On Dec 28, 1999 three of my friends lost their lives on Pico de Orizaba, Mexican mountain. Below are some references related to this tragedy.
Page of the
Russian Alpine Club
Report by Liubov' Ivanova, Igor Slepchin, Ilya Timofeyev
in Russian (KOI)
and
in English
Otchet/Misli o poxode Lubi Ivanovoy; Chast' 1
in Russian (translit)
Otchet/Misli o poxode Lubi Ivanovoy; Chast' 2
in Russian (translit)
Otchet/Misli o poxode Lubi Ivanovoy; Oshibki
in Russian (translit)
Archive of the
discussion of the report and the climb
on the mailing list of the Russian Alpine Club (aka blackalpinist), in Russian (translit).
Pictures from Volodya' camera in Adirondacks on Thanksgiving 1999
Pictures from Volodya' camera from Orizaba
Pictures taken by Olya Libova
all with comments in Russian (translit)
Pictures from Igor Slepchin' camera
with comments in English
Scheme of the ascent #1
Scheme of the ascent #2 (Bigger)
Several posts by V.Smirnov into the newsgroup rec.climbing before the trip
Post #0
Post #1
Post #2