Rescuers had hoped to find the double Olympic gold medallist on the 6,096-metre (20,000-foot) Laila Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains.
German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on a mountain in northern Pakistan after a climbing accident at a remote site that rescuers struggled to reach because of bad weather, a local government spokesman has said.
Dahlmeier, an Olympic gold medallist, was ascending Laila Peak in the Karakoram Mountains on Monday when she was struck by falling rocks while climbing with a partner who survived.
Rescuers were able to confirm Dahlmeier’s death on Wednesday but were not able to retrieve the body because of unfavourable weather, said Faizullah Faraq, a spokesman for the regional Gilgit-Baltistan government.
Any final decision on retrieving the body would follow the wishes of Dahlmeier’s family, Faraq said. A statement on Dalhmeier’s Instagram page said it had been her wish that nobody risk their life to recover her body after an accident.
