“I have no complaints about the guides.
Acclimatization was carried out competently.
For example, I didn't even feel the symptoms of altitude sickness.
It is not for me to judge by the correctness of the actions of the guides, since I am not a guide, and I don’t know how a guide should act correctly in such situations, ”he said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru.
According to him, he began to prepare for Elbrus in about nine months, so he was ready for difficulties in terms of lack of oxygen and cold weather.
“I was not ready for such a strong wind and heavy snowfall,” Popov said.
He also said that the guides began to prepare the group eight days before the ascent.
“Preparation consists of going to different heights.
Each new exit is a little higher, ”Popov explained.
Angelina Peksheva from Novorossiysk, a relative of a couple of climbers who suffered on Elbrus, told in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper how the athletes were preparing for the expedition.