Missed on mountain hike:
For twelve days, the rock climber Natalia has been stuck at 7439 meters. Now the rescue crew is giving up after several unsuccessful attempts.
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A tragedy takes place on the 7439 meter high peak Pobeda in the Tian Shan-Fjell chain.
At the top of Kyrgyzstan’s highest mountain, 47 -year -old Natalia Nagowizina has been with broken bones for almost two weeks.
It reports several media, including the newspaper 20 minutes.
Impossible to save
The 47-year-old is stuck in the so-called death zone, where oxygen deficiency, icy cold and brutal weather make survival almost impossible.
According to the newspaper 20 minutes, temperatures make as low as minus 23 degrees Celsius, violent storms and poor visibility “all rescue attempts impossible”.
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– Rescue crews have been trying to help Natalia for over a week. On Sunday they gave up. After repeated unsuccessful attempts, the action is now officially closed, says the rescue operation of the rescue operation, Dmitrij Grekov, in a statement.
Died in rescue attempts
Italian climber Luca Sinigaglia (49) managed August 15 to reach Nagowizina with tents, sleeping bag, food and water.
Shortly after, he himself died of cold and oxygen deficiency.
Several rescuers tried to reach both Nagowizina and Sinigaglia, but were forced to turn around again.
Among other things, a helicopter belonging to the Department of Defense was forced to make a hard emergency landing during one of the experiments.
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Everyone on board survived, but some were injured, writes the news channel Saw on X.
They will not save the Russian woman
The weather deteriorated sharply at the peak of Victory
Hands. The expedition Dmitry Grekov said: there is almost no chance of finding a woman alive.
Tomorrow, snowfalls and avalanches predict in the mountains. 47-year-old climber Natalya Nagovitsyna lies with a broken leg for more than a week and without food pic.twitter.com/wTXO88UL3o— SAW (@SA61W) August 23, 2025
– unrealistic to survive
It is unclear whether Nagowizina is still alive.
– I think she’s dead. She has been up there since August 12. It has been a long time, spokesperson Dmitrij Grekov told the Russian news agency Tass on Sunday.
Grekov says he is characterized by it all, adding that the hope of a happy ending dampes:
“It is unrealistic to survive at this height,” he continued.
