A bid to save a woman stuck 22,000ft up a mountain with a broken leg has been called off after ten days due to bad weather – and one rescuer died trying to help her.
Russian mountaineer Natalia, also known as Natasha, Nagovitsina, 47, has been trapped at 22,965ft on Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan, with a summit height of 24,406ft.
Nagovitsina, who is a well-known mountaineer, was reportedly seen moving on drone footage as recently as three days ago.
She was injured on August 12, when her climbing partner helped her as best they could before returning further down the mountain to get help.
But since then temperatures have sunk to minus 23C and multiple rescue attempts have ended in tragedy.
Italian climber Luca Sinigaglia, 49, was one of those who attempted to rescue her and managed to deliver a sleeping bag, tent, food, water and a gas cooker to Nagovitsina.
But repeated efforts to bring her down failed, both by climbing and using a helicopter.
Matters escalated after Sinigaglia himself then died on the mountain from prolonged exposure to low oxygen and hypothermia.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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