Loved ones in San Antonio are mourning 39-year-old Mallory Geis, who was killed in an avalanche while climbing Broad Peak, one of the world\u2019s highest mountains.<\/p>\n
Geis, of San Antonio, was part of a 10-person expedition on Broad Peak, the 12th-highest mountain in the world at more than 26,000 feet in Pakistan\u2019s Karakorum Range. The group had reached a height of about 21,000 feet when the avalanche struck. Search crews recovered four bodies, including Geis\u2019.<\/p>\n
The expedition was being led by renowned Nepali climber Nirmal \u201cNims\u201d Purja, considered one of the best high-altitude climbers in the world. He was among those still unaccounted for.<\/p>\n
Geis had recently set off for what she described as a new chapter in her life after closing the doors to her Pilates studio in San Antonio a few months ago. Earlier this year, she shared that she was closing her studio to pursue her dream of high-altitude mountaineering, saying she believed her future would involve \u201clots of helmets, harnesses, and crampons.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Geis also was a former board member for San Antonio Sports, the local group that helps attract major sports events to San Antonio. In a statement, the organization praised her \u201cbold spirit\u201d and \u201cgenerosity\u201d and said, \u201cThe impact she made in our community will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pakistani adventure company Moving Mountains announced last month that the team was heading to a remote village to begin its climb of Broad Peak. The company said the expedition marked Geis\u2019 first attempt at climbing one of Pakistan\u2019s 8,000-meter peaks.<\/p>\n
The region draws experienced mountaineers from around the world but is also known for deadly avalanches, rapidly changing weather and other high-altitude hazards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loved ones in San Antonio are mourning 39-year-old Mallory Geis, who was killed in an avalanche while climbing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-394092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}