Russian climber Alina Pekova, who conquered all 14 eight thousand people in the world in a year and a half, in an interview with Nadezhda Strelets, expressed the opinion that Russian Natalya Nagovitsina could have been helped.
“I thought she could have been helped. There was a chance. The rescuers themselves did not deny this. But it was the end of the season, there were not many people left in the camp, everyone was tired. We needed a healthy climber, not afraid to go, who could risk his life, not just one person, not just one rescuer,” she said.
Nagovitsina, who was part of a climbing group of four, including herself, began climbing Pobeda in early August. She broke her leg on August 12, leaving her confined to a tent at 7,200 meters. The next day, climbers in her group approached and tried to help her, but Nagovitsina could not get down. Subsequently, many other attempts were made to help the climber, including helicopter assistance, but all were unsuccessful. The main factor that made the rescue operation unsuccessful was the weather.
Nagovitsina's son speaks out about her death
On August 23, the head of the climbers' base camp, Dmitry Grekov, announced that the rescue operation for Nagovitsina had ended. In the following days, it was reported that further rescue attempts might be made, but this never happened.
On September 2, TV presenter Victoria Bonya published footage of a drone flying over Nagovitsina's tent and reported that she was no longer alive.
