Kathmandu, Nepal –
The body of a famous US extreme skier who disappeared this week after falling from the world’s eighth highest mountain was recovered on Wednesday and transported to the Nepalese capital.
Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner Jim Morrison on Monday when she fell off the mountain.
Her body was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu, where doctors were scheduled to perform an autopsy.
Rescuers searching by helicopter located Nelson’s body on Wednesday after failing to find it on Tuesday and Monday when inclement weather hampered their search.
Also on Monday, an avalanche at a lower altitude on the same mountain killed a Nepalese and injured several other climbers.
Hundreds of climbers and their local guides tried to reach the summit during the autumn climbing season in Nepal.
Nelson, from Telluride, Colorado, and Morrison, from Tahoe, California, are extreme skiers who reached the summit of Mount Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world, in 2018.
The Nepalese government has granted permits to 504 climbers during the fall season. Most climb Mount Manaslu.