Care for Dahlmeier to salvage happiness
She was always aware of the great danger
07/29/2025 – 7:26 pmReading time: 4 min.
On Monday, Laura Dahlmeier crashed in mountaineering in Pakistan. How dangerous her hobby is, she made it clear last year.
The circumstances have not yet been fully clarified, the situation is still unclear. The fact is, however,: Laura Dahlmeier accidentally accidentally accidentally accidentally in Pakistan. Germany’s ex-biathlon star was hit by a rockfall at Laila Peak in the Karakorum Mountains. Dahlmeier was at least seriously injured, her management said on Tuesday. No signs of life were found during a helicopter overflow at the scene of the accident.
The 31-year-old ended her extremely successful biathlon career early in 2019. In a ZDF documentary about her that was released in December 2024, Dahlmeier justified this step with the desire to be able to devote herself to her mountain passion. Accordingly, the film accompanied her when climbing AMA Dablam, a more than 6,800 meter high mountain tip in the Khumbu region of the Himalayas.
“I was there a few years ago. I’ve been to Nepal, I tried it before, I got a lot,” said Dahlmeier at the beginning of the documentary with a view of the mountain. At that time, however, the conditions were not ideal. “I always thought I would like to come back again and try it again,” she said. And further: “To be at the top, that would be a dream.”
The dream became a reality. The two -time Olympic champion even set a record. In 8 hours and 24 minutes, she climbed the top of the AMA Dablam from the base camp – a new best time. Afterwards she spoke on Instagram of an “incredible day” and emphasized: “For me it was not about setting best stamps, but about enjoying a day in the mountains and doing what I love most – to move, climb, watch and feel alive with every step.”
Dahlmeier is considered an extremely experienced mountaineer. She has been a state-certified mountain and ski guide since 2023. She has already climbed the summit all over the world, including the Alpamayo (5,947 meters) in Peru 2017, the Damawand (5,610 meters) in Iran 2019, the Mont Blanc (4,805 meters) between Italy and France 2019 and the PIK Freiheit (7,105 meters) in Tajikistan 2023. In addition, Dahlmeier spent one night on El Capitan in the US Yosemite National Park-on a portalede, a kind of field bed in the middle of the Salathé climbing wall several hundred meters high.
The fact that she chose a very dangerous hobby is apparently clear. “I am aware that there is an alpine and that it also carries a risk of being on the go,” she said in the ZDF documentary about mountaineering. You have to climb carelessly and check well what is stuck on the mountain and what is not.
How hot it can be in an extreme situation was also clear in the film. The recordings show Dahlmeier, among other things, during a mountain rescue exercise. Also present: her father Andreas, head of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen mountain rescue service.
He wanted to convey the dangers of mountaineering to his daughter early on, says Andreas Dahlmeier. In the meantime, however, it has become as strong as in sport. “You often have respect, but she always doesn’t tell me much where it goes.” This usually only happens afterwards. “This means that I’m reassured. But the danger is always there, it is everywhere.”