Mountaineer Dies in Rockfall in Kabardino-Balkaria Mountains

A group of three climbers attempted to ascend the summit Dzhanga, which is the fifth highest in the Russian part of the Caucasus (5085 meters).

As a result of a rockfall perished former president of the Mountaineering Federation Alexander Rastorguev of Krasnodar Krai, who had completed more than 200 ascents of various peaks. Two surviving members of the group were evacuated by helicopter, one of them a female climber. Ekaterina Fedorova — was taken to hospital with injuries of varying severity.

For the past two weeks, the media has been following the fate of the 47-year-old Natalia Nagovitsyna, who broke her leg while climbing Pobeda Peak in KyrgyzstanAfter several unsuccessful rescue operations, during which an Italian climber died and a helicopter was damaged, her recognized missing.