Draft map od Djatlov pass incident.
Nine hikers died, maybe because they feared something and quick escaped from their tent and freezed to death in very cold winter, and they has lack of clothes.Black crosses means bodies of dead. 0 ) mountain 1) tent, 2) hikers escaped from tent, x) their traces. They ran ca. 1500 m down to fjell slope.  Maybe deep snow ended their escape.  3) their took branches of cedar 3) and 4) made and fire. 5) other weant to ravine, , in some time they used den 6) When possible danged went off, 7) three hikers tried to return to tent, but they freezed to death in cold.    Four died in ravine. Two died near cedar and fire.
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