Missing US Extreme Skier Hilaree Nelson Found Dead

Missing US Extreme Skier Hilaree Nelson Found Dead After Falling from Mt Manaslu on Sep 26

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Hilaree Nelson fell off the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of the world's eighth-highest Mount Manaslu mountain.

Hilaree was skiing down Manaslu after successfully climbing the world’s eight-highest mountain with partner Jim Morrison.

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Hilaree was the first woman to summit two 8000-meter peaks (Everest and Lhotse) in one 24-hour push in 2012

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US Extreme Skier Hilaree Nelson was considered as one of the finest mountaineers of her generation.

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In 2018, she and her partner Jim Morrison became the first people to ski down Mount Lhotse in Nepal, the world's fourth-highest peak.

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In 2018, she was awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award after making the first ski down Lhotse that year.

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On Sunday she was given a traditional funeral at a Sherpa cremation ground in Kathmandu.

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