Rescuers are hoping to locate the double Olympic gold medallist on the 6,096-metre Laila Peak in the Karakoram Mountains.
A team of foreign climbers were on Wednesday due to launch a rescue mission for the two-time Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, days after the German athlete was seriously injured by a rockfall on a Pakistani mountain.
The accident happened about midday on Monday at an altitude of 5,700 metres (18,700ft) on Laila Peak in the Karakoram range, according to a statement from her team on her official social media sites.
Her climbing partner was able to sound the alarm after reaching safety.
“It was determined that a helicopter rescue is not possible,” Areeb Ahmed Mukhtar, a senior local official in Ghanche district, where the more than 6,000-metre (19,700ft) mountain is located, told the AFP news agency.
