What made them leave behind everything that would enable them to survive the harsh winter conditions? (There were no zippers, only buttons in the tent opening.) No one knows what happened after they set up camp for the night-in one large tent together- to cause them all to panic and exit the tent as fast as possible by slashing their way out of the tent using knives. The group of seven men and two women had no idea their lives would end and it would become such an unsolved mystery.ĭiary entries stopped after several days into the trip. Possibly because it was in 1959 during the Cold War.Īnd how different the world was in 1959, Alaska only becoming the 49th state in USA.Ī popular activity among students was “tourism” which was a wide term that covered organized outdoor activities and included hiking, camping, rock climbing and skiing.Ī group of nine young people, most university students set out on a ski trip, an officially sanctioned activity, expected to take 22 days. Possibly because it happened in the Ural Mountains in Russia. I had never heard of the Dyatlov Pass incident before reading this book. This is a book I purchased through Bookbub.
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