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Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Explorers(m): 3:30pm On Aug 29, 2018
The body of a Soviet woman mummified in ice and looking like a 'wax doll' who died with six other climbers on Europe's highest peak 31 years ago has been found.

A rescue team brought mountaineer Elena Basykina's remains down from 18,510 ft Mount Elbrus in southern Russia.

Her relatives said today they had feared that she had been 'kidnapped or kept hostage' in the 'dangerous' Caucasus region but vowed to give her a proper burial.



Her body encased in ice was discovered by a group of tourists on the mountain, reported Russian news agencies.

She was 36 when she died.

Her cousin Evgeny said today that her mother had died after her health worsened when Elena disappeared.


He said: 'We have been waiting for Elena all these 30-plus years.

'We tried to guess what could have happened to her and feared perhaps that she was kidnapped or kept hostage somewhere.

'It is such a dangerous region.'



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6105897/Female-climber-mummified-ice-31-years-vanished-Russias-Mount-Elbrus.html

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Nobody: 3:32pm On Aug 29, 2018
Woah
Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Explorers(m): 3:32pm On Aug 29, 2018
Near her body rescuers found her Aeroflot air ticket from Moscow to mountain resort Mineralnye Vody dated 10 April 1987 when Mikhail Gorbachev ruled the Kremlin before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Her USSR passport was also located among her possessions.


Elena was unmarried and had no children when she died at an altitude of around 13,125 ft on then mountain.


A rescue team brought mountaineer Elena Basykina's remains down from 18,510 ft Mount Elbrus in southern Russia.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Explorers(m): 3:32pm On Aug 29, 2018
In 1987, Soviet emergency workers had failed to find any of of her group from the Lenin Tourist Club in Moscow who were lost on the mountain when they were hit by an avalanche.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Nobody: 3:39pm On Aug 29, 2018
.WAT will they gain by climbing dangerous mountains??

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Sarkin: 3:40pm On Aug 29, 2018
Wow. It must have been painful.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by EdDave(m): 3:54pm On Aug 29, 2018
Wow. 31 years

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by DannyJ19(m): 4:03pm On Aug 29, 2018
grin grin

OTi gan kpa

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Treasure17(m): 4:06pm On Aug 29, 2018
Just dey imagine the pain her mother might have gone through because of her missing daughter before she died. Sad one.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Treasure17(m): 4:08pm On Aug 29, 2018
DannyJ19:
grin grin

OTi gan kpa
Why are you opening your teeth sheepishly?

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by lovelylad: 4:09pm On Aug 29, 2018
Explorer biko explore small small abeg, wetin be this again.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Coolcash1: 4:10pm On Aug 29, 2018
RIP
Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by OyinbowithaTan(m): 6:15pm On Aug 29, 2018
Happens somewhat frequently at Everest also.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Follygunners: 7:09pm On Aug 29, 2018
R.I.P to the lady! undecided

Mountaineering adventures... Anything could have gone wrong, trust me.. not that she's not good enough. undecided

Even the best of the best, "Rob Hall" died in 1996 on Everest nevertheless, "Reinhold Messner" remains the best climber of all time... cool

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by eluquenson(m): 7:20pm On Aug 29, 2018
Oyinbo people and risk taking is just something else.

Where are they climbing to or what exactly they want at the top.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Kharol1234: 7:37pm On Aug 29, 2018
if na naija nw dem no go bother fynd d pesin dem go dae say e go don rotten or she don follow r boifrnd run....nigerians better change no b d type of APC change ooo i mean beta change.....

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by OyinbowithaTan(m): 7:40pm On Aug 29, 2018
I know an American guy who had a son snow skiing in Europe. Swiss alps or something. The son went off of a cliff, body never recovered to this day. Happened about 30 years ago.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Maxcollins042(m): 7:46pm On Aug 29, 2018
Explorers we would like to see the picture of her frozen corpse.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by aminho(m): 7:48pm On Aug 29, 2018
Explorers:
Near her body rescuers found her Aeroflot air ticket from Moscow to mountain resort Mineralnye Vody dated 10 April 1987 when Mikhail Gorbachev ruled the Kremlin before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Her USSR passport was also located among her possessions.


Elena was unmarried and had no children when she died at an altitude of around 13,125 ft on then mountain.


A rescue team brought mountaineer Elena Basykina's remains down from 18,510 ft Mount Elbrus in southern Russia.

she died at an altitude of around 13,125 ft on the mountain.
But

A rescue team brought mountaineer Elena Basykina's remains down from 18,510 ft Mount Elbrus in southern Russia.
Did the body moved up?

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Nbote(m): 7:59pm On Aug 29, 2018
Oyibos and their daredevil sense of adventure

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by OyinbowithaTan(m): 8:03pm On Aug 29, 2018
aminho:


she died at an altitude of around 13,125 ft on the mountain.
But

A rescue team brought mountaineer Elena Basykina's remains down from 18,510 ft Mount Elbrus in southern Russia.
Did the body moved up?
Maybe a typo mistake or something.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by okwabayi(m): 8:11pm On Aug 29, 2018
I was thinking I'll see the face and 'perfect preservation' the article speaks of.
R.I.P. to her though. I hope she got the sense of achievement these white people experience from climbing high objects.

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by giftedheart1(m): 8:11pm On Aug 29, 2018
Treasure17:

Why are you opening your teeth sheepishly?
y r you opening your eye duckishly?...

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by wiseone28: 8:15pm On Aug 29, 2018
By reading this am feeling cold already

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by OyinbowithaTan(m): 8:17pm On Aug 29, 2018
The Bodies Of Dead Climbers On Everest Are Serving As Guideposts

There have been over 200 climbing deaths on Mount Everest and many of the bodies remain at the mountain to serve as a grave reminder for those who follow.

Standard protocol is just to leave the dead where they died, and so these corpses remain to spend eternity on the mountaintop, serving as a warning to climbers as well as gruesome mile markers.

One of the most famous corpses, known as “Green Boots” was passed by almost every climber to reach the death zone. The identity of Green Boots is highly contested, but it is most widely believed that it is Tsewang Paljor, an Indian climber who died in 1996.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mount-everest-bodies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrmETG-MzMo

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by OyinbowithaTan(m): 8:21pm On Aug 29, 2018
wiseone28:
By reading this am [b]feeling cold already[/b]

The peak of Everest is 29,000 Feet, an Airliner cruises at 35,000.

The climate of Mount Everest is naturally extreme. In January, the coldest month, the summit temperature averages about -36° C (about -33° F) and can drop as low as -60° C (-76° F). In July, the warmest month, the average summit temperature is -19° C (-2° F).

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by wiseone28: 8:24pm On Aug 29, 2018
OyinbowithaTan:


The peak of Everest is 29,000 Feet, an Airliner cruises at 35,000.

The climate of Mount Everest is naturally extreme. In January, the coldest month, the summit temperature averages about -36° C (about -33° F) and can drop as low as -60° C (-76° F). In July, the warmest month, the average summit temperature is -19° C (-2° F).
ok sire

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Explorers(m): 8:29pm On Aug 29, 2018
aminho:


she died at an altitude of around 13,125 ft on the mountain.
But

A rescue team brought mountaineer Elena Basykina's remains down from 18,510 ft Mount Elbrus in southern Russia.
Did the body moved up?



Body was discovered around 13, 125ft.

18, 510 is the peak of the mountain.

So she died either ascending or descending.

Clear

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by Explorers(m): 8:33pm On Aug 29, 2018
OyinbowithaTan:
The Bodies Of Dead Climbers On Everest Are Serving As Guideposts


https://www.nairaland.com/3417802/graveyard-26000ft-stories-frozen-bodies?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C9111216957

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Re: Female Climber Found Frozen On Mountain After Vanishing 31Yrs Ago In Russia(Pics by AlphaStyles(m): 8:36pm On Aug 29, 2018
May her soul RIP

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