KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers in a helicopter were searching on the world’s eighth-highest mountain Tuesday for a famed U.S. ski mountaineer a day after she fell off the mountain near the height.
Also Monday, an avalanche at a lower elevation on Mount Manaslu swept several climbers, killing a Nepali guide and injuring other climbers.
Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 26,775 feet summit along with her partner Jim Morrison when she fell off the mountain, in response to Jiban Ghimire of the Kathmandu-based Shangri-La Nepal Trek that organized and outfitted the expedition.
Bad weather hampered rescue efforts Monday. But visibility was good in improved weather conditions Tuesday while a helicopter was hovering over the mountain to see any signs of the missing climber, Ghimire said.
A whole lot of climbers and their local guides are on the mountain attempting to achieve the summit during Nepal’s autumn climbing season.
The entire climbers caught within the avalanche Monday were accounted for. A few of the injured were flown to Kathmandu and are being treated at hospitals for his or her injuries.
Nelson, from Telluride, Colorado, and Morrison, from Tahoe, California, are extreme skiers who summited Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest peak, in 2018.
Nepal’s government has issued permits to 504 climbers to try to scale high mountain peaks throughout the autumn season. Most of them are on Mount Manaslu.
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers in a helicopter were searching on the world’s eighth-highest mountain Tuesday for a famed U.S. ski mountaineer a day after she fell off the mountain near the height.
Also Monday, an avalanche at a lower elevation on Mount Manaslu swept several climbers, killing a Nepali guide and injuring other climbers.
Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 26,775 feet summit along with her partner Jim Morrison when she fell off the mountain, in response to Jiban Ghimire of the Kathmandu-based Shangri-La Nepal Trek that organized and outfitted the expedition.
Bad weather hampered rescue efforts Monday. But visibility was good in improved weather conditions Tuesday while a helicopter was hovering over the mountain to see any signs of the missing climber, Ghimire said.
A whole lot of climbers and their local guides are on the mountain attempting to achieve the summit during Nepal’s autumn climbing season.
The entire climbers caught within the avalanche Monday were accounted for. A few of the injured were flown to Kathmandu and are being treated at hospitals for his or her injuries.
Nelson, from Telluride, Colorado, and Morrison, from Tahoe, California, are extreme skiers who summited Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest peak, in 2018.
Nepal’s government has issued permits to 504 climbers to try to scale high mountain peaks throughout the autumn season. Most of them are on Mount Manaslu.
