I'm surprised the people made it as far as they did... so many things in this would have made my Girl Scout troop leaders faint. (Yep I was a Girl Scout, ok not a Navy Seal.)
The bleeding reminds me of an event in this movie -- not sure if it's medically accurate but the idea is that rapid inhalation of extremely cold air can case "pulmonary embolism". But why did that girl survive? Maybe she kept her nose covered more to warm up the air or something...
Jan 13, 2022·edited Jan 13, 2022Liked by Athena Walker
As grotesque as their last hours could look, they were actually pretty normal for people experiencing severe hypothermia in addition to altitude sickness, which could worsen the symptoms. In this regard neither this story, nor the Dyatlov’s pass sound like a mystery to me. Many people didn’t believe the official report that they died from hypothermia, but to me it’s believable. The only weird symptoms is eye bleeding, it could be caused by something else, but contrary to severe hypothermia, oxygen toxicity doesn’t progress that fast. So I don’t deny that there could have been any other cause of their deaths. No one knows for sure.
As for the leader being an experienced mountaineer, I no matter how experienced the mountaineer is, the influence they have on the situation in an expedition is still limited. Incidents can happen to any group.
As for the girl that survived, it could be because she had some medical condition or anomaly that made her normal blood pressure lower than that of most other people or oxygen easier absorbed, or something else that gave her an advantage and contributed to her survival.
I'm surprised the people made it as far as they did... so many things in this would have made my Girl Scout troop leaders faint. (Yep I was a Girl Scout, ok not a Navy Seal.)
The bleeding reminds me of an event in this movie -- not sure if it's medically accurate but the idea is that rapid inhalation of extremely cold air can case "pulmonary embolism". But why did that girl survive? Maybe she kept her nose covered more to warm up the air or something...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_(film)
As grotesque as their last hours could look, they were actually pretty normal for people experiencing severe hypothermia in addition to altitude sickness, which could worsen the symptoms. In this regard neither this story, nor the Dyatlov’s pass sound like a mystery to me. Many people didn’t believe the official report that they died from hypothermia, but to me it’s believable. The only weird symptoms is eye bleeding, it could be caused by something else, but contrary to severe hypothermia, oxygen toxicity doesn’t progress that fast. So I don’t deny that there could have been any other cause of their deaths. No one knows for sure.
As for the leader being an experienced mountaineer, I no matter how experienced the mountaineer is, the influence they have on the situation in an expedition is still limited. Incidents can happen to any group.
As for the girl that survived, it could be because she had some medical condition or anomaly that made her normal blood pressure lower than that of most other people or oxygen easier absorbed, or something else that gave her an advantage and contributed to her survival.
Good story. I always enjoy a good mystery.
Unrelated to the post but
Do you think Jake paul is a psychopath ?
He shows most of the traits but I'm not an expert.
Interesting story this, I had not come across it.