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Okay, we're going to go into the Diathlon pass mystery now. And before we get to Keith McCluskey, who's spent a good portion of his life researching this, he is a very dedicated researcher about this.

Let me just tell you the basic story. We're talking about nine Russian hikers. The year is 1959. They died in the Ural Mountains at the beginning of February of that year.

They were experienced. They knew the outdoors. They were all from the Ural Polytechnical Institute, educational establishment.

They established a camp on the slopes of Koldatsiaki in an area now called Diathlon pass, named in honor of the group's leader Igor Diathlon.

During the night, something caused them to tear their way out of their tents and free the campsite that they had.

All of them inadequately dressed for the conditions, heavy snowfall, sub-zero temperatures, and their bodies subsequently found.

Many mysteries connected with this. But the core mystery is how could something like that happen to a bunch of young, fit, trained experienced people.

In an area that yes was forbidding, but they should have been well prepared for. And it's a mystery information about which has been hard to get.

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