July 30 (UPI) -- A rescue attempt has ended for Germany's two-time Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier following a rockfall on Monday while she was climbing Laila Peak in Pakistan.
Dahlmeier, 31, and her climbing partner were at an elevation of about 18,700 feet when a rockfall struck Dahlmeier and likely killed her two days ago.
"It was Laura's clear and written wishes that in an instance such as this, no one should risk their own lives in order to rescue her," Dahlmeier's management team posted on her Instagram account on Wednesday.
"Her wish was that in this case her body should be left behind on the mountain," her management team said.
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