Climbing “Dead Mountain”
In a more lighthearted moment on their trip, one of the hikers came up with a fake newspaper headline about their trip: “According to the latest information, abominable snowmen live in the northern Urals.” The group laughed.
Source: Dyatlov Pass
With their excess equipment stored away, the group started moving toward the slope of Peak 1079, which was known among the area’s indigenous people as “Dead Mountain.”