Body of Missing Famed US Extreme Skier Recovered in Nepal

Hilaree Nelson of Telluride, Colorado, (L) and James Morrison of Tahoe, California, raise their fists as the pair arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 4, 2018. Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo

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

Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she fell off the mountain.