The Dyatlov Pass Incident (Part I 1)
January 25 1959
Igor Dyatlov, a member of the Ural Polytechnical Institute’s hiking and trekking program, assembled a group of 8 other experiences hikers / students to join him on a hike into the harsh Siberian Wilderness. By completing their dangerous route they would become “Grade 3 hikers” and achieve the next level of certification in their program. They left the campus with high hopes and a youthful exuberance feeling confident about their trek up the nearby mountain, Kholat Syakhl. Little did they know this would be the last time anyone would see them alive.
Dyatlov was to send a telegram back the UPI Sports Club as soon as they returned to the nearby town of Vizhai after completing their trip. This telegram never arrived.
The mysteries of what happened to the Dyatlov group range from UFO’s and Government cover-ups to infighting and murder, but what we do know for sure is that something terrible happened on Kholat Syakl, or what the native people call…
