Body of missing skier recovered

The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighthhighest mountain was recovered Wednesday and transported to Nepal’s capital.

Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing from the 8,163-metre summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she fell off the mountain. Her body was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu where doctors planned to perform an autopsy.

Rescuers searching by helicopter located Nelson’s body Wednesday after failing to find her Tuesday or Monday, when bad weather hampered their search.

Nelson, from Telluride, Colorado, and Morrison, from Tahoe, Calif., are extreme skiers who reached the summit of Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest mountain, in 2018.

Nepal’s government has issued permits to 504 climbers in the autumn season.