16:57, 29 August 2025

Deceased Kuban Mountaineer Evacuated from Mount Dzhangi-Tau in Kabardino-Balkaria

Rescuers evacuated the body of a climber from Krasnodar Krai by helicopter from Mount Dzhangi-Tau, who died as a result of a rockfall two days earlier.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, former president of the Kuban Mountaineering Federation Alexander Rastorguev died while climbing Mount Dzhangi-Tau in Kabardino-Balkaria, having been caught in a rockfall. Another participant in the climb was injured, and rescuers evacuated her to Nalchik.

The group began climbing Dzhangi-Tau on August 25 and was caught in a rockfall two days later, on August 27. Rastorguev has completed more than 200 climbs. He headed the Kuban Mountaineering Federation in 2010-2011. The route that Rastorguev's group took was considered safe.

The search operation on Mount Dzhangi-Tau ended this morning, employees of the Elbrus high-mountain rescue team evacuated the body of the deceased climber, the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Kabardino-Balkaria reported.

Eight rescuers took part in the operation, which involved a helicopter. The body of the 68-year-old athlete from Krasnodar Krai was handed over to the investigative and operational group of law enforcement agencies, the department said in a statement.

A video of the operation was published on the department's Telegram channel. The rescuers reached the place where the rockfall occurred and delivered the body of the deceased to the slope where the helicopter could fly.

“It was sad to watch the rescuers work. We are now in Bezengi. On August 27, we also walked along this gorge, there were a lot of rockfalls,” a user with the nickname “Fairy Ellie” wrote under the publication of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/414958