Nepalese rescuers were searching Tuesday for famed U.S. ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson a day after she reportedly fell off the world’s eighth-highest mountain.
Hilaree Nelson of Telluride, Colorado, left and her partner, James Morrison of Tahoe, California, arrive in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2018. Rescuers were searching on the world's eighth-highest mountain Tuesday for Nelson, a famed U.S. ski mountaineer, who was skiing with Morrison when she fell off the mountain, according to Jiban Ghimire of the Kathmandu-based Shangri-La Nepal Trek that organized and outfitted the expedition.
Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-meter summit with her partner Jim Morrison when she fell off the mountain, according to Jiban Ghimire of the Kathmandu-based Shangri-La Nepal Trek that organized and outfitted the expedition. All of the climbers caught in the avalanche Monday were accounted for. Some of the injured were flown to Kathmandu and were being treated in hospitals.
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