  foot planted in deep snow would anchor you.. you would just fall flat on your face where you stand.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Then the bottom would be even further off the ground.. But, aside from that.. they were walking single file in deep snow..  The first one plunges to his death, then, the next one walks up and falls to their death, and then the  3rd and then the 4th..like lemmings  Yeah, I dont think so Besides a  foot planted in deep snow would anchor you.. you would just fall flat on your face where you stand.

On the slope a long ways away they were... the tracks disappeared long before the treeline.  How do you know this?  Variables with layers of assumptions.

[Dona]

**Scratching head**    What?

[Loose}{Cannon]

**Scratching head**    What?

Your dismissing falling into the ravine based on them walking single file 3/4 away from the ravine.  How do you know they were not walking parallel following the ravine NW heading when the edge broke out from under their feet? 

[Dona]

They would have at least one broken leg...  They have NO lower body injuries.. And we know they walk single file in deep snow..

[Dona]

And with that, you are talking about a fall of about 1-2 feet

[Loose}{Cannon]

And with that, you are talking about a fall of about 1-2 feet

🙄

[Dona]

Hey, it was your idea, not mine 

[sarapuk]

They would have at least one broken leg...  They have NO lower body injuries.. And we know they walk single file in deep snow..

But there are lower body injuries.

[Dona]

On the Rav 4 there isnt anything significant,, Like a broken leg,, fractured pelvis,  broken ankle etc..

[Manti]

Hmmmm...
Trekker posted in this thread today but they now appear as "Guest" with no profile... I have seen this with other members too recently, why does this happen?

People deleting their accounts?

[Dona]

I dont know... ask them.

[RMK]

People deleting their accounts?

Yes, I believe so.

[sarapuk]

On the Rav 4 there isnt anything significant,, Like a broken leg,, fractured pelvis,  broken ankle etc..

Deep injury to Dubinina could be significant.