Mountaineer legend Reinhold Messner has once again commented on Laura Dahlmeier and sees increased rockfall in the high mountains as a result of climate change.
“We observe that the rock mountains down to 2000 meters due to the global warming become more looser or become more fragile. This is a superficial fragility. But stones can also loosen and fall off,” said the 80-year-old in an interview with RTL/NTV.
Dahlmeier: Fatal rockfall in Pakistan’s mountains
The German biathlon Olympic champion Dahlmeier had been hit in Pakistan while climbing rocks, and on Wednesday her management confirmed her death.
Messner explained: “Such a stone that falls down, tears other stones with or strikes them. When stones come, fist -sized and to hundreds, then hardly a rescue is possible.”
Mining Ethics: Saving-but not at any price
The fact that a rescue was tried at Laila Peak, “is great. This is also a matter of course, because this is also part of mountain climbing that we do everything we can to save a foreign life if we can save it. That means we are all mutually with each other.”
However, if there is no more rescue if it is too late, “a person still intact will search for the way down and save their own life. It would be an inhumanity to risk your own life if the second life is no longer saved.”
Dahlmeier records the request in writing
Dahlmeier had ordered this in writing: she did not want to be saved or recovered if this creates danger to others.
“I respect that and think this attitude is great,” emphasized Messner. “It is proof that she also saw through what she did.”
From biathlon gold to the summit elite
The death of the Olympic champion hit him deeply, “because I already admired Ms. Dahlmeier as a biathlete. (…) And then she was really a great mountaineer, a persistent, modest partner in the second career. And she was one of the best climbers worldwide.”
Mountainering legend Reinhold Messner Has Once Again Commented on the Death of Laura Dahlmeier and Sees Increased Rockfall in High Mountains as a Result of Climate Change.
“We are Observing that the rocky mountain down to 2000 meters are BECOMING LOOSER OR BRATLE DUE to global warming. This is a superficial brittlense. But but stones Can So Come Loose and Fall Off,” The 80-Year-Old Said in an interview with RTL/NTV.
Dahlmeier: Fatal Rockfall in Pakistan’s Mountains
German Biathlon Olympic Champion Dahlmeier What Hit by Rockfall While Mountainering in Pakistan, Her Management Confirmed Her Death on Wednesday.
Messner Explained: “Such a stone that Falls Down Carries Other Stones With Or Hits Topics Them. If Stones Come, Fist-Sized and Hundreds of Them, then Rescue is hardly possible.”
Mountainering Ethics: Rescue – But not at any price
That a rescue was attempted on Laila peak “is great. This is a matter of course, be part of mountainering that we every thing to save a strang’s life if we can save it. That what all help Each other.”
But if there is no more rescue, if it is too late, “a person who is quiet intact will look for the way down and save their own life. It would be inhuman to put one’s own life at risk if the second life can no longer be saved.”
Dahlmeier Records Wish in Writing
Dahlmeier Had Stepulated This in Writing: She Did not want to be rescued or recovered if this endangered the lives of other.
“I respect that and think this Attitude is great,” Messner emphasized. “IT is proof that she has so intellectual Understood what she has done.”
From Biathlon Gold to Summit Elite
The death of the Olympic Champion Had Deepply Affected Him, “Because I Already Admired Mrs. Dahlmeier As a Biathlete. (…) And then she was real a great mountain in Her Second Career, Modest Partner. And She was one of the best mountain in the world.”