We examined the cave: new details about the search for the Usoltsevs' family became known

During the search for the missing Usoltsev family near Krasnoyarsk, they examined an inaccessible cave in the Partizansky district and rocky placers behind Malvinka Mountain. This is stated in the message of the regional institution "Rescuer". Since the beginning of the search for the family missing in the mountain taiga, more than 5,000 km of taiga roads have already been surveyed, the Ministry of Emergency Situations explained. The press service of LizaAlert emphasized that only trained volunteers are engaged in the search for the Usoltsevs. However, according to Alyona Mironova, chairman of the regional branch of the Russian Red Cross (RCC) in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the weather does not give up hope that the family will be found alive. According to her, it is very dangerous on the rocks — snow, there is a possibility of breaking a leg or falling off. Details can be found in the Izvestia article.

What is known about the search for the Usoltsev family

It has been two weeks since the disappearance of the Usoltsev family in the Krasnoyarsk taiga. A large-scale search operation, in which about 1,400 people took part in total, has not yet been crowned with success. The fate of the 64-year-old husband, 48-year-old wife, their five-year-old daughter and a corgi dog remains unknown.

On October 2, volunteers from the Oksana Vasilishina Search for Missing Children reported hearing a single bark in the remote taiga, which could belong to a dog. Coordinator Svetlana Torgashina described this moment in detail: when a helicopter flew over them, the volunteers heard a barking sound similar to that of a small dog. The coordinates were immediately transmitted by radio and the helicopter returned to the specified area.

However, hope quickly turned to disappointment. The helicopter circled the area for a long time, but the barking did not happen again. Relatives joined the search, who confirmed that the Usoltsevs' dog would hardly have gone far from its owners. The volunteers searched and called for the animal, but they couldn't find anyone.

According to the volunteers, one day they allegedly heard a female moan, but this version was also dismissed after careful research. As one of the volunteers explained, the sound could arise "due to the features of the landscape, during a gust of wind there is an echo that sounds like a moan."

Why did the family go on a fateful hike?

Irina Usoltseva, a psychologist by profession, was fond of retreats and oriental practices. Initially, she planned to go to Tantra with her husband Sergey, but changed her mind at the last moment. Instead, she suggested that her husband go somewhere alone or with his daughter. Sergey developed a route along the so-called Minsk Loop, located 200 km from Krasnoyarsk, where they planned to spend the night in a "dome house" with a sauna. Irina called this trip "her own tantra, earthly, with each other."

The area where the family disappeared is the winding bank of the Mina River, a right tributary of the Mana. Some rescuers still do not give up hope of finding the family alive. According to them, there are many natural shelters in that area where you can build a campfire.

Expert Yuri Agbaan confirms that there is a chance of survival thanks to the reserves in hunting huts, as well as berries and pine nuts. He called bears the main danger, which "can attack and skillfully hide their prey so that it will be almost impossible to find it."

The challenge for volunteers: injury, cold, and depletion of resources

The search in the taiga has become a serious challenge for the rescuers themselves. Volunteers come from all over the region — from the Altai Territory, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk regions, Khakassia. The LizaAlert Krasnoyarsk team is working to the maximum of its capabilities, but harsh conditions are taking their toll. The volunteers get injured and hypothermia. After long marches through mountainous terrain, one of the searchers developed a chronic joint disease. Only volunteers with mountain hiking experience and the necessary equipment are now involved in the search on earth.

The situation is aggravated by logistical problems. Andrei Polyakovsky (Vulture), commander of the Sibir PSG detachment, said that the search engines had completely used up their annual supplies: batteries, gasoline, diesel fuel, disposable tableware and canned food. Low temperatures, dropping to minus 13 degrees, disable equipment.

"In the cold, batteries and accumulators lose their capacity, and in the forest it threatens to spend the night, for which, due to the situation and the tasks set, our search engines may not be ready," he wrote.

To continue their effective work, the units critically need additional resources: a high antenna and a powerful generator. Despite all the difficulties, the search continues. Last Saturday, 60 more volunteers joined the volunteers.