Posted on 07/30/2025 7:11:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan.
The 31-year-old German was caught in rockfall during an expedition in the Karakoram mountains on Monday.
Her climbing partner, Marina Eva, called emergency services after the accident, which occurred at about 5,700 metres (18,700 feet).
Rescue teams, containing expert climbers from Germany and the United States, immediately began a rescue mission but their searches were hindered by adverse weather conditions.
Dahlmeier's management company confirmed on Wednesday that she had died.
"A recovery operation was launched but ultimately called off on the evening of 29 July," her representatives told Germany's Die Welt newspaper.
Her management said that Dahlmeier had likely died on 28 July - the day of the accident.
"It was Laura Dahlmeier's express and written will that in a case like this, no-one should risk their life to recover her," they said.
"It was her wish to leave her body behind on the mountain in this case. This is also in line with the wishes of her relatives."
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Dahlmeier, an experienced mountaineer, represented Germany at two Winter Olympics, winning two golds and one bronze medal in Pyeongchang in 2018.
She was the first woman to win the sprint and pursuit events at the same Games and won a further 15 medals, including seven gold, across five World Championships before retiring from competition in May 2019.
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She looks like she could have been Elon Musk’s sister.
I am all for adventure. But a white woman adventuring in an Islamic toilet like Pakistan?
Indeed.
Not a good idea at all.
What does the mountain want? What do the owners of the mountain want?
I never noticed that but you actually have a point.
The Hunza Valley is all the rage on the internet. It’s a uniquely spectacular scenic spot, and quite diverse with locals tracing their ancestry back to places like Macedonia and Greece —so they are Pakistani with Caucasian features. Muslim, but with ancient traditions going back further than the religion.
The community has the highest highest life expectancy of anyone on earth so they draw scientific interest for that too.
There is also a hip, mountain burger joint that serves Yak burgers, founded by millennials who started businesses in Dubai — and the spot has gone viral on social media.
A lot of the videos are made by solo frmale travelers but my favorite is Peter Santenello.
https://youtu.be/KIqztvS-uns?feature=shared
And here is newer clip of a Western tourist at the Yak burger joint:
https://youtube.com/shorts/0fXZvtmkDtU?feature=shared
At least no rescuers will be losing their lives. More of these extreme adventurers would express the same.
Any witnesses? Maybe she got Petitoed. Someone should look into Marina.
Darwin Award.
At that altitude she was probably too drunk to realize what wwas happening.
She was stoned
Another FOMO ephemeral event? Next one, hotdog cook-out at Yellowstone scalding hot stream?
Lucky she’s not in California. They’d have to file an environmental impact statement to leave her out like that.
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