Missing B.C. skyrunner ‘remains among the mountains,’ family says after search
Her family says search crews found no trace after two weeks, and evidence suggests she fell while descending the mountain.
- On September 1, Canadian mountaineer Kalie McCrystal went missing while attempting to set a speed record on the Matterhorn. Her family has acknowledged she likely fell while descending the 4,478-metre peak on the Italian-Swiss border.
- Search crews, including Italy's Guardia di Finanza, conducted extensive two-week efforts using helicopters, drones, and on-foot patrols across treacherous terrain. McCrystal's family remained in the Italian village of Cervinia at the mountain's base throughout the unsuccessful search.
- Two Polish climbers filmed McCrystal ascending quickly near Pic Tyndall, a sub-summit about 200 metres below the peak, on September 1. The Guardia di Finanza tracked the final signal from her electronic SIM card to that same area.
- British Columbia provincial legislator Amelia Boultbee shared a statement from McCrystal's family, expressing peace knowing she was doing what made her feel alive. They said she "remains among the mountains where she felt most at home."
- McCrystal's disappearance marks the second presumed fatality on the Matterhorn this year. Records indicate between 500 and 600 climbers have lost their lives on the mountain since the first recorded ascent in 1864.
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For two weeks, mountaineer Kalie McCrystal has been missing on the Matterhorn. Now her family is giving up hope of finding her alive. – She is resting among the mountains, they say in a statement according to Runners World.
Kalie McCrystal, 38, had won the 4 Non Stop Shelters in February; she disappeared on 1 September while attempting to beat a record of ascent and descent on Mount Cervino, between Switzerland and Italy
Two weeks after the disappearance of Canadian skyrunner Kalie McCrystal on the Matterhorn, her mother and sister issued a statement on social media, thanking the rescue teams for their efforts and confirming that the research did not lead to a trace of the athlete.Read also: St.Tite Western Festival, a victim without her knowledge, testifiesKalie McCrystal, a native of Squamish, B.C., is a national team trail runner and a recognized figure in th…
The Canadian trail runner Kalie McCrystal has been missing since September 1st. The family of the 38-year-old now assumes a crash on the Matterhorn – and turns to the public with an emotional statement.
An attempt to climb and descend the 4,481-meter Matterhorn in five hours ended tragically for Canadian mountain runner Kalie McCrystal. The runner was lost on the famous mountain in early September, and after a two-week search, her mother and sister announced that she most likely fell fatally during the descent.
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