500 Russian tourists stranded on Mount Kailash after landslide
Almost 500 Russian tourists are stranded at an altitude of 4,750 meters on Mount Kailas in Tibet due to a landslide.
Consensus
- Nearly 500 Russian tourists are stranded on Mount Kailash in Tibet.
- The tourists are located at an altitude of 4,750 meters.
- They have been in Darchen for four days.
- The situation is due to a landslide.
- The tourists are staying in overcrowded hotels and shelters.
- Evacuation or alternative routes will cost each tourist $2,500–$3,000.
- Travel in Tibet requires a guide, and group guide services cost $2,000 per person for two weeks.
- Individual guide services are more expensive.
- The tourists were not warned about the road closure for trekkers.
- Despite risks of avalanches, landslides, and mudflows, permission was granted to pass through gorges.
- All mountain passes are now blocked by rocks or machinery.
Points of divergence
- A landslide occurred on Mount Mijirgi in Kabardino-Balkaria, killing at least 11 people and leaving six missing, with a hurricane-force wind and prior MЧS warnings ignored. — vm
Coverage (5 sources)
- Attention was drawn to publications by a number of domestic media outlets reporting that 'almost 500 Russian tourists got stuck at an altitude of 4750 meters on Mount Kailas in Tibet due to a landslide'. — МИД России
- Russian Embassy did not confirm information about 500 Russians stranded in Tibet — Коммерсантъ
- 4 days in a trap: about 500 Russian tourists stuck on a mountain in Tibet — РИАМО
- Mash: Almost 500 Russian tourists stranded at 4750 meters in Tibet — Вечерняя Москва
- Almost 500 Russian tourists stranded at 4750 meters on Mount Kailas in Tibet due to landslide. Travelers... — Mash