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At midnight on Aug. 18, the commander left them all to search for batteries for the radio, leaving only one guard, Usuph, to watch the four captives. All four climbers attest to the incident that Usuph was pushed off that cliff. The Kyrgyz officials won't confirm if a body was recovered. A press aide to the Kyrgyz president, Mycaev Aibek, believes the climbers' account of this incident to be true.