A tourist who disappeared on the Aibga ridge in Sochi was found alive

The missing 58-year-old man, who fell behind the group in the area of the Aibga ridge in Sochi, was found alive. This was announced on September 6 by the press service of the Southern Regional Search and Rescue Squad The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

"The missing 58-year—old Sochi resident has been found alive," the department's Telegram channel says.

They clarified that the tourist was found in the village of Aibga, and all search groups are already returning to the base.

"When Natalia saw us, she started crying—she hoped she could come down."

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On September 5, it was reported that rescuers of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations had failed to find traces of the man. A Ka-32 helicopter of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations was again deployed to search for him from the air, and the massifs of the 1st and 2nd Galion rivers, both banks and tributaries at the source of the rivers, and slopes with peaks of the Fir, Horseshoe and Krasnaya Skala mountains (height 1850 m) were examined.

The disappearance of a man in the mountains of Krasnaya Polyana became known on September 2. It was noted that on August 31, he fell behind the group on the descent. Having discovered that one of the participants of the hike was missing, the tourists began to search for the missing man, but without success. Rescuers were looking for him at an altitude of more than 1.7 thousand meters.

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