by A team of foreign climbers was on Wednesday to start a rescue mission for the German double biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, days after a rock case was seriously injured on a Pakistani mountain.
The accident occurred on Monday at noon at a height of 5,700 meters on Laila Peak in the Karakoram range.
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“It was found that a helicopter rescue is not possible”, Ahmed Mukhtar, a high -ranking local official in the district of Ghanche, where the more than 6,000 meters (19,700 feet) is located, said AFP.
“The conditions in which it was injured are extremely difficult, and a team of foreign climbers will start a floor rescue mission today,” he added.
Shipton Trek & Tours Pakistan, which organized the expedition, confirmed the floor rescue by a team of four, which includes three Americans and one German climber.
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The 31-year-old was “hit by Falling Rocks,” said her team on Tuesday and added that nobody could yet reach her because she was more rocks and the “seclusion” of the location.
A helicopter managed to fly over the place, and the rescuers saw that “the experienced mountaineer was at least seriously injured,” it said.
“No signs of life were found.”
Muhammad Ali, a local disaster management officer, said last week with rain, strong winds and thick clouds.
Dahlmeier, an experienced mountaineer, has been in the region since the end of June and had already risen the big Trango tower.
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In a statement, the International Biathlon Union said that “it thought of Dahlmeier and her family, hoping to arise soon”.
She won seven world championship medals and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang she was the first female biathlete to win both the sprint and the persecution of the same games.
Dahlmeier retired from professional competition in 2019 at the age of 25.
She became a commentator for biathlon events for the German broadcaster ZDF and also recorded mountaineering.
According to her team, she is a certified mountain and ski manual and an active member of the Mountain Rescue.
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