Mountaineer from Seattle found dead in Nepal
Published Date: 9/29/2022
Source: KING 5
Seattle-born extreme skier Hilaree Nelson will be remembered by the mountaineering community as a fearless athlete and an inspiration to many. Nelson, 49, went missing Monday while skiing down from the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth-highest mountain, with her partner, Jim Morrison. Her body was recovered on Wednesday. Alison Levine is a fellow mountaineer. She said Nelson's death is a huge loss for the people who love her and the sport of extreme skiing. "She was someone that, for more than two decades, has really gotten out there and broken boundaries and pushed her limits with multiple firsts," Levine said. Levine said Nelson changed the sport for women. She said in 2012, Nelson was the first woman to summit Everest in 24 hours. "She really became a well-known name in the industry, one of the most accomplished adventurers in the sport," Levine said. "Not just one of the most accomplished women in the sport, one of the most accomplished human beings in the sport." Levine said that for over two decades, Nelson was known for pushing boundaries. "I think she mentioned her success rate was about 50/50 because she tried really hard things and she wanted to do things that no one else had done. She wanted to break barriers," Levine said. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mountaineer-hilaree-nelson-legacy/281-5c8e86bb-63b7-4155-958c-4c3effa9f4c1