Dead Mountain
by Donnie Eichar · first published 2013
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In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously, leading to decades of speculation. Through the hikers' journals and photographs, interviews, and government records, their story is brought to life.
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Donnie Eichar's book Dead Mountain is a good, fun read on it.
on “Dyatlov Pass Incident” ↗My reads this read, which I enjoyed: - Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar (an examination of the Dyatlov Expedition). - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (fantasy). - Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger. - Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden. Hopefully the other responses…
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?” ↗I recommend this book: Dead Mountain by Donnie Eicher. It is a well-researched read of the incident: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17557470-dead-mountain
on “The disappearance of a Soviet skiing party in 1959” ↗I heard recently of the book "Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident" by Donnie Eichar ... which apparently goes into the whole thing via access to records, photos, interviews, the hiker's journals, and so forth. The…
on “Dyatlov Pass Incident” ↗…tumble in the avalanche while in the tent? Is the thought that the group heard the avalanche, came out, and got caught in it? I should read the paper more carefully. I'm going off what I remember from Dead Mountain by Eichar.
on “A small, delayed avalanche may have been responsible for the Dyatlov Incident” ↗The book "Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident" goes into this. IIRC, an avalanche as an explanation was rejected. The conclusion was something like a harmonic wind incident. This caused the hikers…
on “A small, delayed avalanche may have been responsible for the Dyatlov Incident” ↗