US EditionGerman biathlete’s body left on Pakistani peak due to risk and
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A helicopter flight, a rescue team – but now the body of the former biathlete remains at Laila Peak. This also has to do with the fact that there is no organized mountain rescue in Pakistan. However, the practice of leaving dead on the mountain is being questioned more and more.
German biathlete’s body left on Pakistani peak due to risk and
SKARDU, Pakistan: German Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier’s climbing partners said on Thursday the decision to leave her body on a remote peak in Pakistan was based on dangerous conditions and her own written wishes that no one should risk their life in a recovery attempt. Dahlmeier, a double gold medalist in biathlon, was struck by a falling rock on July 28 while descending
(Dan Tri) - While conquering a 5,700m high mountain peak in Pakistan, a German female tourist suddenly died after being hit by a falling rock. Her body now lies alone on the mountain, as she wished while she was alive.
Two days after reports emerged that German double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier had died on Monday while climbing one of Pakistan's highest peaks, she was struck by a falling rock while climbing Laila Peak, 5,700 meters above sea level in the Karakoram range. The effort to retrieve the athlete's body from the mountain has been ongoing for several days but has not been successful. The body has been left on the mountain because the rescue opera…
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