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Chronicle of accidents,
search and rescue operations in 2007 and early 2008

Govor V.V., Novosibirsk, ZMS, Vice-President of the TSSR,
international class instructor, assistant professor at NSU

1. Tragedy on the ski route of the III category of difficulty with Krasnoyarsk tourists.
02/11/07, the group of sports tourists consisted of seven people. The leader - Vyacheslav Popov, born in 1963, had experience in high-altitude ascents, participated in tourist sports hikes of the fifth and sixth categories of difficulty, climbed the Khan Tengri peak (6995 m) in the Central Tien Shan. The group consisted of: Sergey Bulgakov, born in 1983, Evgeny Shvedov, born in 1985, Alexander Mikhailov, born in 1984, Ayuna Sanzhieva, born in 1977, Alexander Belyak and Anton Esipenko, 1985. R. One of the village. Shushenskoye, Krasnoyarsk Territory, the rest - from the city of Krasnoyarsk. The leader of the group, Vyacheslav Popov, Ayuna Sanzhieva, Anton Esipenko and Sergei Bulgakov, were killed.
The route documents of the group are drawn up in accordance with the Rules. The route was approved by the IWC of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Tourism Federation. The group officially registered with the control and rescue service of Abakan. The preparation of the participants of the ski trip was appropriate for the passage of the declared route of the third category of difficulty.
The accident occurred while descending a frozen waterfall, more than 100 km from the Snow Leopard camp site, which is located on a small left tributary of the Bolshoy On River. Four fell on the ice while descending and fell from a high frozen waterfall. Later, three went down to the victims, and after assessing the situation, they made a decision: one stayed with the injured in the taiga, and two went to the nearest telephone connection, which was at the Snow Leopard camp site, to call rescuers. They walked for 2 days in the taiga. On February 13, after 4 pm, the tourist who came first reported the incident to the rescuers. Then the most incredible stories appeared in the press. About "an unregistered group of climbers who travel at their own risk and fell off the ridge." Such information could only get into the press through the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Details of the tragedy: two hooks connected by a loop were hammered into the rocks to descend from the frozen waterfall. At the moment of the start of the descent of the leader of the group, one of the hooks flew out, and the second remained, however, the jerk was enough to break the leader and 3 more participants, who were at the time of the beginning of the descent of the leader without self-belay in the descent zone. Since the surviving three participants at the time of the breakdown of the leader and three participants only approached the place of the tragedy, they saw only the consequences of the breakdown: a torn off hook and a rope hanging on the second hook. There are no living witnesses to the tragedy. One can only assume what was primary: the jumping out of the hook under load or the leader's breakdown, which caused the hook to be pulled out, the participants thrown off with the free rope, or their attempt to hold the person who started the descent. However, the statement for the press of the head of the rescuers that "... that the group has not been registered" is puzzling. And the assumption, "... that the presence of at least one means of communication would make it possible to avoid" such a tragic outcome ... ". Rescuers reached the scene only on 15 February. This raises the question, so what did they show us on central television on February 13 and 14?
The group was registered with the rescue service in the city of Abakan, with the rescue service having a zone of responsibility in the area of ​​the campaign. What's not registered there? And again the question of communication arises. Who informed the sports tourists and when: what channels are used by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and what is the possibility of communicating with them through these channels? What radio stations can be used for this? Sports tourists do not yet have money for satellite communications, and a heavy long-distance radio station or radio beacons cannot be physically carried away in addition to the travel cargo.
Trouble does not come alone ... After the funeral of the Krasnoyarsk athletes, which gathered more than 300 people, the president of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Federation of Sports Tourism returned home to his wooden cottage, which caught fire at night from a short circuit. Rescuing his wife in the fire killed a man who had previously defeated one of the most terrible forms of oncology. We grieve and express our deep condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims.

2. At the Krasnaya Polyana resort on March 4, 2007
In the area of ​​the Salym circus, in the Aibga ridge, in the area of ​​the 4th stage of the cable car, an avalanche descended, there are victims: a ten-year-old boy from Tuapse died, presumably, three more people (skiers) may remain under the avalanche. Three groups of rescuers from three regions: Kuban, Adygea and Sochi, about 50 rescuers were sent to the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort, where people can remain under the snow after an avalanche has fallen. At night, they arrived at the scene of the incident. On March 5, the search for people continued, who, according to eyewitnesses, were covered by an avalanche. About 140 people, 5 units of rescue equipment, 5 dog teams work at the site of the emergency. It is likely that there is no one else under the rubble, but the rescuers are guided by the words of eyewitnesses, therefore, in parallel with the searches, they conduct an active survey in all nearby hotels to see if any of the guests have disappeared. No one announced the missing people, but rescuers admit that under the avalanche, for example, a family, whose disappearance was not noticed, could remain. Therefore, the work continues. Considering that Krasnaya Polyana is preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, passions flared up over this accident. The Sochi prosecutor's office opened a criminal case into the death of the child. Assumption - the tragedy happened because of the economy. The head of the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation believes that the tragedy could have been avoided: because earlier the Alpiko Service company, which operates the cable car, several times refused the services of the Ministry of Emergencies, whose specialists would ensure the safety of skiers. In particular, they organized duty posts, constantly monitored meteorological conditions and the condition of the slopes, and carried out rescue operations even more promptly. But, in his opinion, they prefer to save money on tourists. Despite the tragedy in Krasnaya Polyana, tourists do not refuse to travel to this ski resort. “Reservations are not removed,” said representatives of travel agencies.

3. In a major car accident on the territory of the Altai Territory 06/08/2007.
water tourists from Barnaul, Udmurdia and the Chelyabinsk region were killed. In an accident on the Barnaul - Biysk highway, KamAZ and two minibuses collided: GAZ-322132 and Mercedes. Four people were killed among the passengers of the Gazelle. Five passengers were hospitalized, three of them are in a very serious condition. The driver of "Gazelle" refused hospitalization. The driver of KamAZ is in serious condition, he was hospitalized in the Novoaltaisk central hospital. One of the 11 people in the Mercedes minibus who took the worst hit survived the accident. The remaining 10 passengers were killed. All of them returned from rafting in the Altai Republic. Six are residents of the Udmurt city of Votkinsk, one is from the Chelyabinsk region. The authorities of the Altai Territory contacted Udmurtia. Perhaps, on June 10, the bodies of the dead will be delivered to their homeland by a charter flight. The regional administration will take all measures to meet and accommodate the relatives of tourists who died in the accident. As the vice-governor of the Altai Territory noted, there has not been such a major car accident in the Altai Territory for at least 20 years.

4. When crossing the river. Akkem (right tributary of the Katun river) June 21, 2007
at 14-30 o'clock on the horse route a horse stumbled at the tourist Tomilova Yulia Sergeevna, who lives in Berdsk, Novosibirsk region. As a result, she fell from her horse into the river and was carried downstream. She was part of a travel agency group. The search for the tourist by the forces of the group and passing tourists did not give any results. On the same day, the group reported what had happened at the Akkem PSP, went down to the end of the Nizhniy Gorge and in the morning continued on to the village. Tyungur, Ust-Koksinsky district, from where on 22.06.07 at 21.30 o'clock they contacted the ARPSD duty officer in Gorno-Altaysk by phone. On June 22, 2007, at 09.00, 3 people were sent to search from the Ak-Kem PSO together with the local population and specialists from the Vysotnik camp site (Tungur village), consisting of 7 people. In total, there are 10 people with horses in the search group. The director and employees of the Brothers Govor travel agency returned early in the morning from Gorny Altai only on June 27, 2007, where the search work of the local guide (horse breeder) Viktor Tadyrov is still underway by community activists and the guide instructor, and the body of the deceased tourist Yulia Tomilova was delivered to Berdsk. (Residents of Berdsk, 34 years old). The instructor-guide will be in the search area until the termination of the search work by local guides-horse breeders and residents.
Chronicle of events clarified during the analysis of the accident: on June 21 from 14-00 to 14-30 an accident occurred while crossing the Akkem River on horseback, when Yu.S. Tomilova. fell into the water and was carried away by the current. While trying to help her, the local horse breeder Viktor Tadyrov threw himself into the water and was also carried away by the current.
06/22/07 at about 7 pm the instructor-guide AA Kremer phoned the office of the "Govor Brothers" travel agency. of this route and reported the accident, and that at the first moment the searches for Tomilova Yu and Tadyrov V. were organized by the forces of the group. As a result, a section of the river downstream to its entrance to the canyon was scanned, but Tadyrova and Tomilova were not found. After that, the instructor-guide reported to the Akkem rescue point, where at that time there were 8 rescuers of the Gorno-Altai PSO, who began to organize the search. The instructor-guide took the group to the village. Tungur and sent it on a rented minibus to Novosibirsk. Immediately after receiving the information, the management of the travel agency contacted the PSS of the city of Gorno-Altaysk. And they received confirmation that the PSS knows about what happened on the river. Akkem accident and carry out search work. At the moment, the missing tourists have not been found. In the travel agency "Brothers Govor", a round-the-clock watch was established in the office.
06/23/07 an instructor-guide with local residents drove out in a GAZ-66 car to the search area (“Three Birches”). The travel agency reported this to the rescuers. At 16-00, after the next communication between the Altai MSS and the Akkem PSO, the rescuers reported to the travel agency that the body of Yu. Tomilova was found in a hard-to-reach place in the Akkem river gorge, the body was tied up and kept in water for cooling. The travel agency discussed with the PSS further transportation work: to lift up the trail by the forces of rescuers and local residents, then take them along the trail on horseback to a clearing where a helicopter can land. After the body is delivered to the specified location, rescuers contact the travel agency, and it will organize a helicopter flight.
06.24.07 at 14-00 to the travel agency "Brothers Govor" was informed that the body of Tomilova Yu.S. was taken to the agreed place and placed there in the water. The management of the travel agency ordered a helicopter, the departure of which was scheduled for the morning of June 26. It was decided that the director and his staff would leave for Gorno-Altaysk at night and, upon arrival, take off with the rescuers to the place. The delay in the departure of the flight that evening was due to insufficient light time for the helicopter to return with the body to the city of Gorno-Altaisk and the fact that the search for VD Tadyrov was still underway, and it was necessary to conduct a search over the river. Katun and r. Akkem. At 22 o'clock, before the departure of representatives of the travel agency in Gorno-Altaysk from the village. Tungur called the instructor-guide and said that the body of Tomilova Yu.S. delivered to the village. Tungur and asked the travel agency to help her transfer the body to the morgue in the village. Ust-Koksa. The travel agency contacted the PSS, and the rescuers called the car of the Ust-Koksinsky police, which delivered the body to the morgue of the district hospital in the village. Ust-Koksa, accompanied by an instructor-guide and a friend of the deceased. At 22-30 the travel agency employees and the director left Novosibirsk for the city of Gorno-Altaisk, on the way to Berdsk they took a relative of the deceased. In the city of Gorno-Altaisk, in the MSS of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Altai Republic, they clarified all the formalities and outlined an action plan, additionally taking an UAZ car, for the removal of the body they went to the village. Ust-Koksa. Having completed all the necessary formalities, the body was sent to the morgue of Gorno-Altaysk, accompanied by a relative of the deceased. The director of the travel agency left the village. Ust-Koksa in the village. Tungur and agreed there with local horse breeders-guides to continue the search for V.D. Tadyrov, leaving there for the coordination of the instructor-guide, as a representative of the travel agency. He returned to the city of Gorno-Altaisk, where he resolved all issues related to further transportation, as a result of which on 26.06.07 the body was delivered to the city of Berdsk, where the funeral took place on 27.06.07 at 15-00.
Special comments on the incident:
1. On horseback riding routes, when moving on horses, choosing a path, tactics of movement, methods of overcoming obstacles, the leading role belongs to the local guide (horse breeder).
2. The route does not include horse crossings across the Akkem River, except for its source (near Lake Akkem), where there is practically no current and there is a boat crossing, as well as over a bridge in the lower reaches of the river.
3. A backup option with a descent along the Akkem river gorge is not considered even in exceptional cases, due to the presence of talus on the left bank in front of a narrow gorge with a canyon.
4. Viktor Tadyrov, at the time of his death, for 45 years accompanied tourist groups in the area for many years and was one of the most experienced, reliable and responsible Altai guides (horse breeders).
5. Tour of Tomilova Yu.S. sold by the Berdsk branch of CIATT, an agreement with a tourist was concluded in the same place, the insurance policy "Reso-Garantia" was issued in the same place. The management of the travel agency contacted the insurer Reso-Garantiya in Novosibirsk and Moscow for insurance payments and monitored the process until the insurance was paid out.
6. There is a completed itinerary book with the list of the group members about their knowledge of safety rules (TB) and a list of the instructor-guide about the passage of the safety instruction in the travel agency, the safety instruction book with the lists of the group members, general and equestrian information sheets. The text of the instruction on safety on the equestrian route.
As a result of the analysis, it became clear that the direct cause of the death of the tourist Tomilova was not established in view of the pronounced universal rotting of the corpse. Drowning is most likely due to damage to the body, received when it was moved by a stream of water in a mountain river. It is known that she fell from a horse into the Akkem River, separated from the horse and on the section of the river viewed by the group members could not get ashore. Although at some point the tourists observing the development of the NS noted that she rose to her feet near the coast, but then fell into the water and the stream carried her further. The reason for the fall from the horse was that the horse stumbled while in the water stream while crossing the Akkem River. The crossing was carried out in the middle reaches of the Akkem River and was not included in the approved route.
The local horse breeder, conductor V.D. Tadyrov, who organized the crossing of the group and was the first to cross on horseback, hearing Tomilova's cries for help getting off his horse, jumped into the water and swam after Tomilova. On the section of the Tadyrov River viewed by the group members, I did not swim to catch up with the tourist Tomilova, and they separately, being in the stream of water, disappeared around the bend, first Tomilova, then Tadyrov.
06/23/07 Tomilova's body was found in a hard-to-reach place in the Akkem river gorge. The remains of Tadyrov's body were found at the very end of September in a tree fold located in the lower reaches of the Akkem River. It is not possible to establish the direct cause of death from the remains. Presumably drowning due to body injuries sustained while being moved by a stream of water in a mountain river.
The decision on the crossing, the choice of the place of the crossing, the assessment of the water situation, the method of crossing the Akkem River in this place and the order of movement were chosen and established by V. Tadyrov. The instructor-guide Anna Kremer, in accordance with the established order of movement, closed the column. V. Tadyrov began the crossing, without waiting for the gathering of the entire group and the arrival of the instructor-guide A. Kremer, who was closing the column. At the moment the crossing of Akkem began, the group deviated significantly from the approved route and by that moment had overcome two crossings, which were also not included in the approved route. The movement along the equestrian route took place according to the planned schedule. They came to Lake Akkem at the planned time and here, by a majority of votes, they adopted the "Decision to change the route". Instead of exploring the conditions of the ascent to the Kara-Turek pass, we made two days, missing the time to leave the area along the way of approach or through a lower pass bypassing the gorge of the Tekeli River.
As a result of the analysis carried out by the MCC, the following became clear: on June 21, at about 15:00, a group of tourists in the amount of 7 people, a local guide-horse breeder and an instructor-guide of the "Brothers Govor" travel agency, making a horse route III class, agreed with the MCC along the route of the village ... Tungur - lane. Kuzuyak - brook Oroktoy - r. Tukman - Lake Kilda - r. Tekel - lake. Akkem - lane. Kara-Turek - r. Kucherla - pos. Tungur approached the crossing over the river. Akkem. Thus, changing the approved route. The change of the route was not agreed with either the travel agency, the MCC, or the rescuers of the PSP "Akkem" and was adopted at the general meeting of the group by a majority vote on Lake Akkem (ie, the opinions of the group members were divided, but the decision was made).
At the third, on this day, crossing the Akkem not far from the entrance to the Lower Gorge, Tomilova's horse Yu.S. stumbled, and she fell (possibly jumped) into the water and was carried away by the current Hearing cries for help, V.D. Tadyrov, who was at that time on the other bank, jumped into the water and tried to catch up with the tourist by swimming, but did not catch up with the river. and they were carried away around the bend, no one else saw them. The instructor-guide with the rest of the group only approached the place of the crossing. She crossed the river on horseback. Akkem and surveyed from the bank, the river bed to the entrance to the canyon, but did not find Tadyrova and Tomilova. Tomilova's body was found by rescuers and local residents. Tadyrov's remains were discovered by local residents at the end of September. The causes of death of Tomilova and Tadyrov have not been established due to the severe injuries of the corpses.
The disciplinary commission of the IWC of the Siberian Federal District established: that the death of Tomilova Yu.S. and Tadyrov V.D. occurred due to an accident. The accident occurred due to the fact that Yu.S. Tomilova while crossing Akkem, when her horse stumbled, she could not resist in the saddle and let go of the reins and the horse, as well as the attempt of the guide V.D. Tadyrov. help her by swimming. A concomitant cause of the accident is a route change that was not agreed with the MCC, the travel agency and the Akkem PSP, which was accepted by the majority of tourists at the general meeting. An indirect reason for the National Assembly was not maintaining the trail along the left bank of the river. Akkem is in working order, forcing local residents to lay it with a change of banks with several fordings. It is noted that V.D. Tadyrov himself. earlier categorically refused even the transportation of the load along the bank of the river. Akkem on horseback, not to mention the tourists in a backup variant of leaving the route, therefore, the travel agency did not even consider this route as a spare one, although with the exception of the mobile talus in front of the "Lower Gorge", which is passed on a lead, on the old trail of others differing in difficulty there are no places, especially ferries. Since the group has successfully crossed the river crossings twice. Akkem, and by the time of the accident, partially overcame the third, and later the participants who remained on the right bank crossed, it can be concluded that the water level in the Akkem River at the time of the accident was not high and that this was indeed an accident.
... Beginning of October 2007. A local resident found the remains of a person identified by a waist belt in a forest crease located in the lower reaches of the Akkem River. This is Vitaly (known to tourists as Viktor) Dzhudovich Tadyrov, who tragically died in the Akkem River on June 21, 2007 at the age of 45 while trying to save a tourist who fell from a horse into the river. Buried in the cemetery of the village. Tungur.

5. When descending from the lane. "Big Berelsk saddle" 06/22/07
one of the tourists from the BYUI group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs got a leg injury, he is able to move. To provide assistance at 05.00 Moscow time, 2 rescuers came out from the Ak-Kem PSO.
V.V .: It is interesting that on the Internet the "victim" himself categorically denies this fact. What is it? An attempt will explain why few rescuers were looking for the river. Akkem?

6. Accidents from 09 - 19.06.07 in the Altai Republic.
While crossing the mountain river Bashkaus in the Ulagansky district, Valentina Osipova, who was resting from Novosibirsk, drowned. Her body has not yet been found. Since the beginning of July, nine accidents involving tourists have occurred in the Altai Republic, in which eight people were injured, four were killed, four were missing and two were rescued.

7. The rescue operation in Altai ended on July 13, 2007,
where a group of tourists went down to the Geofizicheskaya cave, located 38 kilometers from the settlement of Sarasy (foothills on the border of the Altai Territory and the Altai Republic). In due time, the tourists did not return from the route and did not get in touch. At about 13.00, two groups of rescuers left for the cave, but their help, fortunately, was not needed: the tourists came to the surface on their own. But passions ran high, the details are set out in the collection.

8. When climbing Mount Belukha 16 07.07.
Alexei Korzhavin, the head of the Yekaterinburg group of tourists, fell off a cliff. A group of tourists from Yekaterinburg, which was not registered in the MSS, made an ascent to V. Belukha over the Delone pass. On the pass, the leader of the group A. Korzhavin fell off a cliff, suffered a fractured ribs, a concussion and a spinal injury. A group of rescuers from the PSO Ak-Kem, consisting of 4 people, went out to transport him from the crash site to the Tomsk Parking Shelter, where the helicopter landed. As of 20 hours. 00 minutes (Moscow time) A. Korzhavin died before the arrival of the rescuers. Korzhavin's body was transported from the crash site and is located at the Tomsk Stoyanki shelter. On July 18, 2007, the body of the deceased Alexei Korzhavin was taken by helicopter to the city of Gorno-Altaisk, where it turned out that the relatives would have to transport the body of the deceased to Yekaterinburg at their own expense, since Alexei Korzhavin had not been registered with the Altai Republican Search and Rescue Service before climbing. division. Registration is required in order to receive assistance in evacuation in case of danger. To be able to call a helicopter for help, he had to get insured with an insurance company that has an agreement with the Altai Republican Ministry of Emergency Situations. The Yekaterinburg tourist has not entered into any agreements, which means that the costs are borne by the relatives. One hour of helicopter flight in the Altai Republic costs about 46 thousand rubles, on average 3 hours are spent on transporting the body to the city of Gorno-Altaysk. It turns out that the relatives of the deceased must pay the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the republic almost 140 thousand rubles for the delivery of the body only to the city of Gorno-Altaysk.

9. Total since the beginning of the 2007 water season
in the mountain rivers of Altai, 12 people were injured, of which 9 people died - messages on the Internet.

10.In the Altai Republic on July 18, 2007
when rafting on the river. Katun, a resident of Belarus was killed. The tragedy occurred in a simple section of the Katun River, 10 km from the village. Katanda was killed Sergei Bulak, born in 1963 - a resident of Belarus. The body of the deceased was found 200 meters from the scene. The prosecutor's office of the Ust-Koksinsky region is investigating the details of the incident. On one of the difficult rapids, the raft overturned, as a result, the athlete died, unable to cope with the flow of the river.
V.V .: It is said that a tourist died "on one of the difficult rapids" and that is strange, but the message indicates that there are not even simple rapids on the Katun River. The village of Katanda stands on the Katanda River, the left tributary of the Katun, 12 km above the village. Tungur: “The raft overturned, as a result the athlete died, unable to cope with the flow of the river” If this really happened in the indicated place, then the question arises, was he wearing a life jacket correctly? And is it an athlete? Maybe it's still a tourist who paid money to local "guides" for rafting down the Katun to the mouth of the river. Akkem? Such a rafting on a simple section of the Katun is carried out by one travel agency and local "guides".
Commentary on the information:
Tatiana: Sadly. Well, only the day before yesterday (July 22, 2007) I saw how the raft turned over in the Ust-Sema area, or rather, most likely it was turned over, and with laughter the people swam after the raft, losing their oars ... but the last two bathers gradually began to lag behind the raft. By the way one climbed onto an overturned raft, began to dance there, it was noticeable that the people were not quite sober and thus had fun.
Mayor: You shouldn't joke with such things. This is not for you in the lake, in shallow water. Katun is the only river that has all 5 difficulty levels ( V.V .: here the Major obviously got excited. Firstly, there are six categories of route difficulty, and secondly, there are many such rivers even in Russia, for example, r. Yenisei with origins).
Irenok: In fact, Katun has a level not higher than the 3rd category of difficulty ( V.V .: another connoisseur of sport route classifications! Indeed, on the Katun, depending on the sections and included tributaries, there are all categories of difficulty, including the sixth. The complexity of the Katun routes depends heavily on the water level. Do not forget that p. The Katun begins from the Gebler glacier, descending from the southern slopes of the Belukha massif and ends (changes its name) 10 km below the city of Biysk, and also has rafting tributaries: Upper Kuragan, Koksa, Lower Kuragan, Kucherla, Akkem, Argut with a network of sources, Chuya with sources, Ursul, Sumulta, Chemal and Biya).
salnikov for irenok: It's not true about the third category. It depends very much on the place from which to start the rafting. C Katunskiye Sheki, which are located upstream of the village of Ust Koksa - r. The Katun is a river of five.

11. A group of tourists from the city of Kemerovo on July 25, 2007
came to the banks of the Cairo River, the left tributary of the river. Argut. Pulling on the rope, the first tourist, Artem Kvashnin, began to cross the Cairo River. During the crossing, the tourist was carried away by a strong current into the river. Argut.

12. Group of women tourists on July 28, 2007
in the composition of 6 people at the same place along the path, approached the Cairo River and, seeing the rope pulled by the previous group, one of the tourists began to melt. During the crossing, she was carried away by the current, while trying to help her, two more women were carried away. Missing: Natalya Nazarova, born in 1970 (Kharkov), 50-year-old resident of Moscow, 68-year-old resident of Samara.
A stretched rope across the river. Cairo and a backpack on the shore were seen by water tourists from Novosibirsk, passing the route VI grade. along the Argut river. However, below the mouth of the river. Cairo, during the rafting, the watermen in the river and on the banks did not find anything. The head of the group reported this to the ICC immediately upon his return to Novosibirsk. The IWC transmitted a message to the Gorno-Altai PSS. From 04 to 09.08.2007, a group of rescuers carried out work to search for 4 tourists from two groups who disappeared at the mouth of the Cairo River. Rescuers, having crossed the river. The Katun River examined the right bank of the Argut River on foot from the place of its confluence with the Katun River to the mouth of the Shavla River. Then on a catamaran we crossed to the left bank of the river. Argut and on foot, inspecting the bank, climbed up the river. Argut to the mouth of Cairo. The return journey of the rescuers took place mainly along the Argut River, the search was carried out from the water, while both banks were examined. On the banks of the river. Argut, after the water fell asleep in it, rescuers found a backpack, which was handed over to the operational duty officer of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Altai Republic for further determination of its belonging. By water, the rescuers reached the mouth of the river. Argut, where it flows into the Katun, and about 4 - 5 km passed down the river. Katun to the road. 08/11/07, due to the fact that the search did not bring the expected results, seven rescuers of the Altai Territory returned to Barnaul from the Altai Republic, as reported by the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry in the Altai Territory. V.V .: The Argut River belongs to the sixth category of difficulty; a very limited number of specially trained water tourists on special ships can pass it. In addition to the strong current on the Argut River, there are a number of difficult nominal rapids, in addition, the banks of the river are difficult to pass in some places, but there are trails.

13. According to the message dated 25.07.2007.
three Omsk tourists disappeared in Altai. The search for three tourists from Omsk, who went on a hike a month ago, began in the Altai Republic. The women, who are 45 - 48 years old, went on a hike along the mountain passes in the Ust-Koksinsky district. 07/23/07 they were supposed to go to work, but by that time they had not returned from Gorny Altai to Omsk. Co-workers and relatives asked the rescuers for help orally from an employee of the International Exhibition Center "Intersib" that a group of women, consisting of three people aged 45 - 48 years old from Omsk went on a walking trip along the route from the village. Tungur - Lake Akkemskoye - Yarlu valley - Yarlu-Bochi pass - Suulu-Boch pass - r. Suulu-Airy - b. Baltyrdag - the Argut river - the Shavla - confluence of the Shavla and Argut rivers - confluence of the Akkem and Katun rivers in the Tungur region, then in the city of Barnaul. The group led by Natalya Nikolaevna Kulishkina departed from Omsk on June 24, without insurance, and was not registered with ARPS. ( V.V .: in addition to an approximate route containing difficult crossings across mountain rivers, it is known that they should be at work on July 23, but did not appear until July 25, 2007). An employee of the center "Intersib" in the Ministry of Emergency Situations was recommended to write an application to search for colleagues. On 25.07.07 at 11.00 Moscow time, during radio communication, the group was reported to the PSP (search and rescue point) "Ak-Kem". During 25 - 26.07.07 a group of rescuers in the Jarlu valley and at nearby places of possible accommodation of tourists inquired about them. An orientation is given and the accuracy of the information is checked through the officers on duty of the Ust-Koksinsky region and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. ( V.V .: you can learn about the arrival and departure of tourists from the border guards issuing permits to enter the border zone). 07.26.07 at 18.24 Moscow time from the Acting Head of the Main Directorate of the EMERCOM of Russia in the Omsk region received a fax by fax, with a request to assist in the search for an employee of the International Exhibition Center "Intersib" - Natalya Nikolaevna Kulishkina and Olga Vasilievna Melnikova and Marina Dizer ... They were going to visit 5 energy stones along the above route ( V.V .: route documents were not drawn up, they did not receive advice on the route, so they could well have made a mistake in planning the traffic schedule and setting target dates, which was later confirmed). At 19.02 Moscow time, Melnikova's husband O.V. called the rescuers. - Dmitry Kizima and reported that the group left Omsk on 24.06. to Barnaul by rail, then by taxi to the village. Tungur. They had 10,000 rubles each with them, they did not have tourist equipment, they did not have climbing equipment ( V.V .: on this route it is not necessary), food supply for 4 weeks ( V.V .: the deadline is usually set the time required to complete the route plus 1 - 3 days for bad weather and other unforeseen circumstances), there is no means of communication. They have no relatives and friends from the local population in the Altai Republic. Melnikova O.V. - 1969 year of birth works in the firm "Springs of Health" in Omsk, and M. Dizer - born in 1972. the place of work is not known. After leaving the city of Omsk, they did not get in touch. Melnikova's husband O.V. sent a statement with detailed descriptions and photographs of the women by fax. The search and rescue group of ARPS was involved in the search and rescue operations. On July 27, 2007, at 10.30 am Moscow time, the officer on duty of the EMERCOM of Russia in the Republic of Armenia received information from an employee of the International Exhibition Center "Intersib" that the missing women got in touch and are currently on their way to Omsk.
14.In the Republic of Altai on July 29, 2007, on the Myushtu-Airy glacier
(Katunsky ridge, area to the west of Belukha) a Moscow climber was seriously injured. During the mountaineering fees in the gorge of the river. Kucherla, in the area of ​​the Myushtu-Airy glacier (area of ​​Belukha), a resident of Moscow Vladimir Kavunenko was injured. (? V.V .: confusing names is an unforgivable mistake for professionals). A signal for help was received at the Ak-Kem seasonal rescue post. Rescuers reported that the victim received a head injury and was in a non-transportable state. On July 30, with the help of a helicopter, a group of rescuers and doctors, he was taken to the republican hospital in Gorno-Altaysk. Mountaineering camps from Moscow are under control in the Altai Republican PSP (search and rescue unit) since July 19, 2007. All participants of the event are insured by the Military Insurance Company. The group climbed to V. Belukha.

Comments on the information:
qwert: 72-year-old Vladimir Dmitrievich Kavunenko is a legend of Russian mountaineering. He began to practice this sport in 1952, in 1968 he received the title of Master of Sports of International Class, and in 1987 - the title of "Honored Trainer of the RSFSR". As a coach, he trained 48 masters of sports of the USSR in mountaineering. Vladimir Kavunenko personally made 18 ascents of the sixth category of difficulty, 48 ascents of the 5th category of difficulty, including 22 first ascents and 28 first ascents, and also led 18 climbing expeditions (Altai, Pamir, Tien Shan, Andes, Africa). In 1973, Vladimir Kavunenko received the title of "Honorary Rescuer of the USSR", and in 1999 - "Honored Rescuer of Russia". From 1992 to the present, he is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association of Rescue Formations of the Russian Federation. In 1970, for his participation in search and rescue operations in Peru, he was awarded the Peruvian government award and the Certificate of Honor of the Komsomol Central Committee, in 1985 for his repeated participation in rescue operations in the USSR and abroad - the Order of the Badge of Honor, and in 1988 d. for leadership and personal participation in the rescue work during the earthquake in Armenia - the Order of Friendship of Peoples. In 1995, Vladimir Kavunenko made a parachute jump to the North Pole. “And yet there is no route of the“ second ”category of difficulty to Belukha. There is a route of category 2B, the easiest one available. ( V.V .: but not from the side of the Myushty-Airy glacier). Well done, Muscovites! We were registered with the search and rescue squad of the Altai Republic, insured with the Military Insurance Company. Only the trouble is - no matter how all the insurance goes to pay for the helicopter.
And now about who really suffered that day. 07/29/07, when climbing to V. Belukha, as a result of the fall, received multiple bruises, a multiple USSR champion in mountaineering and rock climbing, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Oleg Semenovich Kosmachev. Earlier it was reported that “the head of the training camp Kavunenko Vladimir Dmitrievich was injured. According to the specified data, Vladimir Dmitrievich Kavunenko was not injured, his state of health is not a cause for concern. We apologize to the relatives and friends of Vladimir Dmitrievich ”We add that, and the severity of the injuries was exaggerated and does not correspond to reality. July 30, 2007 Oleg Semenovich Kosmachev was taken to the republican hospital in the city of Gorno-Altaysk by a Mi-8 helicopter with a group of rescuers and doctors of the Disaster Medicine service. He received first aid on board the helicopter. At present, after a thorough examination by the doctors of the republican hospital, Oleg Semenovich's condition is assessed as satisfactory, he is active, his body temperature is normal, except for a fracture of the 8th rib, there are no pathologies on the part of internal organs. The mountaineering sports and educational expedition led by Vladimir Dmitrievich Kavunenko started in the year of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, the great Russian scientist, the founder of practical cosmonautics. The place of the expedition is a hard-to-reach region of the Altai Republic. The expedition began on July 19, 2007, its goal is to find an unnamed peak, about 4000 meters high, conduct exploration and make the first ascent in order, using the right of first ascents, to name the mountain S.P. Queen. Expedition route: Moscow - Barnaul (air flight), Barnaul - Gorno-Altaysk - pos. Tungur (bus), pos. Tungur - the northwestern shoulder of the South Chuisky ridge (helicopter). The expedition was carried out under the auspices of the Russian Space Agency, as one of the events dedicated to the commemoration of S.P. Queen. The mission of the expedition is to immortalize the name of S.P. The Queen, having created a grandiose miraculous monument to him in one of the most beautiful corners of the planet - Gorny Altai. The tradition of assigning names to such geographical objects as mountain peaks has developed long ago. As a rule, these are always meaningful names, names are symbols. Among the organizers of the expedition and its members are climbers who have made first ascents more than once. With the direct active participation of the members of the expedition, the following peaks appeared on the maps of Russia: Peak 850th Anniversary of Moscow, Peak 2000th Anniversary of Christianity, Peak Underwriters, Peak Gumilyov, Peak 60th Anniversary of Victory. The expedition is headed by Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Master of Sports of International Class Kavunenko Vladimir Dmitrievich. The expedition is attended by: Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Professor, Doctor of Science MSTU im. Bauman Myslovsky Eduard Vikentievich, who in 1982, as part of the USSR national team, made the first night ascent of Everest; master of sports of the USSR, multiple champion of the USSR in mountaineering and rock climbing, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences Kosmachev Oleg Semenovich. The organization of the expedition in the area of ​​the ascent is carried out by Vladimir Dmitrievich Shumilov, Chairman of the Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Federation of Gorny Altai, Master of Sports of the USSR. Outstanding figures of national cosmonautics took an active part in the preparation of the event: Twice Hero of the USSR, pilot-cosmonaut Viktor Petrovich Savinykh; Deputy General Designer, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Yanko Grigory Konstantinovich; Vice President of Energia Corporation, Hero of the USSR, Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev; Twice Hero of the USSR, pilot-cosmonaut Ivanchenkov Alexander Sergeevich; Deputy Head of the Cosmonaut Training Center. Gagarina, Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut Korzun Valery Grigorievich; Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut Tokarev Valery Ivanovich; Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin The expedition included climbers: Dmitry Vladimirovich Kulinchenko - General Director of Malakut Assistance CJSC; Kirilenko Mikhail Vladimirovich - executive director of Rosles Re LLC; Nilov Vladimir Leonidovich - Deputy General Director of Promtex-Orient LLC; Romanov Evgeny Dmitrievich - Head of the Agency Sales Department of the Insurance Group "Uralsib"; Romanova Natalia Evgenievna - President of the Society of Foreign Students of the University of Chattanooga, USA; Rybakov Sergey Nikolaevich - Deputy Head of the Agency Sales Department of the Uralsib Insurance Group; Pavlova Lidia Nikolaevna - Head of the Claims Settlement Department of the Uralsib Insurance Group. The expedition is supported by the Association of Rescue Formations of the Russian Federation. General partner and General insurer of the expedition SOGAZ Insurance Group Partners: Reinsurance company Nakhodka RE, LLC Rosles Re, Insurance broker Oakshot, service company CJSC Malakut Assistance.

15. When rafting down the Nizhnyaya Katun in the Altai Republic on July 30, 2007
the director of the Tomsk branch of MTS OJSC, Gennady Zarya, was killed. August 1. The funeral took place in Tomsk at 11.00. Gennady Zarya was on vacation and rested in the area of ​​the village. Chemal. I got a ticket for a one-day water excursion.
Comments on information from the Internet:
The guest: And what about the instructors? This is some kind of Russian roulette. No, I'm no longer on rafting. And I won't let those close to me.
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Most likely this is an accident ... once I was in a "sedimentation tank" near the "Tsarskaya Okhota", went to the "famous" waterfall ( V.V .: Kamyshlinsky), and there I saw the state of the "rafters" driving ... People who are professionally involved in this sport will never sit "behind the wheel" drunk ...
Z: It depends on where to raft. In general, for the rafting, you need to be sober and ready for any turn of events.
I AM: You know, everyone was sober. I was struck by the fact that the minimum was done to avoid tragedy. Neither the vest nor the helmet was saved. In such places, special rescue methods must be developed. Signal flares, because there are many camps along the Katun and you can come to the rescue quickly enough. First aid kit to help on the water. Instructions on how to properly administer first aid. Rescuers who must supervise these places. This can be done even at the expense of the same company that organizes rafting, especially near dangerous places. And of course, such dangerous rapids are only for professionals. We learned about the 4th category of complexity of the threshold, being already in place. ( Zhigarev O.L .: the complexity of obstacles, in particular thresholds, is determined by the category of difficulty. Difficulty category - determine the complexity of the entire route). It is very scary when a person is lifted aboard, turned face up, and you recognize someone who is very dear to you. And already you can not change anything. Remember that in these places the nearest village is several tens of kilometers away. That there is no connection. There are no cars. And you, going with your wife, with your husband, with children, people you love, are risking the most precious thing you have. As for the instructors, they should be professionals, not just “cool”, “risky” guys.

16. Hydro hang-glider on July 31, 2007.
fell into the river. Katun from a height of 300 meters due to a falling off wing. This hydro hang-glider crashed a teenager from the Republic of Korea, who bought an air tour. The Barnaul Transport Prosecutor's Office is investigating the state of emergency in the Chemal region of the Altai Republic. The operational investigative group arrived in the area of ​​the incident on August 2. The hydro hang glider "Aviakhim-hydro", belonging to the class of ultralight aircraft, belongs to a resident of Barnaul, who "moonlighted" on it, providing services to tourists who want to see the terrain from the air. The pilot of this vessel is the coach of the Barnaul children's youth sports school. On July 31, at about 19.40, he took on board a teenager from the Republic of Korea, born in 1992, and took to the skies with him. 10 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft's wing collapsed, and the aircraft fell from a height of 300 meters into the Katun. After the fall, the pilot independently got out of the cockpit and kept afloat. The passenger remained in the cockpit and showed no signs of life. After some time, water tourists from a floating raft helped to get out of the water, after which the pilot was taken to the Chemal central regional hospital, where doctors diagnosed - a closed fracture of the left hip, blunt abdominal trauma. The passenger's corpse was sent to the morgue of Gorno-Altaysk. On the same day, a criminal case was opened by the Barnaul Transport Prosecutor's Office on the fact of violation of traffic safety rules and the operation of air transport, which caused the death of a person by negligence (part 2 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Let us remind you that last 2006 the seaplane "Corvette" fell into Lake Teletskoye and drowned, killing 3 people. The reason is the human factor.

17. River Bashkaus - death when the Yekaterinburg kayaker fell off a cliff and his search
(collected and restored from numerous publications).
August 1 (July 30 - 31) 2007 in the Altai Republic during the passage of the water route along the river. Bashkaus at the end of the "Lower Gorge" was lost 28-year-old tourist (kayaker), television operator, from Yekaterinburg Andrey Eremin. Information about this was received by the rescuers on August 1 from the head of a group of tourists consisting of 15 kayakers, unregistered with rescuers and uninsured; The group passed the water route of the VI category of complexity along the river. Bashkaus from the village. Karakudur to the mouth of the river. Chebdar. During the rafting, one of the participants, Andrei Eremin, being afraid to pass another threshold, decided to move by land (he had a portable radio) from the mouth of the Kyzylgykh River, a tributary of the Bashkaus River and, naturally, lagged behind the group of kayakers (or deliberately refused to rafting in order to go on foot from the gorge, evaluating his capabilities as a kayaker in a rainy flood, but, as it turned out, he overestimated his climbing capabilities). The group took his kayak and continued rafting. The last time Andrei got in touch with the group by radio, crossing the Kyzylgykh River on July 30. The next day, July 31, the group completed the passage of the Lower Gorge, left the mouth of the river. Chebdar went to the road and, without waiting for Eremin, went to the Ulagan regional center, from where the head reported the incident to the rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Altai Republic. Having received the message, the rescue service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations began search and rescue operations. Six people were involved in the search in the Ulagan region, but searches by such forces on difficult terrain did not yield any results and were stopped due to the fact that the further route is very difficult to pass and requires special mountain equipment and floating craft. ( V.V .: Didn't the rescuers know where they were going and didn't equip themselves accordingly?). It was planned to connect a helicopter to the search at this stage, but the Ministry of Emergency Situations stopped the search, since the group was not registered, Andrey has no insurance, and, since there is no one to pay for the helicopter, he is not sent. Friends of the kayaker gathered in Yekaterinburg and decided to go in search of him. The first group of volunteers was organized by Andrey's friend Anton Khudozhnik. They insisted on resuming search operations by rescuers and raised money for a helicopter. The first group of eight people headed by Anton Khudozhnik departed from Yekaterinburg. Andrei's friends, quite logically, immediately intended to connect a helicopter to the search and had a good idea that there was a mountain gorge inconvenient for landing a helicopter, but all the same, the helicopter had to be raised, at least for a search. If the helicopter searches were unsuccessful or if they ran out of money, then they set out to search on foot. They have been looking for Andrey without a helicopter for a week, and so far to no avail. Experts estimate the chances of finding him alive 50/50. ( V.V .: if we exclude an accident, then there were precedents for a successful exit from the "Lower Gorge", so there were much more chances to get out, especially since the place and direction of the exit were known). But the rescuers used the helicopter only after his friends arrived in Altai. Finally, Andrey's friends arrived in Altai - eight people, some of them will go to the place where Andrey was last seen by car. ( V.V .: by car, you can only drive up to the beginning and to the end of the Lower Gorge of the Bashkaus River, this is too little). The volunteers decided to explore the area on foot. By the end of the week, another 20 volunteer friends will arrive to help them. In the meantime, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Anton Khudozhnik began to search - on a helicopter, which was finally brought in to search. Note that the helicopter was sent to search only when Andrey's friends arrived and paid for the rental of the aircraft, since the group that the kayaker fought off was not registered and not insured. Already at 3 o'clock of the helicopter's operation, from the air, rescuers noticed a man who looked like Andrei Eremin lying on one of the Altai rocks. Anton the Artist suggested that Andrei was unconscious, as he was very exhausted, and was sure that his friend was alive. He probably climbed a rock, but, most likely, his strength was exhausted, and he lost consciousness ( V.V .: strange assumption. When climbing a rock, they do not lose consciousness. It is lost only when it falls off a cliff, after a corresponding blow). After discovering and determining the location of the unconscious person on the rock, the task arose of how to raise him. The attracted helicopter could not land and even hover here. The terrain in this place is very difficult. Landing on the scene is difficult due to the steepness of the gorge and the abundance of trees. Only the Mi-8 helicopter can work here, but the Emergencies Ministry does not have it now. As Andrey's friends found out, such helicopters at that time were generally a rarity in Gorny Altai. I had to return, having marked the place on the map to search for the Mi-8 helicopter. At first, it was found out that the Mi-8 is in the Kemerovo Regional Department of Internal Affairs, they even agreed that he would fly in search, but they could not use it, since the head of the head office first stated that the weather was not flying, and then that the helicopter was being repaired. ( V.V .: perhaps this is the right decision, because the wound from the loss of a group of snowboarders and the crew of a military helicopter, which had not previously flown in the Altai mountains, has not yet healed). Andrey's friends cannot find the MI-8 helicopter, with the help of which they could get to the rock where their friend lies. They turn to the rescuers of Novosibirsk and Barnaul to use their helicopter (and find out that the rescue services of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the South of Siberia do not have helicopters at all and the rescuers use rented flights or order from the forest guard).
After finding Andrey, at 10 in the morning, a group of rescuers went out to the place where he was lying, but it was a long way to go and the path was technically very difficult, so it is unlikely that rescuers would arrive at the place that day. At the same time, if an MI-8 helicopter was sent to the rocks where Andrey is located, it would have been possible to save a lot of time. Meanwhile, Andrei has been unconscious for at least a day, but his friends are sure that he is alive. The EMERCOM of Russia said that they are aware of the situation, and rescuers on the spot are doing everything possible to save the tourist. The Emergencies Ministry makes a decision to disembark a group of rescuers from an existing helicopter to a farther place from the cliff, where a kayaker was found lying motionless and at the same time forbid Andrey's friends to walk to the place of his discovery, citing their lack of a specially trained instructor. ( V.V .: really all of Eremin's friends were not prepared for work in a rocky gorge and they could not be given an experienced rescuer or two, three ... say in the press).
Another Mi-8 with a mountain crew was found in Barnaul, but, most likely, on this day, before dark, it will not have time to take off. A few days after the discovery of the site of the tragedy, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with a helicopter began to lift the body of Andrei Eremin. The fact that the found body belongs to Andrei Eremin, by this moment, did not cause doubts among the rescuers. Since friends identified his clothes from the helicopter. It was assumed that after lifting the body into a helicopter, rescuers would take it to the nearest morgue, where doctors would conduct an examination and establish the cause of death. ( V.V .: if possible, because too much time has passed). In the meantime, the identification of the found body has not passed, the relatives and friends of Andrei Eremin hope that it is not him. On August 13, EMERCOM officers by helicopter reported that the body of Andrei Eremin was lifted from the cliff. The fact that this is the body of a Yekaterinburg kayaker, his friends from that moment have no doubt, said Andrei's brother Pavel, because Anton Khudozhnik participated in the operation to lift the body and identified Andrei Eremin. Neither rescuers nor Andrey's friends prefer to talk about the exact cause of death until the rescuers take the body to the morgue and an examination is carried out there. Presumably, the kayaker fell off a cliff, which was the cause of death - this was the conclusion made by Altai doctors. The injuries on the body are very serious, so Andrey Eremin was brought to Yekaterinburg in a closed zinc coffin. Andrei's father and his friend Anton Khudozhnik have collected certificates and materials that can confirm that the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Gorny Altai conducted a search and rescue operation for an unforgivable time, and the ministry itself is not provided with equipment and does not have a flexible structure. Relatives and friends of Andrei, on the fact of the protracted rescue operation, turned to the Minister of Emergency Situations Shoigu and the President of Russia V.V. Putin.

18. When climbing the Peremetny pass on 04.07.07.
a tourist from Moscow, Alexei Rasskazov, disappeared without a trace. The search continues for a tourist from Moscow, who, according to the preliminary version, fell off the Peremetny pass on August 8, 2007.

19. When climbing the Kupol pass (Severo-Chuisky ridge) in the Altai Republic 07.07.07.
a member of a tourist group from the city of Biysk, Sergei Polyakov, fell through and received a head injury. The victim was taken to the Ak-Tru mountaineering camp, where he died from his injuries. The body of the deceased was delivered to the morgue of the village. Kurai.
V.V .: Pass Kupol (1B, 3565m, snow and ice). Location: Severo-Chuisky ridge, top of the Dome of Three Lakes. Slopes orientation: north-south. Connected valleys: the valley of the r. Aktru and the valley of the river. Dzhelo. Total travel time: depending on the chosen route from 5 to 7 hours.

20.In the mountains, the area of ​​Krasnaya Polyana 08/09/07
a group of ten tourists got lost, four of whom were children. Presumably, tourists are at an altitude of 2.5 thousand meters above sea level in the area of ​​the Malalaba River. On August 1 (nine days ago) the group left the Kuban settlement. Kropotkino and went to the mountainous region. On the morning of August 9, one of the group members called the rescuers and said that they were lost. The supply of food, which the tourists took with them, was calculated for seven days. On July 10, 2007, rescuers from a Mi-8 helicopter found tourists in the area where they were supposed to be and took them to Adler. On August 10, at 11.00, the helicopter landed in Adler, with 10 people on board, everyone is alive and well. Before the hike, the tourists did not register with the rescuers, who could advise tourists: what to do if they got lost in the forest, where to go, what to eat, how to sleep. But it is not reported whether the group had completed route documents.

21. Incidents on the water as of August 14, 2007.
In the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Altai Republic, a significant increase in tragic accidents with tourists is associated with an increase in the number of vacationers: the weather conditions for recreation this season are very favorable.
In July-August 2007 year on the river. Katun happened ( V.V .: registered) 7 accidents on the water, 2 people were rescued, 6 people died (including 1 child), 6 people were missing. ( V.V .: in total 14 people were injured). In 2006, during the same period, 4 people died on the water. Since the beginning of July 2007 on the river. Katun State Inspectors of the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels of the Altai Republic conducted 14 raids and patrols. 60 violations of the requirements of the "Rules for the Use of Small Vessels" and "Rules for the Protection of People's Life on the Water" were revealed. 60 reports on an administrative offense were drawn up, fines were imposed in the amount of more than 30,000 rubles.

22. A tourist from the Nizhny Novgorod region died in Gorny Altai on 08.24.07.
During a rafting on the Chulyshman River in the Ulagansky district of the Altai Republic, a tourist from the Nizhny Novgorod region was killed. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Altai, the traveler fell out of the raft while passing the river. The body of the deceased was delivered to the city of Gorno-Altaysk. Since the beginning of the year, six tourists have been injured in the Altai Republic, 11 have died and four have gone missing, the Ministry of Emergency Situations noted.

23. All Russian tourists, cut off from the world by the elements, are rescued in the Himalayas. 09/29/07
employees of the Russian embassy in India assured that apart from the rescued there are no other Russians in the Himalayas. Four Russian tourists - Georgy Churakov, Sergey Kazakov, Svetlana Kazakova, Sergey Mamukhov - were blocked in the Indian part of the Himalayas due to bad weather. In addition to four Russians, seven German citizens and an Australian were missing. According to Andrey Zhiltsov, the organizer of the routes in the Indian Himalayas, four Russian tourists are at an altitude of 5000 meters above sea level. Four Russian tourists were rescued in the Himalayas.
News agencies reported that in the Himalayas, after a snowfall, about a hundred tourists, including Russians, disappeared; later it turned out that the panic had been raised in vain. The Russian Embassy in India reported that four Russian trackers were stuck in the mountains - by 15.00 they were all safely evacuated. Due to snowfall in the mountains, about a hundred climbers disappeared, including several Russians. Several groups of tourists from Russia, Germany and Australia, as well as their Indian guides, disappeared in bad weather. After a plentiful 36-hour snowfall, communication with them was lost. Local authorities said that an urgent rescue operation was being prepared. One person died. Soon the Russian embassy in India denied reports of dozens of missing persons and victims: “These are fables. Information about the disappearance of tourists in the Himalayas does not correspond to reality. " In fact, according to the embassy, ​​the tourists, including the Russians, did not disappear, but were stuck in the mountains due to snowfall. All this time, they kept in touch with them, and when the woman included in the group became ill, she was evacuated as soon as possible. Four Russians: Georgy Churaev, Sergei Mokhov, as well as a married couple Sergei and Svetlana Kazakov, made a pedestrian crossing along the Gangodri - Badrinath route at altitudes of 4-5 thousand meters. Together with Russian trackers (tourists), three tourists from Germany set off on the road. The group began the hike on September 17, and on the night of September 20-21 it was blocked by bad weather in the mountains. Heavy snowfall, which did not stop for more than 36 hours, locked tourists in the mountains. Svetlana Kazakova developed mountain sickness - the woman's body could not properly adapt to the altitude. In order not to develop cerebral edema, she had to be urgently taken to the hospital. The travelers, who had a satellite phone with them, contacted rescue services. The Russian embassy, ​​having learned about the incident, asked the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense of India for help in carrying out the operation. Due to bad weather, rescuers managed to get to the site only two days later. Two army helicopters spotted the tourists. Food and medicine were delivered to them, and Kazakova was evacuated. She is in the hospital and her life is out of danger. Four Russian tourists, who were blocked in the Indian Himalayas due to bad weather, were taken by helicopter to the nearest settlement. According to the director of the travel company that organized the trip, Sanjay Saini. “I have great news - all members of the group have been rescued - four Russian tourists and four Indian guides,” he said. A group of four Russian tourists, accompanied by local guides, one of whom received frostbite, made a two-day hiking ascent to a popular pilgrimage site - the village of Badrinath in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, where a Hindu shrine is located, the agency's source said. The weather in the area of ​​the ascent deteriorated three days ago, it snowed, and the roads to Badrinath, which is located at an altitude of about three kilometers above sea level, were destroyed by landslides in several places. Russians and several other groups of tourists from different countries were cut off from the outside world in the area between Badrinath and the nearest settlement of Joshimath, which is located below. The operation lasted two hours and ended at 3.30 local time (2.00 Moscow time). Svetlana, suffering from mountain sickness and was evacuated first and placed in the Joshimatha hospital, nothing threatens her health. Next to her are two other Russians. The fourth, due to the weather, was flown by an Air Force helicopter to Badrinath. "From there it is an hour and a half by car to Joshimath, the road has already been cleared, so he will soon be reunited with his comrades." A group of eight people was evacuated from a height of 4480 meters, the height of the snow cover there was almost two meters. "You have no idea what I went through, how I prayed that the sky would clear up and the helicopter could make another flight." From Joshimath, tourists will be sent to a military airfield in the village of Bareilly, after which they will return home. "Some of them were planning to visit the high-mountainous village of Kedarnath, but I won't take them there - it's too big a risk," said the director of the travel agency, who organized the rescue operation at his own expense. So far, nothing is known about the fate of other foreigners - Germans and Australians, as well as several groups of Indian tourists who, along with their escorts, were cut off from the outside world by bad weather. Usually the season of travel to the high altitude shrines in the Indian Himalayas, which annually attract thousands of pilgrims from all over India and foreign tourists, ends in October, but this year the cold snap came unexpectedly and ahead of schedule.

24. In early October 2007
In the Garhwal Himalayas, there was an accident with a Russian group of tourists, as a result of which two people died from diseases. On September 27, 2007, a group of Russians of 10 people, without formalized route documents, went from Gongotri to Badrinath. The route is a standard trekking route from Badrinath to Gongotri, 92 km long. The first part of the route (2/3 of the distance) is a gradual ascent with a climb relative to sea level: from 3000 m to 6000 m with an exit to the pass. The second part of the route (1/3 of the distance), descent from 6000 m to 3000 m. Most of the route passed in snowy conditions atypical for this time of year: along a path covered with a significant layer of snow. For acclimatization, 2 radial exits were planned: first from an altitude of 4000 m to 4600 m and in the middle of the route from 4500 to 5500 m. The first radial exit was completed, the second one was not due to bad weather conditions and, as a result, behind schedule. Weather conditions: at the end of September, too early a cyclone arrived in the Garhwal Himalayas, and a large amount of snow fell. In the first part of the route from 23.09 to 03.10 the weather was unstable, it often snowed. The second part of the route took place in clear weather: in the daytime in the sun up to +25 degrees, and at night it is cold up to -15 degrees. From 15.10 in the mountains again came a cyclone with heavy snowfalls.

25. In the Katunsky ridge 10.10.07.
rescuers evacuated the body of a tourist who died two years ago (2005) from the upper part of the Mensu glacier (Gorny Altai). Rescuers evacuated a body, presumably one of the members of a tourist group from the Republic of Belarus, who disappeared at an altitude of about 4000 m under the summit of Eastern Belukha in July 2005 as a result of a snow and ice collapse. Presumably, this is a citizen of Belarus Kirill Korshak, who was hit by an avalanche in 2005. As ITAR-TASS was informed in the Siberian regional center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in Krasnoyarsk, the body of a man was found after an avalanche and melting ice on Mount Belukha.
It should be reminded that the tragedy took place on July 20, 2005, when a huge mass of snow and ice fell on the camp of mountain climbers from Minsk located on the slope of the mountain. Belarusian tourists were preparing breakfast at that time. Four people were killed and five tourists were injured. The bodies of two dead Belarusians, Alexander Prokhorov and Vladimir Belanovsky, were found, but the bodies of the group leader, 54-year-old Georgy Moskalev and 28-year-old Kirill Korshak, were never found. Mount Belukha, where the tragedy happened, is the highest point in Siberia (4506 meters above sea level). On the slopes of the Belukha massif and in the valleys, 169 glaciers with a total area of ​​150 square kilometers are known. The incident with the Belarusian group, which occurred in July 2005, is far from the first in a series of unfortunate incidents. For example, in 2002, under a sudden avalanche, four Russian travelers were killed, and on July 20, 2004 (day after day with the "Belarusian" tragedy), while climbing Belukha, a 33-year-old climber from Bryansk fell into the abyss and died. Local rescuers several dozen times a year have to rescue mountain climbers who have fallen into emergency situations here by helicopter. Local residents believe that at the top of Belukha there is a land of spirits. They say that everyone who wants to get to her innermost secret is thrown off the mountain.

26. Around 17 hours 10.24.07 (local time)
on the Yurunkash River in China as a result of the coup of two catamarans died: the head of the expedition, Honored Master of Sports, seven-time champion of Russia Chernik Sergei Ivanovich and his son, two-time champion of Russia Chernik Ivan Sergeevich. On October 27, 2007, at about 5 pm (local time), when trying to leave the area of ​​the campaign, the remaining members of the team of Sergey Chernik on the Yurunkash River in China, as a result of a catamaran coup, died: two-time champion of Russia Smetannikov Vladimir Borisovich and Tishchenko Dmitry Ivanovich disappeared without a trace. Details of accidents and their analysis are given in this collection.

27. In autumn 2007, near the Ioli meteorological station, in the Soviet-Gavansky district of the Khabarovsk Territory
at night, while drinking alcohol, a quarrel arose between the campers deployed and the hunter from the village of Kopi. A drunken hunter opened indiscriminate fire from a gun at people sleeping in a tent. Three tourists were seriously injured, as a result of which one of them died. The 51-year-old hunter was detained by local residents and locked up in a winter hut, near the Ioli weather station, so that he would not do something stupid. In the morning he was found dead. The hunter hanged himself before the arrival of the investigators at the winter hut. One of the tourists, who received gunshot wounds, died at the scene, two more were hospitalized. A criminal case has been initiated into the attack on the Khabarovsk tourists ("Murder and attempted murder of two or more persons").

28. Rescuers of Gorno-Altaysk 25.10.07.
started searching for a twenty-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, whose loss was raised by the girl's mother. She told the police that on October 2 her daughter went on a hike in the mountains from the city of Gorno-Altaysk. Since then, there has been no news of her. The tourist's mobile phone is not responding.
(V.V .: this is the very case when registration with the Ministry of Emergency Situations is really needed, if you have not already issued route documents, then at least let us know in writing the thread of your route and the target dates to choose from: rescuers, close relatives and (or) close friends. It is most likely that the girl went to the mountains with a “wild” group or with a “wild guide”. A large group simply cannot disappear without a trace, since there are relatives, friends, there must be a deadline and a route. Since no other tourists were reported missing, it is most likely that the group, as such, did not exist, and the girl simply left home. The safety recommendations outlined above are based on the International Travelers Code. And the Ministry of Emergency Situations can only advise one thing: it is not necessary to drive everyone under registration, you just need to understand who, first of all, is interested in the safety and control over the movement of “their groups and participants”. And this is not the Ministry of Emergency Situations, but organizations whose groups go on the routes, including MCC, travel agencies and federations. They know well the routes and target dates of their groups and control them, interact with rescuers if the need arises, but they do not really need a total registration and control, as well as recommendations from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, because they know their business. Here it is necessary to clearly divide powers. If rescuers are a public service, then their work, for which they receive money, is salvation, not storage of papers, and rescue at any time and in any place on an alarm call, and not according to pre-developed plans. Calculate how many routes one travel agency has on average, multiply by the number of travel agencies and the number of arrivals and get a figure that is not real for registration and control. At the same time, there are a lot of “wild” groups and “wild” guides, that's what we need to deal with).

29. The first tragedy of mountaineering happened during the New Year holidays on 02.01.08 in Gorny Altai.
In the Aktru gorge (Kosh-Agach district), a member of a group of climbers consisting of 3 people, a candidate for master of sports in mountaineering Mikhail Nedopoiko, died, who fell into a crack on the Maly Aktru glacier, to a depth of about 15 meters. The climbers walked without organizing simultaneous belaying. The body of the deceased was retrieved by rescuers and taken to the Ak-Tru mountaineering camp, where it was handed over to representatives of the Novosibirsk region.

30. According to reports from 07.01.08, that from 02 to 12 January in the Aktru gorge
rescuers are taking measures to ensure the safety of training camps for climbers from two regions of Siberia. The number of participants - 40 people, half - from the Tomsk region, the other - from the Kemerovo region. On January 7, one of the camp participants suffered a knee injury after falling. Rescuers sent the climber to the village. Aktash, where he was, received medical assistance. The victim's condition is satisfactory, and he returned to the base in "Aktru"

31. During the descent of the Nizhny Novgorod group,
consisting of 5 people in the cave "Altai-Geodesic" on 07.01.08 a tourist from Nizhny Novgorod, Arcadia Karusevich, fell down and received a shoulder injury. The tourists could not independently raise the victim from the cave, since he is at a depth of 240 m. Basargino, Altai region, was received on January 7 from the participants of the descent. On the same day, the first group of rescuers arrived at the scene, went down to the victim and conducted reconnaissance. After the arrival of the second group of rescuers, on the morning of January 9, an operation began to transport the victim to the surface. For this, it was required to hang about 300 meters of safety rails. By the evening, the rescuers of the Main Directorate of the EMERCOM of Russia in the Altai Territory successfully completed work on the transportation of Arkady Karusevich from the cave. The second tourist from this Nizhny Novgorod group is Usanov A.S. Born in 1977, he received frostbite in the mountains of 2 - 3 degrees of the toes of the right and left feet while going to the cave on January 4. Both tourists were hospitalized on January 10 at the central regional hospital of the Altai region, which is located 30 km from the scene. It is not reported whether the route documents were issued by the group.

32. On the river Severnaya on July 5, 2006, 3 Moscow tourists were killed.
Rescuers are doing everything possible to search for Moscow tourists who disappeared last week while rafting on the Severnaya River in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The area of ​​work of rescuers has been expanded, it covers a large territory of the Turukhansk region. In the city of Igarka, on the banks of the Yenisei, a control and observation post was set up, where rescuers were on duty. They track the flow of the river. At this point on the Yenisei, a network will be installed, if only the flow of water will allow it to be done. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 28 people and seven pieces of equipment were involved in the search (an Mi-8 helicopter, two hovercraft, four watercraft).
Five tourists from Moscow, having rented a helicopter, arrived on July 5 at the Severnaya River, located 119 kilometers from the city of Turukhansk, and began rafting on two catamarans. In the afternoon, on the rapids of the river, both catamarans capsized. The search for tourists began on 6 July. On the same day, 12 kilometers above the mouth of the Kol River, a tributary of the Severnaya River, two out of five tourists were rescued. Later, on July 11, the body of another tourist was found in the Turukhansk region. The fate of two more people remains unknown. The Severnaya River is a rapids river of the IV - V category of difficulty, along which only specialists of the highest category are allowed to raft. It is impossible to work there without an escort, without rescuers, without personnel specialists. Even rescuers say: the places are wild, there is taiga all around, the nearest settlement is more than 100 kilometers away. And right now the northern rivers are the most full-flowing. They might not have known about the disappearance of tourists for a long time, since the tourists, bypassing the safety rules, did not register with the local Ministry of Emergency Situations - the control and rescue service. They learned about the disappearance of the tourists from the pilots of the local airline, who noticed overturned catamarans from the air. According to employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, accidents among fans of extreme sports occur mainly from carelessness. People overestimate their capabilities, neglecting safety rules. It happens that highly qualified professionals also perish - the element is the element, but the majority is still out of their own frivolity. “The trouble is that a lot of people, and especially newcomers, are not registered with the search and rescue unit, which means they are unable to keep in touch while passing checkpoints and on the route,” says Evgeny Borshchakov, head of the search and rescue unit. and rescuing people at sea and water bodies. Experts believe that another problem is the fact that Russian fans of extreme sports suffer from the so-called advanced dilettante syndrome. This was stated by an experienced dive instructor, director of the OK club diving center Sergey Ogloblin, speaking at a round table dedicated to the problem of tourism safety. “After five dives, they feel like they are real pros. They neglect the minimum safety precautions, dive without special training and the necessary equipment, and even use the services of illegal diving centers, ”Ogloblin said. "Syndrome of the advanced amateur" is typical not only for divers, but also for fans of other extreme types of recreation. “With such a dangerous mentality of tourists in Russia, there is no clear scheme for training guides and instructors, the industry is full of amateurs,” said Vladimir Dubinin, director of the Alpine Skiing Department of the Vetrov Rose travel agency. - Certification on a commercial basis is passed by all and sundry. Moreover, in the Russian Federation there is, perhaps, not a single insurance company that could provide tourists - extreme sportsmen with professional insurance. " Experts believe that in order to prevent accidents, it is necessary to introduce financial and criminal prosecution for non-observance of safety measures by extremals and unjustified risk. It should be noted that this practice already exists in a number of European countries, for example in France. Another real solution to this problem is travel insurance. The costs of the work of doctors and rescuers, according to the experience of other countries, are paid by insurance companies.

I have been to Belukha, on the slopes and on the summit several times. In winter, spring and summer. I saw Belukha differently.

In the spring he ran away from avalanches and fell into cracks in the winter. He lived in snow caves and saved a tent from summer storms with a hurricane wind. It froze and melted. Lived for weeks on the slopes, trying to understand the voice of the Mountain.

I did a lot. Rather, everything that was conceived succeeded. Not always the first time, but it is what it is.
I want to tell you a few interesting points, maybe they will help you to look at the mountains from the other side.

Winter. January... We are at Lake Akkem, we have come, we are resting. The weather is wonderful, clear blue sky, frost about 20, at night - 35. Windless and quiet. The beluga whale is visible in the sun, just beckons: "guys ... the weather is right, go ahead!"
But I don't want to go. Everyone is ready to perform at night on the Tomsk sites (the house of glessiologists at the foot of Belukha, from there the path begins in crampons and harnesses).

I'm against. Why? Everything inside me is against. It is necessary to leave at night, at three. In order to cross all rivers and lakes through the frost and not fall through. We decided not to go out that night, to wait out the day. And now it was just twelve at night, the fairy tale ended and a form of hell began. Howl, whirled. The wind has risen so that we thought it would blow off our barrels in which we stopped. The barrels bounced. The cables that held them in place groaned. The toilet was a big problem. In addition, the wind understood all the sand from the mountains of the attacker. Everyone began to look at me in amazement. Nothing foreshadowed such a weather.

Except for my intuition.

Since we are staying, we need firewood. Behind them, to the other end of the lake, into a cedar with a saw and an ax. Both men and women set out. Everything. It is necessary to drown, it is cold. There are brick stoves in barrels, they eat a lot of firewood. The wind was still not abating, but it became a little quieter and the snow was no longer the same.

Went into the forest. Everyone found himself a lying log, which must be sawed and carried away, and then beaten. Everything is on a slope, and the slope in places is 35 degrees. And so we sawed off a lying log from a tree trunk, I say:
now let's step aside, knock on it and it will roll.

The guy probably did not hear the first part of the phrase, but he mastered the second very well. And with all its heroic strength, as it will on a tree ... it rolled ... right at me.

The tree has a girth of two, branches stick out in different directions like a hellish machine. What I managed to do was slide down like a cockroach on a karachek and hide between the trees. My log hit those trees. And yet, several times it hit me in the head with branches. So my labor feat was over, and the harsh medical days began. Going down after the stress I had experienced, I clearly understood that it was enough to play the fool here, I had to go out at night. And returning to the barrels, he loudly announced that the meteorological day was the last today, we leave at night. I was reasonably told in response that the wind would blow away, to which I so calmly replied: "there will be no wind."

Mindful of how I predicted the wind, the people smeared my wounds on my head with brilliant green and began to get ready for the night exit.

Midnight came and the wind died down, as if someone had turned it off. Everyone was shocked. From then on, I was looked upon as a local mountain deity.

In the summer on the same route, the same exit, everything is planned out by day. Since the evening I am against going out. But the people insist that they all have plane trains and have bought tickets back. In the morning we go out and find ourselves in the rain. Raincoats quickly get wet on backpacks, and so do we. The whole road to Tomsk is one gray rain with wind.
We arrive, but nothing dries. So we sit like fools wet and frozen.

Climbers who have not ascended to the top descend from above. On Berelskoye the snowfall is such that the tents have broken and it looks like it will be for a long time. One can only hear the avalanches rumbling.

I look at the vacationers, I feel sorry for them.
The next day, the sky is clear, clear, no wind or rain. And here's the question: at least once in my life will I go against my intuition? The answer is unequivocal: no!

In the mountains, only flair rules. The mind is always wrong.

The water area of ​​the port of Sochi is guarded by trained beluga whales.

For the Games, this port, built back in the 1950s, was significantly reconstructed - a second deep-water area appeared, which was formed by new, powerful concrete breakwaters carried far into the open sea. In the same place, on the berths of the deep water area, a new sea terminal, customs buildings and various services have been erected. The main goal of the reconstruction of the Sochi harbor is to make it possible to dock in the port of large passenger ships. Modern cruise liners could not enter the old water area, the depth of which did not exceed 8 meters. The renovated port of Sochi was opened a month before the Games, and now there are four motor ships at the berths of its deep water area, each with a capacity of up to 3 thousand passengers. Fans, volunteers, technical support workers live in these floating hotels. Like all Olympic facilities in Sochi, the port is heavily guarded these days. This is noticeable: at the berths and at sea - ships and boats of the Russian Navy. Against their background, foreign guests of the Games take pictures with pleasure.

And a month before the Olympics, in the old water area of ​​the port of Sochi, an unobtrusive object appeared at one of the berths - a small enclosure, in which, if you look closely, you could notice three belugas or, as they are also called, polar dolphins. Dolphins - neither polar nor local Black Sea bottlenose dolphins - have never lived in the port of Sochi. What are they here for? The first assumption is that they will participate in the opening ceremony of the Games. But the port workers told the Trud correspondent that people in naval uniforms look after beluga whales and feed them with fish, so even then, a month before the Olympics, it was no secret that to protect both water areas, old and new, from possible penetration into them by scuba divers who have, shall we say, bad intentions, will be fighting polar whales who have undergone a special training course.

The Trud correspondent was unable to get any comments or details from the representatives of the Navy. Moreover, the whales from the pen soon disappeared. “What kind of beluga whales? - people in uniform laughed it off. "It seemed to you ..."

But the version that these three dolphins are now guarding the port was confirmed: in the sea, at the entrance to the Sochi harbor, an unusual floating structure was installed, attracting attention with its bright orange color. And inside this structure, divided into three sections, through binoculars you can see periodically emerging snow-white dolphins.

There is information in the public domain on the Internet that in special units of the Navy they began to train beluga whales for military purposes back in the days of the USSR. One of the first research centers for the combat use of whales was established in the Far East, in Srednyaya Bay near Nakhodka. Then the same center appeared in the Vityaz Bay of the Khasansky District. It is reported that "... scientists and military specialists in anti-sabotage combat achieved the required skills from the animals - in a combat situation, a special cutting device was put on the nose of the beluga whale, with which the animal could kill the scuba diver, pushing him to the surface." In 1998, during the collapse of the Soviet Army and the Navy, when funding was cut off on all counts, the Naval Research Center in the Far East was disbanded, and some beluga whales were then transported to the Black Sea, to Gelendzhik.

Apparently, at present, the Russian Navy continues experiments on the combat use of dolphins. And, as can be assumed, now beluga whales are trained not to kill enemy scuba divers, but to notify about the approach of divers or other large underwater objects to a protected vessel or structure. Dolphins, as you know, are endowed with the unique ability of echolocation, and they are guided under water not with the help of sight, but due to the fact that they emit sound waves of high frequency and catch their reflection from various objects and obstacles. This natural mechanism, in particular in beluga whales, is so perfect that a whale with its locator can recognize and identify even small objects on the bottom, for example, coins. And to find a scuba diver on the way to the port, and at a considerable distance, is not a problem for them at all.

It was not possible to find out how beluga whales warn people about the approach of divers. Such developments are strictly classified. One can only assume that the signal is transmitted by special electronic devices: this is indicated by the antennas located on the floating structure, where whales live and work, and on the pier of the port.

However, for the guests of the Olympics, technical details are not so important. The main thing is that the port of the city, where 12 thousand people live on ships, like in hotels, is reliably guarded, including very cute snow-white polar whales.

The use of war animals in the US Navy Special Forces.

One day in the first half of the 1960s in sunny Florida, yachtsmen and shipowners unexpectedly found strange objects on their yachts and boats, which turned out to be sabotage mines. This was the result of the first exercise conducted by a special group of the CIA near the island of Key West, using specially trained demolition dolphins. It's good that the mines were training mines.

But they could have been the first ...

The leadership of the CIA's special unit believed that the task assigned to the dolphins "recruited" for military service was quite simple and easily achievable for animals with such a high level of brain activity. Take a special sabotage mine from the base, go to the designated area of ​​the operation and attach mines to the bottoms of warships. After that, the dolphins had to return to the base.

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An exclusive interview with the former head of the facility with a completely peaceful name "Oceanarium" ... Although the name of the SUPERIOR organization - "Aquarium" also sounds very peaceful :)
There is a lot of myth and fiction around this topic. There are many reasons for this, first of all, the special secrecy of the programs of the General Staff of the General Staff of the USSR, the special forces of the Navy, and other circumstances.
Original taken from moryakukrainy in the Oceanarium and Dolphin Special Forces. Without myths and legends ... Sevastopol 1990. Removal of fighting dolphins.

"Voennaya Kniga" is a small and cozy store, some 25 years ago it was located on the main street of Odessa, Deribasovskaya. There one could take his time to look through all the novelties - the memoirs of the participants in the last war, military-political and military-technical literature: domestic and translated. Some of the editions purchased here ended up on the shelves of the personal library. Even now I use them as reference books. I will name, as they say, offhand: Fuller J. F. S. "World War II" 1939-1945, "Strategic and tactical review" - M. Foreign Literature (IL), 1956 or R. Hillsman "Strategic intelligence and political solutions ”- M. IL, 1957. I named these two books for a reason. It was thanks to the translations made by IL that I got acquainted with collections of military-technical articles, including about the biotechnical system (BTS) with the participation of dolphins, as well as dolphinologists John Lilly and Forrest Glen Wood, who worked in the US Navy in those years.

One of the biggest nonsense in the tasks assigned to us was work on Belukha (the highest point of Altai, 4.506 m). When we went to her, the snow lay, starting at one and a half thousand. Larisa sent a radiogram to Biysk with a request to cancel the work due to a large layer of snow, avalanche hazard, etc.

We were reminded of our duty to the Motherland. Larisa did everything right: she tried to mitigate her responsibility for the accidents that she foresaw. Fate decreed that everything was okay with us. Other people died.

At altitudes of more than three thousand, the snow layer exceeded 1.5 meters. Below, we coped with about a week, although five more men from another detachment were sent to help us. We had to dig pits in the snow in order to get to the ground and take metallometry, and it was also desirable to bring the probe of the radiometer closer to the soil.

When we approached one and a half thousand, we were allowed to thin out the mesh, but they continued to demand that we survey to the very top.

Two stationary camps were organized: one at the edge of the snow at one and a half thousand, and the second at three. From one camp to another, a trail was made about one meter wide so that a horse could pass along it under the packs. The trail looped from the lower camp to the upper one, and at the height of the upper camp it ran horizontally. The length of this "shelf" was 150-200 meters. There were radios in both the upper and lower camp.

Every morning, at dawn, I loaded onto Hysterics everything that the guys in the upper camp needed (there were eight of the strongest and most experienced men) and went upstairs. Late in the evening I went downstairs with samples. It was necessary to pass the snow (especially the shelf) while it was frozen.

Several days passed and in the first half of the day a group of mountain tourists from Novosibirsk came to the lower camp. There were eight of them: five men and three girls. They set up camp on the side of ours. According to their route map, they were supposed to climb to the top of Belukha. I was not present at the meeting, because I was in the upper camp, but Natasha told me later that they explained to the guys all the danger of the route and offered to wait for me and in the morning go to the upper camp together. I repeat, I knew nothing about tourists. Somewhere around four o'clock in the afternoon, in the upper camp, we heard the noise of an avalanche, but did not attach any importance to it: avalanches came down often. At the beginning of the eighth, I moved "home". I got to the "shelf" - there is no "shelf": it was blown away by an avalanche. I returned to the camp and said to Brekhov: "Get in touch, you have to dig a regiment in the morning - it was demolished!" Volodya called Larisa, and she asks: "Do you have tourists?" "What tourists?" Larissa told. And we, and they rushed to the "shelf". We got there in 15 minutes, and walked from below for almost an hour. They started screaming. Someone responds, but very quietly, and it's already dusk. Hard to see. Only those who lived then know what pocket torches of 1960 edition are. From them to light, like from a candle - to illuminate the tent.

Why didn't anyone else die that night? Heaven keeps fools ... Everyone has climbed into the avalanche (or rather, into its frozen trail). Brekhov insisted that everyone tie a three-meter halyard to their belt, in case the avalanche moves again and falls asleep on someone. We started from the shelf and went down. There are no probes, no light ... About an hour later, three hundred meters below the shelf, we found two. Alive and not very broken. A guy and a girl. Found only because they were practically not covered. They lowered the guys to the lower camp, and then Larissa demanded that everyone go to bed - in the morning they look again, but there is no longer any strength.

By some miracle, we managed to contact Kosh-Agach, and in the morning we were promised a helicopter with rescuers and equipment.

We went out onto the slope even after dark. A couple of people on horseback with axes were sent to the nearest forest to chop sticks - probes. When the helicopter arrived at about eleven o'clock, we had already left the slope. The snow "let go", and the avalanche could start moving again. During the morning we found three, or rather two live men and the body of one girl. It's already five. Where are the other three? More than a day has passed since they fell asleep. The hope of finding the living faded.

Two rescuers flew in. The men brought a dozen factory probes, two stretchers, splints and painkillers. One rescuer was also a paramedic.

They wanted to take out the two heaviest ones (the Mi-2 did not take any more), but the helicopter could not take off. The pilot swore: "Well, my engine must go for overhaul, but they sent it!" In short, a second helicopter flew in from Kosh-Agach, both took off together and took out four survivors, and we began to search for the three remaining.

We found another male body, the paramedic said that the guy did not wait for us and died of hypothermia. Two were never found. I heard that after a year one body thawed out, and one remained under the snow. On Belukha there is not only one of them.

The living said that their deceased leader did not wait for the temperature to drop and led them up the snowfield during the day. Everything went well, but when they walked across the shelf, the last girl walking threw a snowball at the leader walking first. He turned abruptly and hit the snow slope with his backpack, after which the snow "went".

Like this: the nonsense of the head (candidate for master of sports in mountain tourism), one playful snowball - and four corpses, and four cripples!

It took the rescuers almost three days to reach the Kemerovo tourists who were trapped in the Belukha glaciers in the border zone. The participants in the rescue operation told Sibnet.ru why they had to wait so long for help, how climbers survived without a tent, how they greeted their rescuers, and why they did not eventually return to civilization.

Last Friday, forecasters issued a storm warning for Gorny Altai, and on Saturday the weather deteriorated sharply. On Sunday, August 12, rescuers received an SOS signal from the Ust-Koksinsky district, where Belukha is located.

Four residents of Kemerovo got in touch by satellite phone and said that they were blocked at an altitude of 4.1 thousand meters. The strongest wind tore their tent and carried away equipment that could help them descend at least to Akkem Lake, where there is a seasonal rescue post.

It would take about three days for rescuers to get to them from the checkpoint on foot, the situation was complicated by bad weather - it was raining here, turning into snow, and a strong wind was blowing. It was decided to send a helicopter for the climbers, which on Monday arrived in the Altai Republic from Kemerovo and waited several days for permission to take off. From the airport of Gorno-Altaysk, the aircraft took off only at 4 pm on Tuesday, but after three hours the tourists were removed from Belukha.

The hardest route

The tourists turned out to be no longer young and rather experienced climbers, the youngest of them is 48 years old, the oldest is 53 years old. They overcame one of the most difficult ice and rock routes - category 5A, while category 6B is considered the most difficult. Rescuers are not gods: how to return alive from Altai

The men planned a traverse (the passage of two or more peaks, and the descent from the previous peak should go in the direction of the next one) of three peaks and had to climb to the Western, Eastern peaks and the Korona peak of Belukha Mountain.

“Four tourists were sitting on the western plateau. It was cloudy and the pilots did a great job. First they flew above the clouds, then they dived into the so-called window, and managed to get to those in distress. We flew in by helicopter, took them away, lowered them to Lake Akkem, to our rescue base, ”said Yuri Shvarts, a 1st class rescuer from the Altai search and rescue team.

Welcome - Welcome

According to one of the pilots, the head of the aviation department of the Siberian regional center of the EMERCOM of Russia, Sergei Zubov, the operation took place normally, but the work was hampered by the cloudiness, which kept around the mountain peaks. But the wind that caused the emergency was normal.

“The clouds were around the entire mountain, including the landing site. The excess also interfered - a height of four thousand one hundred meters. It was an area covered with fresh snow. When landing, a cloud formed, I had to very clearly maintain the place, but I managed to sit very close to the tourists, ”said the pilot, the only pilot in the Krasnoyarsk Aviation Rescue Center, who has permission to fly to high altitudes.

The pilot explained that heights of more than three thousand meters are considered difficult, the machine becomes inert, uncontrollable and, as a rule, there is no place for landing. And this time it was not possible to fully land the car for loading people. It was snowing in the mountains for two days, it was poured over a meter, it was slippery. In touch mode, the crew held the helicopter while the tourists loaded their belongings and boarded themselves. The help of rescuers was practically not required, specifies the Siberian regional center of the EMERCOM of Russia.

According to Zubov, the preparation for the operation was not long - it was long waiting for permission to fly: “We waited for the weather for a long time, Mount Belukha was covered by clouds for two days, today a window appeared, and we managed to do everything in 3.5 hours”.

Having flown up to the mountain, the rescuers searched for climbers for no more than 15 minutes. Because of the cloudiness, we had to fly around the summit in a circle, and tourists were noticed on one of the sides. The men had been in touch with the rescue post every three hours since Sunday, and therefore already knew that they were being followed. By the time the board arrived, they trampled the inscription Welcome in the snow with their feet.

Snow Shelter and Gas Burner

All this time, the tourists were at the achieved height of 4.1 thousand meters above sea level. They had warm clothes with them, a supply of food and a gas burner on which they melted snow.

“Since their tent was torn apart, they buried themselves in the snow, made a cave with the help of its remains, and lived in this place. They had food, but they ran out of gas - only half the tank remained. If we couldn’t take them off today, they would have to do without hot stuff, ”said rescuer Schwartz.

He added that the tourists were physically weakened, they had to spend energy on heating their shelter, and food was also running out. The temperature at this altitude was from zero to five degrees below zero, at night it dropped to minus 12. However, according to the rescuer, men were not threatened with frostbite. In the end, none of them needed medical attention.

Often, tourists go on difficult routes without calculating their strength, often make some mistakes that can cost a person his life. However, here, according to Schwartz, a combination of circumstances played a big role.

“Everyone can get into bad weather, regardless of whether he is a trained tourist or a beginner. Of course, they had a hard time. It's good that everything ended well, ”the interlocutor concluded.

Violators?

The rescue ship returned to Gorno-Altaysk without the tourists rescued from the trap; they remained at the seasonal rescue post near Lake Akkem. The fact is that the border of Russia and Kazakhstan passes through the Belukha massif. According to a representative of the region's security forces, the tourists entered the border zone without special passes. And at the seasonal rescue post at the foot of Belukha, border guards were already waiting for them.

“When entering the Ust-Koksinsky district, at the border control post, they informed the border guards that they were going to the Tomsk camps, but they themselves went much higher, where the five-kilometer border zone is located. They should not have misled the employees of the customs post, but simply issued the passes, ”the source said.

Now the climbers face administrative proceedings and a fine. However, they got into trouble and survived, and this is already a lot of luck. Just a week ago, when descending from the top of Aktru on the Severo-Chuisky ridge, two climbers from Novosibirsk and the Kemerovo region fell, a resident of Kuzbass could not survive.

And three years ago, in August 2015, when climbing the Maly Aktru glacier on a route of medium difficulty, four experienced climbers from Tomsk died. They ignored the weather warning and froze to death on the slope after it rained and got colder. Help could not come on time due to bad weather and darkness.

Photo: © Ministry of Emergency Situations in RA