Hilaree Nelson, famed US mountaineer, missing on Nepal’s Manaslu peak
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#643CV)
Trek organiser says the US climber had an accident on Monday as bad weather hampered rescue efforts
Renowned US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson has gone missing on Nepal's Manaslu mountain, on the same day that an avalanche killed a Nepali climber on the same peak, expedition organisers and officials said.
Nelson was skiing down Manaslu after having successfully summited the world's eighth-highest mountain with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday.
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