It was late in the afternoon and easily snowing when four climbers working with four rocks, working in a steep channel between the two peaks in the northern cascade range of Washington, decided to turn around after the mountain, which would claim three of their lives.
When they climbed down, four attached the ropes to the python, a metal spike inserted into rock cracks or ice and used to attach the ropes – built by the past climber. When one of the men began to crawl off the python, he erupted from the mountain, sending all four fallen ice cream and snow and rock.
They fell about 200 feet (60 meters), descending into a sloping ravine, where they fell about 200 feet, before stopping in the rope vibration.
Three were killed until autumn. One was shot unconscious.
Anton Tselykh woke up in the dark. A few hours have passed since autumn.
Over the next few hours, he retreated from the clutter of ropes, gear and garbage and passed through the rude rock and snow terrain, and was rewarded to a customized ice tool-his car.
He drove about 40 miles (64 kilometers), after finding a paid phone and calling for help in Newhalem, an uncorfinated community about an hour’s drive. It was Sunday morning, eight hours since he regained consciousness.
Tselykh, from Seattle Hospital Wednesday morning, told the authorities after recovering from head injury and internal bleeding, what had happened. He was in a satisfactory condition at the Harborview Medical Center, which means he was not in the intensive care unit – email. In the letter, UW Medical Medical Director Susan Gregg.
Tselykh, 38, confirmed the theories of authorities, which led to the death of his three companions as Vishnu Irigrieddy, 48; Tim Nguyen, 63; and Oleksander Martynenko, 36.
The three -person search and rescue team responded to the drop in the drop in Tselykh’s call, Cristina Woodworth said, who led the team and told Lone Survivor on Wednesday. The team followed coordinates from the GPS device attracted by climbers shared by a male friend.
The untreated terrain required a helicopter that removed the bodies at the same time, Woodworth said.
The respondents covered the recovered equipment, trying to decipher what caused the fall. They found the python still entered climbers’ ropes, said Dave Rodriguez, an Okanogan County Coroner. It is difficult for pitones to remove from the rock, he said, and the presence of anchor in the rope was a hint of what happened.
Usually an anchor for creating a climber is a common practice, said Joshua Cole, CEO and co -owner of North Cascades Mountain Guides, who has been around in the field for about 20 years. It is still unclear whether the four have had a backup.
Four climbers were friends, some of whom had previously climbed together and appeared quite experienced, Woodworth said, adding that Tselykh was “obviously very affected.”
Irigrieddy was a Vice President of Engineering Fluke Corporation, a test equipment manufacturing company that announced a statement on Wednesday.
“Vishnu was an extraordinary leader, and his loss is felt abundantly throughout our organization,” the report states.
Martynenko’s wife, Olga, said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that her husband, who she mentioned as Alex, also left her son. She shared a reference to the voter of the funds to help “during the devastating time of our lives”.
“I still can’t believe you are gone, my love.”
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