Overview

• Rescue helicopters located Laura Dahlmeier’s body on July 29 with no signs of life after she was struck by falling rocks during her descent at around 5,700 meters.
• Ground teams assessed the steep, unstable terrain as too hazardous for recovery and Pakistani officials suspended further retrieval efforts on July 30.
• Dahlmeier had left a written directive stating that no one should endanger their life to recover her remains in the event of a fatal accident.
• Climbers and experts attribute the deadly rockfall to an unexpected July heat wave that destabilized ice and rock on Laila Peak.
• A memorial site has been set up in her hometown of Garmisch-Partenkirchen as tributes honor her transition from Olympic biathlete to disciplined high-altitude alpinist.