Athletics Canada Says Missing Mountaineer Was Climbing Near Switzerland-Italy Border
Athletics Canada says one of its members went missing while attempting to break a mountain-running record in the Alps along the Switzerland-Italy border. The national sport governing body says in a statement Kalie McCrystal was last seen on Tuesday. It says the skyrunner and mountaineer was climbing Italy’s Matterhorn, a roughly 4,481-metre-tall mountain that’s horn-shaped peak also overlooks Zermatt, a town in Switzerland. The statement says McCrystal has many years of experience in technical and high-altitude environments, and has climbed the Matterhorn before. “This was therefore not her first ascent of the mountain,” it said. The statement did not give details on the record she was trying to break.
Athletics Canada reported that one of its members, Kalie McCrystal, has gone missing in the Alps. McCrystal, an experienced skyrunner and mountaineer, was last seen on Tuesday attempting to break a mountain-running record on Italy’s Matterhorn. She has significant experience in high-altitude environments and had previously climbed this mountain.
- Kalie McCrystal, a member of Athletics Canada, is missing.
- She was attempting to break a mountain-running record in the Alps.
- McCrystal was last seen on Tuesday while climbing Italy’s Matterhorn.
- She has extensive experience in technical and high-altitude climbing and has climbed the Matterhorn before.
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