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Re:For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off from All Hu... by forinti on Thursday April 09, 2020 @09:28AM (#22822310)
The Altai region is beautiful, I hope to visit one day.

This bloke hiked up to Agafia's and filmed it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w_NOkOLUQQ

Re:For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off from All Hu... by fit2rule on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:39PM (#22825126)
That was a very fascinating video to watch - thanks for that. Only thing is it delivered a pretty gnarly case of motion sickness after a few minutes ..

What was really interesting was the observation, towards the end, that once he'd hiked for 4 days and then arrived at Agafia's place and been there for a day, he felt like he'd arrived in civilisation!

One wonders what the plan for the area is, once Agafia leaves this mortal coil. She's not alone at the moment - it seems she gets regular visitors - but would this be enough of a settlement to form the basis for a new township to be founded? I confess, the idea of moving to that valley is very attractive these days, if but for the harsh environment I clearly know nothing about ..

Re:For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off from All Hu... by kotrunga on Thursday April 09, 2020 @09:39AM (#22822407)
Thank you for sharing! Glad there are English subtitles.