“Rescue efforts to recover it failed and the operation was interrupted in the evening“On Tuesday, said the Nine & One agency in a press release.
Part in pairs for a mountaineering expedition on the Laila peak, a mountain in the karakoram chain culminating at just over 6,000 m altitude, the gold medal in sprint and pursuit at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games in 2018, was taken Monday at midday “in a fall of stones“Said those around him.
His rope partner had then “immediately launched a distress call, and the rescue operation was launched“But due to the isolation of the area, about 5,700 m altitude, a rescue helicopter could not fly over the place of the accident until Tuesday, without reaching the young woman.
After ending his career in 2019, Dahlmeier had become an experienced mountaineer, obtaining his high mountain guide diploma. In November, she had climbed the summit of Ama Dablam in Himalayas in Nepal, establishing a speed record during this ascent. It was in the region since the end of June and had already climbed the large Trango tower (6,286 m).
