The Tragic End of Natalia Nagovitsyna's Ordeal on Pobeda Peak

Wow, I didn't realize helicopters can't go that high. I was wondering why it wasn't a simple helicopter extraction job, there you go.

Eesh, the person who went up to give her supplies died on the way down too.

> part of her quest to complete the Snow Leopard challenge by climbing all five 7,000m peaks in the former USSR.

I just don't understand these challenges but at least it's a self resolving problem.

Without death, there is no life.

Climbers know they risk death in pursuit of their accomplishments. I am positive it is one of the ways they challenge themselves.

These aren’t kids you are talking about. As the article says, this climber’s husband died while she was climbing with him in 2021. She absolutely knew the risks. I do not believe she would have wanted sympathy. “Normal” people can’t relate, and have “normal” responses. I’ll imagine my own eulogy for her, but this article isn’t it.

Is it known how she broke her leg?