B.C. mountaineer missing in Italy is a seasoned survivalist, MLA says
Authorities suspended the search after a week as devices carried by experienced skyrunner Kalie McCrystal still showed no signal.
- On Tuesday, Italian authorities suspended the search for Canadian skyrunner Kalie McCrystal, missing in the Alps for a week after Monday's final helicopter flight on the 4,478-metre Matterhorn.
- Athletics Canada described the 38-year-old as "an experienced skyrunner and mountaineer, with many years of experience in technical and high-altitude mountain environments" while attempting a mountain-running record.
- Polish climbers last spotted McCrystal at around 4,250 metres on Sept. 1 after she posted a selfie at a refuge around 3,800 metres. Police are checking for signals from her devices.
- Penticton-Summerland MLA Amelia Boultbee called the suspension "very upsetting" for family and friends in Italy, who are "sitting by the phone" awaiting search updates.
- Friends and family maintain hope McCrystal is found alive, with Boultbee stating, "Nobody understands why there's been zero trace of Kalie," noting she is "not just your average hiker.
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Canadian mountaineer and mountain runner Kalie McCrystal has disappeared on the Matterhorn. She has been missing for seven days and rescuers are now intensively searching for her
Italian rescue teams have been searching since September 1 for the Canadian woman, who aspired to break the record for ascending and descending the iconic Alpine peak.
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The Canadian, a fan of very high-altitude races, has no longer given a sign of life since 1 September, when she was on the spot on Mount Cervin, on the Italian-Swiss border, where she hoped to beat a world record.
Kalie McCrystal, a 38-year-old Canadian trailer, has been missing for a week in the Italian Alps, where she was training for a record on Mount Matterhorn. Research, slowed down since Tuesday, has been on...
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