The athlete twice won the Olympic Games in the two subjects, Laura Dahlmeier, died in a climbing accident at the age of 31.
The German athlete, who won two gold medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, was stuck in a rocky sores in Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains on Monday.
A complicated search and rescue campaign was deployed after Dahlmeier's climbing friend, Marina Eva, sent a signal for help. The accident occurred at an altitude of about 5,700 meters at the peak of Laila and remote conditions that lifelong helicopters could not reach the area of Dahlmeier until Tuesday mornings.
The unfavorable weather condition shortened a helicopter when professional climbing teams from Germany and the United States were mobilized, with the cooperation of the Pakistan army in rescue efforts to the fourth.
Dahlmeier's management team has now confirmed the tragic news: “Based on the findings from the helicopter flight and the description of the climbing friend about the seriousness of the wound, it can be said that Laura Dahlmeier has passed away immediately.”
“The recovery of the body is too dangerous for rescue staff in current difficult conditions with stone landslides and changing weather on Laila and is not feasible. Her desire is to leave the body of the mountain in this case. This is also for the benefit of her relatives, who also specially require respect Laura's final aspirations.”
“The family would like to express our sincere thanks to the rescue team, especially the climbers who have come to the scene to help. They have tried their best to facilitate rescue and approach the victim.”
It is known that “Dahlmeier's clear and written idea” is that no one is risked to try to save her. She abandoned her career in two professional coordination to pursue a passion for climbing in 2019 – a year after winning the gold medal in both the content of the two subjects to coordinate water and chase in Pyeongchang, plus a bronze medal in personal content.
Dahlmeier is a climbing guide that is granted a certificate and is an active member of the mountain rescue service. Her climbing friend “was not injured and was being cared for” after being escorted to the base camp.
The management team of the former star of the Winter Olympics added: “We have a wonderful person farewell. Laura enriches our lives and the lives of many people with her warm and straightforward manner.”