The prosecutors, investigative journalists, and amateur researchers disagree on the speed at which the tourists moved after leaving the tent. It has also not been determined precisely how many people the footprints between the tent and the Siberian pine belonged to, and whether the footprints led only in one or both directions. Some suggest that two of the people separated from the group and returned to it after some time.
What is known, however, is that of all the participants of the expedition, only Rustem Slobodin was wearing shoes after leaving the tent. The others were barefoot, some had socks on their feet, and some had only one shoe on.
