{"id":201480,"date":"2026-08-27T18:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201480\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:04:32","slug":"families-identify-bodies-of-two-climbers-missing-in-kyrgyzstan","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201480\/","title":{"rendered":"Families identify bodies of two climbers missing in Kyrgyzstan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 27, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Family members have identified the bodies of Belarusian climber Maksim Palanski, 43, and his Lithuanian climbing partner Sergejus Rubcovas, 37, who went missing earlier this month after ascending Kurumdy Mountain in Kyrgyzstan near the Chinese border, 24.kg<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bodies will be repatriated to their respective countries. The third climber, Belarusian Mika\u0142aj Sviryda\u016d, 60, has not yet been found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, the rescue team suspended the search indefinitely after rockfalls and avalanches made further operations too dangerous. All rescuers were evacuated by helicopter to Osh. The search may resume if credible information emerges about where to look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sviryda\u016d, Palanski and Rubcovas reached the peak of Kurumdy Mountain, at 6,613 meters (21,699 feet), on August 1. The following day, they reported that they were preparing to start their descent to the base camp. After that call, contact with the men was lost, and they did not come to a designated point on August 4 where a vehicle was waiting for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the mountain sits directly on the frontier between Kyrgyzstan and China, satellite phone positioning failed and cellular tracking only came in fragments via a Chinese operator, leaving rescue teams with no specific coordinates and forcing them to sweep the entire mountain route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurumdy Mountain is situated in the Trans-Alay Range of the Pamir Mountains. With a reputation for extreme technical difficulty, dangerously loose rock, rotten summit cornices and severe isolation, it has seen very few successful ascents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volunteers raised  \u20ac70,000 in public donations for the search and rescue operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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