BC Mountaineer Missing in Italy Is Seasoned Survivalist, MLA Says
A British Columbia legislature member who went to law school with missing mountaineer Kalie McCrystal says the woman’s family and friends are “sitting by the phone” as they await updates on the search in Italy. Penticton-Summerland MLA Amelia Boultbee says she’s known McCrystal for a long time and says she’s “not just your average hiker,” [...]
TL;DR
- BC MLA Amelia Boultbee is awaiting updates on her acquaintance, mountaineer Kalie McCrystal, who is missing in Italy.
- McCrystal disappeared last week while attempting to break a mountain-running record on the Matterhorn.
- Her family and friends are in Italy, working with authorities and anxiously awaiting news.
- Boultbee described McCrystal as an experienced hiker and survivalist, not just an average hiker.