Nine Hikers Cut Their Tent Open From the Inside. Did Science Explain Why?
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In February 1959, nine experienced ski hikers from the Ural Polytechnic Institute cut their way out of their own tent on the slope of Kholat Syakhl and walked into a storm, most of them without boots. None survived. This is what the evidence shows: the route, the tent, the search, the injuries, the 1959 verdict of "a compelling natural force", the theories, the 2020 Russian prosecutors' conclusion of a snow slab avalanche, and the 2021 physics paper by Johan Gaume and Alexander Puzrin that tried to explain the avalanche's timing and the injuries, plus what their critics say it still leaves out.
In memory of Igor Dyatlov, Zinaida Kolmogorova, Lyudmila Dubinina, Alexander Kolevatov, Rustem Slobodin, Yuri Krivonishenko, Yuri Doroshenko, Nikolai Thibeaux-Brignolles and Semyon Zolotaryov.
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0:00 Ten Set Out, One Turned Back
1:43 A Tent On Dead Mountain
3:15 The Tent In The Snow
4:44 What The Ravine Held
6:12 A Compelling Natural Force
7:24 Every Theory But One
8:45 The Prosecutors' Verdict
10:06 A Slab That Waited
11:40 What We Can Say, And What We Cannot
13:17 Outro
Sources: J. Gaume and A. M. Puzrin, "Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959", Communications Earth & Environment 2:10 (2021). A. M. Puzrin and J. Gaume, "Post-publication careers: follow-up expeditions reveal avalanches at Dyatlov Pass", Communications Earth & Environment 3:63 (2022). The 1959 criminal case file, decisions of 26 February, 18 May and 28 May 1959. Russia Beyond and Reuters on the 11 July 2020 prosecutors' conclusion. S. Osadchuk, St. Petersburg Times (2008). D. Eichar, Dead Mountain (2013). K. McCloskey, Mountain of the Dead (2013). Smithsonian Magazine (2021). The cause of the incident is still disputed.
Images: Igor Dyatlov and a tent pitched on skis, Subpolar Urals hike, January 1958, by Petr Bartolomey, CC BY-SA 2.0. "Yekaterinburg University 005 5085" by Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0. "Auspiya 2015" by Futball80, CC BY-SA 4.0. "Schneebrett keschhuette 20130316" (Switzerland) by Coronium, CC BY-SA 3.0. "Piz Nair with slab avalanche" (Switzerland) by Graf von Rüdesheim, CC BY-SA 4.0. "Mikhailovskoe Cemetery in Yekaterinburg (June 2024) - 1" by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0. All via Wikimedia Commons. Pages of the 1959 criminal case file (Sverdlovsk regional prosecutor's office) and the Dyatlov memorial photograph by Dmitry Nikishin are public domain.
Image credits Поход на Приполярный Урал (январь 1958 года) - 51906749096.jpg, by Petr Bartolomey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Ауспия 2015.JPG, by Futball80, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Schneebrett keschhuette 20130316.jpg, by Coronium, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Piz Nair with slab avalanche.jpg, by Graf von Rüdesheim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mikhailovskoe Cemetery in Yekaterinburg (June 2024) - 1.jpg, by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yekaterinburg University 005 5085.jpg, by Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Поход на Приполярный Урал (январь 1958 года) - 51906843848.jpg, by Petr Bartolomey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Nine Hikers Cut Their Tent Open From the Inside. Did Science Explain Why?
Sparky's Late Shift
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In February 1959, nine experienced ski hikers from the Ural Polytechnic Institute cut their way out of their own tent on the slope of Kholat Syakhl and walked into a storm, most of them without boots. None survived. This is what the evidence shows: the route, the tent, the search, the injuries, the 1959 verdict of "a compelling natural force", the theories, the 2020 Russian prosecutors' conclusion of a snow slab avalanche, and the 2021 physics paper by Johan Gaume and Alexander Puzrin that tried to explain the avalanche's timing and the injuries, plus what their critics say it still leaves out.
In memory of Igor Dyatlov, Zinaida Kolmogorova, Lyudmila Dubinina, Alexander Kolevatov, Rustem Slobodin, Yuri Krivonishenko, Yuri Doroshenko, Nikolai Thibeaux-Brignolles and Semyon Zolotaryov.
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0:00 Ten Set Out, One Turned Back
1:43 A Tent On Dead Mountain
3:15 The Tent In The Snow
4:44 What The Ravine Held
6:12 A Compelling Natural Force
7:24 Every Theory But One
8:45 The Prosecutors' Verdict
10:06 A Slab That Waited
11:40 What We Can Say, And What We Cannot
13:17 Outro
Sources: J. Gaume and A. M. Puzrin, "Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959", Communications Earth & Environment 2:10 (2021). A. M. Puzrin and J. Gaume, "Post-publication careers: follow-up expeditions reveal avalanches at Dyatlov Pass", Communications Earth & Environment 3:63 (2022). The 1959 criminal case file, decisions of 26 February, 18 May and 28 May 1959. Russia Beyond and Reuters on the 11 July 2020 prosecutors' conclusion. S. Osadchuk, St. Petersburg Times (2008). D. Eichar, Dead Mountain (2013). K. McCloskey, Mountain of the Dead (2013). Smithsonian Magazine (2021). The cause of the incident is still disputed.
Images: Igor Dyatlov and a tent pitched on skis, Subpolar Urals hike, January 1958, by Petr Bartolomey, CC BY-SA 2.0. "Yekaterinburg University 005 5085" by Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0. "Auspiya 2015" by Futball80, CC BY-SA 4.0. "Schneebrett keschhuette 20130316" (Switzerland) by Coronium, CC BY-SA 3.0. "Piz Nair with slab avalanche" (Switzerland) by Graf von Rüdesheim, CC BY-SA 4.0. "Mikhailovskoe Cemetery in Yekaterinburg (June 2024) - 1" by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0. All via Wikimedia Commons. Pages of the 1959 criminal case file (Sverdlovsk regional prosecutor's office) and the Dyatlov memorial photograph by Dmitry Nikishin are public domain.
Image credits Поход на Приполярный Урал (январь 1958 года) - 51906749096.jpg, by Petr Bartolomey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Ауспия 2015.JPG, by Futball80, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Schneebrett keschhuette 20130316.jpg, by Coronium, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Piz Nair with slab avalanche.jpg, by Graf von Rüdesheim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mikhailovskoe Cemetery in Yekaterinburg (June 2024) - 1.jpg, by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Yekaterinburg University 005 5085.jpg, by Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Поход на Приполярный Урал (январь 1958 года) - 51906843848.jpg, by Petr Bartolomey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This channel uses a synthetic voice and illustrations made in one house style with AI assistance. The research is real and simplified for a short runtime.
#history #mystery #dyatlovpass