Overview

• Search-and-rescue efforts restarted early on July 30 at Laila Peak’s 5,700-meter level after an overnight halt.
• Pakistani authorities and an international team of alpinists are coordinating the mission under persistent rockslide risks.
• Helicopter overflights have detected no vital signs and ground crews remain unable to reach the exact accident site.
• Dahlmeier was struck by a rockfall on July 28 during an alpine-style ascent of the 6,069-meter summit and remains trapped under debris.
• Mountaineering experts warn that this summer’s record heat and glacial melt in the Karakoram have driven up rockfall frequency.