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Dahlmeier Body Recovery Called Off After On-Site Reassessment

The decision reflects hazardous conditions, honoring her written wish that no one be put at risk.

Overview

  • Her management said a team evaluated Laila Peak last week and concluded her remains will not be retrieved at this time.
  • No operation is planned now, though a future recovery could be reconsidered if conditions improve.
  • Local tour operators and officials rejected reports of an imminent mission, and guide Kaleem Shani retracted his earlier claim that a team was en route.
  • Initial helicopter and ground efforts after the late-July accident were halted because persistent rockfall and weather made access impossible.
  • Dahlmeier, a two-time Olympic biathlon champion, died at about 5,700 meters on Laila Peak after being struck by falling rocks, according to accounts from her climbing partner and management.