Mountain of the Dead, Keith McCloskey
Mountain of the Dead, Keith McCloskey
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Mountain of the Dead
The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Author: Keith McCloskey

Narrator: Curt Bonnem

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/11/2022


Synopsis

The Dyatlov Pass incident resulted in nine unsolved, mysterious deaths; Keith McCloskey attempts to decipher the bizarre events that led up to that night and the subsequent aftermath

In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out to travel to a mountain named Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. During the trip, one of the skiers fell ill and returned. The remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl, or "Mountain of the Dead."

On the night of February 1, 1959, something or someone caused the skiers to flee their tent in terror, using knives to slash their way out instead of using the entrance. When they failed to return home, search parties were sent out and their bodies were found, some with massive internal injuries but all without external marks. The autopsy report showed that the injuries were caused by "an unknown compelling force." The area was sealed off for years and the deaths and events of that night remained unexplained.

Benefiting from original research carried out in Russia, this book attempts to explain what happened to the nine skiers who lost their lives in what has come to be known as the "Dyatlov Pass Incident."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ruth on December 03, 2014

I started reading this book straight after finishing “Dead Mountain: The True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident” by Donnie Eicher. As with Dead Mountain this book is well written and well researched. I did notice that there were a quite a few discrepancies in the facts of the story between the two b......more

Goodreads review by Kristine on April 21, 2023

Listened to the audiobook... I still have no idea what exactly is the author's perspective what might have happened. There seem to be many and none of them this-worldly. Basilisk-like light? I don't know. I do not think this does justice to the real lives lost in this tragedy.......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 12, 2020

This is a book I purchased through Bookbub. I had never heard of the Dyatlov Pass incident before reading this book. Possibly because it happened in the Ural Mountains in Russia. Possibly because it was in 1959 during the Cold War. And how different the world was in 1959, Alaska only becoming the 49th......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on September 24, 2014

Don't you just hate it when a book you're enjoying suddenly, and spectacularly falls to bits? McCloskey's look at the still-mysterious deaths of nine Russian ski/hikers in 1959 might be clunkily written but up until chapter 8 (of 9) it's still a clear, even-handed look at the kind of story that's far......more

Goodreads review by Andy on January 04, 2021

In January 1959 nine Russian university students disappeared after a 'ski tourist' trip to the northern Ural mountains (Mount Otorten). The frozen bodies were discovered by search parties several weeks later. To this day, there is no accepted explanation of what happened to them. The Dyatlov Inciden......more