A famend American ski mountaineer went lacking Monday after falling off close to the height of a Nepalese mountain.
Hilaree Nelson, 49, was snowboarding down Mount Manaslu’s 26,775-foot summit when she fell off the world’s eighth tallest mountain, in keeping with expedition organizer Jiban Ghimire of the Kathmandu-based Shangri-La Nepal Trek. She was together with her accomplice Jim Morrison on the time of her fall.
“She had an accident yesterday as she was descending shortly after her summit,” Mr. Ghimire informed Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. “We are attempting to get readability on what occurred.”
Helicopters have been unable to conduct searches Monday on account of inclimate climate however have been capable of scope out the realm the place Ms. Nelson fell the subsequent day.
Ms. Nelson grew to become the primary girl to summit Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, and its neighboring peak Lhotse inside a 24-hour interval in 2012.
In 2018, she earned the Nationwide Geographic Adventurer of the 12 months award for making the primary ski descent of Lhotse.
• This text was based mostly partly on wire service studies.
