The body of American skier Hilaree Nelson has been recovered two days after she went missing while skiing in Nepal.
Nelson, 49, had just finished climbing Nepal’s Manaslu peak with her partner Jim Morrison before she slipped and fell while skiing down the world’s eighth-highest mountain. Officials stated that Nelson’s body was “badly damaged” and that it took more than an hour to retrieve her body from the snow, according to the Daily Mail.
“The search team that left this morning on a helicopter spotted her body,” said Jiban Ghimire of Shangri-La Nepal Trek, which organized the expedition.
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Nelson became the first woman to climb both the highest mountain in the world, Everest, and the adjacent Lhotse peak within only 24 hours in 2012. Additionally, she was recognized by National Geographic as one of its adventurers of the year in 2018 after climbing Papsura, the “Peak of Evil,” in India.
Morrison was seen carrying Nelson’s body out of a rescue chopper and loading it into a van on Wednesday. He and Nelson met in 2013 for an expedition to climb Makalu in the Himalayas, where he told her he had started mountaineering after losing his wife and children.
Nelson is survived by her two sons, Quinn, 15, and Graydon, 12, in Telluride, Colorado. Both were living with her ex-husband at the time of her death.
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Nelson’s sponsor, The North Face, described her as its “hero, mentor, and our friend.”
“For us, Hilaree transcended the idea of an athlete, a sort or a community,” a statement from the company read. “She helped lead our family at The North Face, by being a teammate and team captain who changed our perspective of the outdoors by showing us exactly what it can mean. Her light will forever be an offering, and her optimism in the face of adversity, will forever be our guide.”
— The North Face (@thenorthface) September 28, 2022
