Leichnam on the Leila Peak should not be recovered

Authorities express themselves on wishes

Laura Dahlmeierer’s body will stay on the mountain

Former German biathlete Laura Dahlmeier died in a mountain accident. Now it is clear what happens to her body.

The body of ex-biathlete Laura Dahlmeier, who was fatally crashed, is now not recovered. Pakistani authorities will not initiate any further attempt to rescue the two -time Olympic champion. This was announced by the spokesman for the responsible provincial government of Gilgit-Baltistan, Faizullah Faraq, the German Press Agency.

Most recently, the “Bild” newspaper had reported the opposite, citing Pakistani media. According to this, the Pakistani Bergverein Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) announced in a statement that trying to rescue the German’s body if possible. However, the prerequisite for this is a safe access to the scene of the accident, it said. The local authorities are in exchange “to facilitate the recovery process and to honor Dahlmeier’s memory in the spirit of the international mountaineering solidarity,” said the ACP.

Now it is different. The authorities want to respect the last wish of the athlete who had an athlete who had an athlete. “It was Laura Dahlmeier’s explicit and written will that in a case, like no one, nobody can risk his life in order to recover her,” Dahlmeier’s management had told the 31-year-old’s death. “Her wish was to leave her body back on the mountain in this case. This is also in the sense of the relatives, who also expressly ask to respect Laura’s last wish.”

The Garmisch-Partenkirchenerin was on the road with her rope partner in the alpine style, i.e. with the lowest possible luggage and without expedition logistics, when a rockfall went down at around 5,700 meters on Monday around noon.

According to the management, the accident occurred during a abseiling maneuver. Her uninjured rope partner immediately made an emergency call, a rescue operation was initiated immediately.

According to the information, her climbing partner tried to rescue Dahlmeier for many hours. However, this was impossible in the heavy terrain and because of the continued stone chill. After the rope partner was also unable to recognize signs of life, she decided to withdraw from the danger zone and the further descent during the night.