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Garmisch-Partenkirchen Commemorates Laura Dahlmeier with Church Altar and Planned Tributes

Her body remains on Laila Peak in accordance with her own directive until conditions allow safe recovery.

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Overview

  • Dahlmeier’s written wish that no one risk their lives for her retrieval has been honored, leaving her remains on Laila Peak pending safer conditions.
  • The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising set up a remembrance altar featuring her photo, candle and flowers at Pfarrkirche St. Martin on August 1.
  • Pfarrer Josef Konitzer has announced additional memorial events in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to give friends, neighbors and former classmates a place to pay tribute.
  • Garmisch-Partenkirchen town hall said it will only join formal commemoration efforts if Dahlmeier’s family explicitly requests involvement.
  • Fellow mountaineer Thomas Huber shared an emotional farewell on Instagram, posting images of Dahlmeier’s empty tent at the Laila Peak site.