Italian Climber Dies After Trying To Save Stranded Russian Climber on Victory Peak
A climber from Italy has died after trying to save a climber from Russia on the Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan.
Natalia Nagovitsyna — whose husband died on a different mountain four years ago — broke her leg while climbing the 24,406-foot Victory Peak while she was at an altitude of around 23,000 feet, and has been stranded in the mountains for nearly two weeks.Read more here
We send our deepest condolences to the friends and family of the climber who tried to save another fellow climber. We hope the climber from Russia is rescued by SAR teams once the weather isn't too dangerous for the team to continue their search and recovery. Please be safe out there, everyone!
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