Tragedy in the Himalayas: Famous ski athlete dead

Hilaree Nelson is considered one of the most famous ski mountaineers in the world. Now the 49-year-old is dead. She lost her life in an accident in the Himalayan mountains on Manaslu, at 8163 meters the eighth highest mountain on our planet. The American had reached the summit of Manaslu on Monday, but tragedy struck on the descent: Nelson fell into a crevasse and sustained fatal injuries. On Wednesday, a search team found the lifeless body of the extreme athlete. Nelson's death caused great consternation in the community. Also with Tamara Lunger, South Tyrol's most famous alpinist. “I am so incredibly saddened by this loss the world has just experienced. I am at a loss for words. Hilaree Nelson was such a strong, good-natured, kind-hearted woman and I think a great role model for many female athletes,” she writes on social media. Mountaineer and excellent skier Nelson has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for being the first woman to reach the summits of two 24-meter peaks, Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse, in less than 2018 hours. In XNUMX, the gifted skier also skied down Lhotse (the fourth highest mountain in the world) with her partner Jim Morrison - no one had ever done that before. In addition to her partner, Nelson also leaves behind two children.

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Tragedy in the Himalayas: Famous ski athlete dead

The winter and extreme sports scene is shaken by a tragic death. The accident occurred in the Himalayan mountains.

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