Overview

• Dahlmeier was killed by a rockfall during her descent from Laila Peak at about 5,700 meters, and her rope partner’s distress call could not overcome extreme terrain instability.
• Pakistani authorities and local mountaineers’ associations have repeatedly called off helicopter and ground retrieval attempts due to unpredictable rock and weather conditions.
• Her management confirmed that she had written a directive forbidding any rescuer from risking their life to recover her body, and officials now plan to leave her remains on the mountain.
• Reinhold Messner said he finds her autonomy understandable but described the decision as agonizing for relatives and urged a broader discussion on alpinists’ final wishes.
• Recent deadly rockfalls, including the death of Chinese climber Guan Jing on K2 and Sabrina Filzmoser’s aborted ascent, underscore heightened summer hazards in the Karakoram.