Rescuers abandoned efforts to save woman with broken leg stuck 22,000ft up mountain for at least 10 days

Rescuers abandoned efforts to save woman with broken leg stuck 22,000ft up mountain for at least 10 days

A final effort to save a Russian woman trapped 22,965 feet up a mountain with a broken leg has been called off, according to reports.

Experienced mountaineer Natalia Nagovitsina, 47, has been stuck on Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan for at least 10 days, as temperatures have sunk to lows of -23C.

Victory Peak, also known as Jengish Chokusu or Pik Pobedy, is Kyrgyzstan’s highest mountain at 24,406 ft, and is located in the Tian Shan range, on the Kyrgyzstan–China border near Lake Issyk-Kul.