The rescuer estimated Nagovitsina's survival time at the peak of Victory

Russian climber Natalia Nagovitsina could have lived on Victory Peak for about five days, given the reserves of climbing gas given to her by other members of the group. This opinion was expressed on August 30 by Russian mountaineer and rescuer Bair Batuev in an interview with TASS.

"She could probably live on those gas reserves for five days. With a broken leg, she could move around there, pick up snow for herself. <...> It's hard to say what kind of acclimatization she had," Batuev said, adding that other band members also had problems with frostbite.

The climber stressed that Nagovitsina had experience climbing high peaks, including routes up to 5,000 meters, but she lacked the physical endurance to climb Victory Peak. He added that the group was moving slowly, and even the more experienced members were climbing at a slow pace.

"We definitely need to change something [when organizing ascents] to win, because this is one of the most difficult peaks," Batuev summed up.

On August 28, Izvestia published photographs of Nagovitsina with a fracture, taken while trying to rescue her from Victory Peak. The photographs showed her companion Roman Mokrinsky, as well as German Gunther Sigmund and Italian Luca Sinigalchi, who later died of cerebral edema after hypothermia.

The fact that the Russian climber was stuck on Victory Peak became known on August 19. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan, after a series of unsuccessful rescue operations, recognized Nagovitsina as missing on August 27.

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