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After missing for a few days, accomplished mountaineer Hilaree Nelson, 49, was found dead, after falling off a mountain peak in Nepal on September 26.
She had fallen into a deep crevasse in the ice, according to the witnesses, a short while after reaching the summit.
Mt. Manaslu is the eighth highest peak in the world.
Nims Purja, mountaineer and co-founder of Elite Exped tour company, led the recovery team. Upon discovery, her body was transported to Kathmandu by the expedition company Shangri-La Nepal Trek.
Hilaree Nelson previously posted on her Instagram account that she was not feeling confident about conquering the mountain. “I am challenged to find the peace and inspiration from the mountain when it’s been constantly shrouded in mist,” she captioned the photo of her and Morrison on a climb.
Nelson and Morrison were known to be the first to ski down Nepal’s Mt. Lhotse, which is the world’s fourth highest mountain. Nelson also had the record of being the first female climber to conquer adjacent peaks Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse within one day. She moved from extreme skiing to ski mountaineering and had completed the first ski descent of the Altai mountain range in Mongolia in 2002.
“My loss is indescribable,” Morrison heartbrokenly shared. He was also part of the team who searched for Nelson. Morrison was Nelson’s partner and best friend and he had hoped to spend his life with her. He wants to focus on Nelson’s two children and how to help them move forward.
Mountaineering company North Face also issued a statement regarding the incident. They said that Nelson was their “hero, mentor, and friend.” They also shared that she “held a spirit as big as the places she led us to. She embodied possibility. Her adventures made us feel at home in the vastness of the world.”
Hopefully, she found the peace she was looking for on the mountain.
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