Mountaineer Sigmund spoke about his condition after being rescued from Victory Peak

German mountaineer Gunther Sigmund, one of the members of the climbing group, which included Natalia Nagovitsina, on August 27, in an interview with Izvestia, told about his rescue from Victory Peak.

He noted that he did not feel frostbite. The climber added that he was most likely injured after leaving the snow cave where the group spent the night during the expedition and sleeping in the forest.

"As you can see, I suffered frostbite because we lost our tent and came to sleep in the forest. Especially after we left this cave," he said.

Sigmund clarified that he was in a state of shock and did not understand what was happening. According to him, recovery can take up to two months.

The climber also added that before starting the descent from the mountain, one of the team members, Italian Luca Sinigaglia, lost control of himself. He said that when three male climbers were in the cave and it was covered with snow, the Italian began to panic.

"Luke has started... He was yelling at us, and we left him behind because he's not that good anymore. He was worried about his arm. He thought we wanted to amputate her," said Sigmund.

The accident that happened to the climber became known on August 19. Izvestia was told by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan that 47-year-old Nagovitsina broke her leg and remained at the peak of Victory in conditions of almost "zero visibility." A helicopter was involved in the operations, which crashed.

Later, on August 22, the ministry noted that the operations initiated to rescue the Russian woman were suspended due to bad weather conditions, as well as due to the deteriorating health of the head of the rescue operation. In addition, rescue climber Bair Batuev, who participated in the operation to rescue Nagovitsina, reported that no one had been rescued since Victory Peak.

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