Overview
- Rescuers and trained volunteers found 43-year-old Polina Zakharova on Oct. 21 in border-area bogs near Mount Bolshoy Iremel.
- She was hospitalized in Yuruzan with frostbite to her lower limbs and exhaustion, and her condition was assessed as of moderate severity on Oct. 22.
- Zakharova had voluntarily separated from an unorganized hiking group during a Ural peaks challenge in an area without mobile coverage.
- The operation grew to 104 people with about 20 units of equipment, including a Ka-32 helicopter, MChS drones, police, canine units, and hunters.
- Fog, snow, and high winds hindered searches, and Liza Alert volunteers ultimately located her after she reached a trail by moving toward the sound of a quad bike.