They turned back short of the summit because of safety concerns, but their timing was unlucky. Dahlmeier was rappelling when a big rock fatally struck her.

German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on a mountain peak in northern Pakistan following a climbing accident, and efforts are underway to retrieve her body, a local government spokesman said Wednesday.

Laura Dahlmeier, who was previously in a relationship with Austrian climber Robert Grasegger, who died in a mountaineering accident in 2022, is now reported to have died after a climbing incident.