PESHAWAR: Rescue teams on Wednesday continued to search for missing German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier, who was seriously injured in Pakistan after being struck by a rockfall while climbing, a provincial government spokesperson said.
The accident occurred on Monday when Dahlmeier was hit by a landslide in Hushe Valley in the northern mountain range in Gilgit-Baltistan province, while attempting to summit the 6,094-meter Laila Peak.
A helicopter conducted a search operation on Laila Peak on Tuesday evening but “found no signs of life,” spokesperson Faizullah Faraq said.
“She is missing. We are searching. No one knows where she is,” he said.
Two teams of expert climbers from Germany and the United States have been deployed, he said. Faraq added that a helicopter rescue operation was not possible due to adverse weather conditions. “Nothing is visible down there,” he said.
