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Halálhegy: A Gyatlov-csoport tragédiájának igaz története by Donnie Eichar
13 reviews
jenmtnbike's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
ddrosche's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death
ericasbookshelves's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
I’ve always found the Dyatlov Pass Incident to be a very fascinating case, but often find it gets convoluted and mildly confusing when reading/listening to things about it, I think this did a good job explaining everything that happened leading up to the tragedy. Although the author also included the story of him going to russia to investigate, which was an interesting addition, but I wish it wasn’t factored in Every other chapter. Some of those chapters were full of personal anecdotes that could have been left out(things about his family or his health) and switching back and fourth ended up causing me to be pulled out of the Dyatlov chapters. I think the theory put forth by the author at the end was very convincing and I liked reading about that. I feel like he dismissed and went through the other theories at lightning speed and I wish he spent more time on them and why people think those are plausible. Overall, I found the book interesting and engaging and would recommend it to people both familiar and not familiar with the case.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
byashleylamar's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death
blondieabrams's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
jhbandcats's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
4.5
This book tells of the hiking trip gone wrong in the Ural Mountains of the USSR in 1959, the unknowable end of the nine college friends, and the multiple theories that have been put forth over the years. The book alternates sections discussing what happened at the time of the tragedy with descriptions of how the American author began his research and what he discovered during his trips to Russia.
Some reviews complain that the author shouldn’t be a part of the book but I found the contemporary sections as fascinating as the ones on what originally happened. He tells about the people he interviewed, the papers he studied, the photos he pored over - and then he tells about his trips to the Urals to see if he can experience the hike the way the friends did fifty years earlier, albeit with Gore-Tex, Polartec, and snowmobiles.
The book ends with the many theories being examined and then tossed out. Then the author proposes an unusual idea about infrasound caused by high winds and the possibility that it disoriented and frightened the hikers enough where they ran out of their tent in -25 degree weather where they froze. I am not sure I’m sold on the infrasound theory but it’s certainly compelling, especially when he recreates what *might* have happened on that last night of their lives.
Some reviews complain that the author shouldn’t be a part of the book but I found the contemporary sections as fascinating as the ones on what originally happened. He tells about the people he interviewed, the papers he studied, the photos he pored over - and then he tells about his trips to the Urals to see if he can experience the hike the way the friends did fifty years earlier, albeit with Gore-Tex, Polartec, and snowmobiles.
The book ends with the many theories being examined and then tossed out. Then the author proposes an unusual idea about infrasound caused by high winds and the possibility that it disoriented and frightened the hikers enough where they ran out of their tent in -25 degree weather where they froze. I am not sure I’m sold on the infrasound theory but it’s certainly compelling, especially when he recreates what *might* have happened on that last night of their lives.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
authormelissameyer's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Gore, and Grief
ercon's review
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death
fictionalalex's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Book 24 2022 || Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar
Much like the author, I have been fascinated by the case of the Dyatlov Pass since I first heard about it on a podcast years ago. What could have possibly happened to these nine experienced hikers that one night half a century ago? What is the explanation for their tragic deaths?
I enjoyed reading about the lives of the hikers in this book. I think in stories of true crime and tragedies it's important to recognize those affected as people first, and not just stories. I liked reading about their personal interested and schooling, and seeing snippets of their friendship through their journal entries.
I also enjoyed Eichar's analysis of the case, and the way in which they brought discusses the idea of the infrasound explanation of the event. It was incredibly interesting to see the way in which he sought experts in the field to discuss the phenomenon.
My only gripe with the book is that I felt like a lot of Eichar's journey was odd to read about; it does feel slightly off to have him go and retrace the footsteps of these hikers. I am not sure I can explain why it felt off to me, but I felt that it did detract from the story of the hikers themselves.
3 ⭐
Much like the author, I have been fascinated by the case of the Dyatlov Pass since I first heard about it on a podcast years ago. What could have possibly happened to these nine experienced hikers that one night half a century ago? What is the explanation for their tragic deaths?
I enjoyed reading about the lives of the hikers in this book. I think in stories of true crime and tragedies it's important to recognize those affected as people first, and not just stories. I liked reading about their personal interested and schooling, and seeing snippets of their friendship through their journal entries.
I also enjoyed Eichar's analysis of the case, and the way in which they brought discusses the idea of the infrasound explanation of the event. It was incredibly interesting to see the way in which he sought experts in the field to discuss the phenomenon.
My only gripe with the book is that I felt like a lot of Eichar's journey was odd to read about; it does feel slightly off to have him go and retrace the footsteps of these hikers. I am not sure I can explain why it felt off to me, but I felt that it did detract from the story of the hikers themselves.
3 ⭐
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gore
mangofandango's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
This is such a sad, mysterious, haunting story and this book does a good job of exploring all the theories as to what happened to these hikers and presenting an understandable and very plausible theory of its own. I know there was recently some news about this incident, and I wonder what the author and others involved in this book think of the conclusions drawn from that. I'm looking forward to revisiting the recent articles about it having read this book, and I'm curious how the new theories presented stand up to this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Deaths are by hypothermia and injury, graphic descriptions of the state of the hikers' remains and what happened to them prior to their death, including graphic descriptions of accident and injury, are included.