Nepalese authorities reported this Monday the disappearance of the American mountaineer hilaree nelson while skiing with a partner down Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world, located in Nepal.
The well-known mountaineer was returning to base camp “after a successful summit of Manaslu” with her partner, also American Jim Morrison, when, trying to ski down the mountain from the top, “he fell,” the director explained to Efe. of the shipping company Shangrila, Jeevan Ghimire.
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According to reports, Nelson fell through a crack and disappeared, an official from the Nepalese government, Bigyan Koirala, added to Efe, who indicated that a helicopter will travel first thing this Tuesday to the area where it is presumed that he fell to start the search work.
Nelson, 49, was the first woman to summit two eight-thousanders, the Everest and Lhotsein 24 hours in May 2012.
In 2018, he returned to Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 meters, to ski from the top.
That same year she was named captain of the sports team of the American firm The North Face. Nelson’s disappearance occurred on the same day that there was a huge avalanche in Manaslu Camps III and IV in which at least one mountain guide lost his life and 13 other Sherpas were injured. “Four climbing guides have suffered serious injuries,” while “another nine suffered minor injuries,” Koirala said.
The avalanche occurred when workers were transporting goods from one field to another. So far this year, the Nepalese authorities have authorized a record number of 404 permits to climb Manaslu, one of the most dangerous mountains not so much because of the demands of the ascent as because of the risk of avalanches.
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