Search for missing alpinists from Kazakhstan ceased

AKIPRESS.COM - The search operation of missing alpinists from Kazakhstan in the Tian Shan mountains has been stopped on August 23, Tengrinews.kz reported.
Military alpinists from Kazakhstan, who were sent for search, came back. Neather missing, nor their traces were found, the report says.
Three alpinists from Kazakhstan started expedition to the hardest seven-thousandth peak of Victory on August 4.They are Alexandr Chechulin, Murat Otepbayev and Andrey Korneyev, alpinists with a huge experience of ascension.
Chechulin on August 15 got sick and they decided to come down on the route. On the way back to the camp, the alpinists were trapped in the avalanche and lost part of their equipment. August 15 was a day, when they last reached out.
The alpinists said that Chechulin died. His body was left at the height of 6,900 meters. Andrey and Murat continued their way down.
Relatives of the alpinists sought help from the rescue services of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
The Kyrgyz helicopter overflew the Victory peak, but they did not find the group of alpinists.