“The search for a 30-year-old participant in the ascent in the area of ​​the Lenz rocks at an altitude of 4200 meters above sea level, a visual inspection of the Mikelchiran glacier, which continued during the day on October 21, did not yield any results.

On October 22, the survey of the slopes was carried out from a helicopter.

Ground searches of the missing are continuing, ”the message says.

It is specified that on October 24 at 7:30 prospecting work will be resumed.

According to the ministry, a group of Kuban climbers of 16 people, including three guides, began their ascent to the eastern summit on October 18.

Earlier, rescuers found the body of one of the two members of the group who had been censoring wild animals who disappeared in the Altai mountains.