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Related: this is a very well produced video on the Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RigxxiilI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Rigxxiil

Related: this is a very well produced video on the Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RigxxiilI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RigxxiilI

erentz 5y ago
See also this episode which includes a newer Katabatic Wind theory proposed by a Swedish expedition. I personally found this the most plausible theory I’ve heard so far. https://youtu.be/3NsAVMd8Hek https://youtu.be/3NsAVMd8Hek
- jandrese 5y ago
  Isn't this more of a continuation of the Snow Slab theory? They set up the tent for the night and the high winds dislodged the slab and caused it to smash into the tent, forcing the students to cut their way out and seek alternate shelter. The bit about the students trying to shovel snow on top of the tent that they had just cut up in an attempt to stabilize it is dubious IMHO. Plus if they had time to dig snow they had time to grab their coats and boots. The reason they ran away in their night clothes is because they thought they were about to be hit by a real avalanche and also their gear was buried under a huge clump of snow. The rest of the story about how one set of students tried to build a fire out in the open but it wasn't enough to save off the freezing wind and the other group tried to build a biovac out of a snowbank and were crushed when it collapsed is completely plausible. It even makes sense if they thought the slope was about to avalanche, it would be too risky to try to go back and retrieve the gear, even as they were literally freezing to death.
  - goatlover 5y ago
    You don't run downhill from a pending avalanche, and the footprints going down from the tent don't indicate any running or falling, which would be likely in those conditions at night. The Katabatic Wind says they thought the tent was about to be destroyed by the wind, exposing them to deadly cold from the high winds. So they sought shelter in the forest below. It's one of several wind theories. But agreed that if they had the teime to stabalize the tent with packed snow, they had time to grab their shoes and warmer clothing. All the theories are flawed in one way or another.
    - jandrese 5y ago
      They ran to the nearest forest to escape the pending avalanche. It probably wasn't quite so cold at the moment they started to flee, but then the wind kicked up and the temperature dropped precipitously.
pimlottc 5y ago
The Futility Closet podcast also did an episode on this topic: https://www.futilitycloset.com/2015/04/26/podcast-episode-55-the-dyatlov-pass-incident/ https://www.futilitycloset.com/2015/04/26/podcast-episode-55...
rurban 5y ago
This is a better one on the real Dyatlov incident. By Dyatlov himself, straight from the horse's mouth. https://youtu.be/N8__v9EswN4 https://youtu.be/N8__v9EswN4
- abalaji 5y ago
  I think you might be mistaken. The above video is about the Dyatlov Pass incident (hiking expedition led by Igor Dyatlov). The video you linked is interview of Anatoly Dyatlov about the Chernobyl Explosion. Different Dyatlov but still cool though!

Related: this is a very well produced video on the Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RigxxiilI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RigxxiilI

erentz 5y ago

See also this episode which includes a newer Katabatic Wind theory proposed by a Swedish expedition. I personally found this the most plausible theory I’ve heard so far. https://youtu.be/3NsAVMd8Hek https://youtu.be/3NsAVMd8Hek

jandrese 5y ago
Isn't this more of a continuation of the Snow Slab theory? They set up the tent for the night and the high winds dislodged the slab and caused it to smash into the tent, forcing the students to cut their way out and seek alternate shelter. The bit about the students trying to shovel snow on top of the tent that they had just cut up in an attempt to stabilize it is dubious IMHO. Plus if they had time to dig snow they had time to grab their coats and boots. The reason they ran away in their night clothes is because they thought they were about to be hit by a real avalanche and also their gear was buried under a huge clump of snow. The rest of the story about how one set of students tried to build a fire out in the open but it wasn't enough to save off the freezing wind and the other group tried to build a biovac out of a snowbank and were crushed when it collapsed is completely plausible. It even makes sense if they thought the slope was about to avalanche, it would be too risky to try to go back and retrieve the gear, even as they were literally freezing to death.
- goatlover 5y ago
  You don't run downhill from a pending avalanche, and the footprints going down from the tent don't indicate any running or falling, which would be likely in those conditions at night. The Katabatic Wind says they thought the tent was about to be destroyed by the wind, exposing them to deadly cold from the high winds. So they sought shelter in the forest below. It's one of several wind theories. But agreed that if they had the teime to stabalize the tent with packed snow, they had time to grab their shoes and warmer clothing. All the theories are flawed in one way or another.
  - jandrese 5y ago
    They ran to the nearest forest to escape the pending avalanche. It probably wasn't quite so cold at the moment they started to flee, but then the wind kicked up and the temperature dropped precipitously.

pimlottc 5y ago

The Futility Closet podcast also did an episode on this topic: https://www.futilitycloset.com/2015/04/26/podcast-episode-55-the-dyatlov-pass-incident/ https://www.futilitycloset.com/2015/04/26/podcast-episode-55...

rurban 5y ago

This is a better one on the real Dyatlov incident. By Dyatlov himself, straight from the horse's mouth. https://youtu.be/N8__v9EswN4 https://youtu.be/N8__v9EswN4

abalaji 5y ago
I think you might be mistaken. The above video is about the Dyatlov Pass incident (hiking expedition led by Igor Dyatlov). The video you linked is interview of Anatoly Dyatlov about the Chernobyl Explosion. Different Dyatlov but still cool though!