Kalie McCrystal, Canadian mountain runner, missing on the Matterhorn
Athletics Canada says the Squamish, B.C. athlete was last seen Tuesday attempting to break a mountain-running record on Italy's 4,481-metre peak. Her family is working with mountain rescue services.
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Kalie McCrystal, a Canadian mountain runner from Squamish, B.C., and member of Athletics Canada, has gone missing while attempting to break a mountain-running record in the Alps near the Switzerland-Italy border.
McCrystal was last seen on Tuesday climbing Italy's Matterhorn, a horn-shaped peak roughly 4,481 metres high that overlooks Zermatt, a town in Switzerland. Athletics Canada has not disclosed details about the specific record she was attempting to break.
McCrystal has many years of experience in technical and high-altitude mountaineering environments and has successfully climbed the Matterhorn before. Her family is currently working with mountain rescue services in the search effort.
According to Athletics Canada's website, McCrystal is listed as an athlete with the organization. The search operation is ongoing on the Italian side of the mountain. The status and location of rescue efforts as of the most recent update have not been publicly confirmed.
What is the status of the search and rescue operation as of today?
What specific mountain-running record was McCrystal attempting to break?
We'll update this story as answers emerge.
