[Schroder]

Nine Russian adventurers mysteriously froze to death—a new theory explains why

More background on Wikipedia:
Dyatlov Pass incident

[Malachai Constant]

Damn it was a lot more fun if it was aliens or Squach.

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"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn

[slabbyd]

They modeled it, how could they possibly be wrong?

[Sculpin]

Amazing story, thanks Schroder!

The headline should be something like "New Theory Restores Avalanche as Plausible Cause of Dyatlov Pass Tragedy" or something like that, we will never know what really happened.  AFAICT, the "parachute bomb" explanation remains just as plausible.

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Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir

[Cyclopath]

[Bosterson]

Interesting. I liked the infrasound hypothesis in the book Dead Mountain, but this is probably more plausible, especially since it explains the trauma injuries. Of course, the "mutants" or whatever in the movie Devil's Pass are at least as plausible, amiright? 

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Follow the river until it turns to ice. Follow the ice until it turns to rock. Follow the rock until it turns to sky. Then we will be there.
--Woodrow Wilson Sayre

[Cyclopath]

"Movie" Devil's Pass?  I thought that was a documentary!

[Snowdog]

and now this:

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2021/02/hikers-are-missing-at-already-mysterious-dyatlov-pass-a-bizarre-turn/?utm_source=AJ%27s+Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=38903bce3b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a7cb93cd43-38903bce3b-390828104&mc_cid=38903bce3b&mc_eid=44a579d04b

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'we don't have time for a shortcut'

[Eric Hansen]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/world/europe/russia-dyatlov-pass-avalanche.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage