\n That leap took her to the chill, rarefied air of Pakistan\u2019s Broad Peak. Geis was killed in an avalanche on the mountain, the world\u2019s 12th-highest, in the Karakoram range. She was part of a 10-person expedition<\/a> led by renowned Nepal-born mountaineer Nirmal \u201cNims\u201d Purja, when the avalanche struck Thursday. Geis was 39, CNN affiliate KENS reported<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Rescuers searching for the team have so far recovered three sets of remains, including Geis\u2019, as they pressed on for the other climbers despite bad weather that hampered helicopter flights, authorities said<\/a>. Purja remained among those unaccounted for.\n <\/p>\n \n Karrar Haidri, vice president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said in a statement to the Associated Press that the climbers lost contact with base camp after the avalanche and had been out of communication since Thursday.\n <\/p>\n \n This was Geis\u2019 first attempt at an 8,000-meter peak, of which there are just 14 in the world, according to Moving Mountains<\/a>, the Pakistani company guiding the expedition.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m heading out for my first big kid climbing expedition in Pakistan,\u201d she wrote on social media<\/a> before the trip. \u201cLet\u2019s see if we can get this body and these boots up Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain in the world.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Geis had served as a former board member of San Antonio Sports, a local group that brings major sporting events to the city. In a statement<\/a>, the group praised her \u201cbold spirit\u201d and generosity. \u201cThe impact she made in our community will never be forgotten,\u201d it added.\n <\/p>\n \n Before the mountains, Geis worked alongside her father, George, in the family\u2019s real-estate business, he told KENS.<\/a> She had traveled to the region before, asking her parents for time off to make the trip, he said.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThat\u2019s what she wanted to do, was go hike,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was a very positive person, and very smart, and could do almost anything she wanted to do.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Speaking about the days ahead, George Geis said the family is now focused on returning his daughter to San Antonio.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWell, it\u2019s tough. It\u2019s tough,\u201d he told KENS. \u201cOur main objective now is to get her back here.\u201d\n <\/p>\n ![\"Broad](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gettyimages-1577988262.jpg\")
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