Skier sought after fall from mountain

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese rescuers in a helicopter were searching Tuesday for a famed U.S. ski climber a day after she fell off near the peak of the world’s eighth-highest mountain, Mount Manaslu.

Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 26,775-foot summit with her partner, Jim Morrison, when she fell off the mountain, said 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 Tuesday as a helicopter was hovering over the mountain for signs of the missing climber, Ghimire said.

Nelson, from Telluride, Colo., and Morrison, from Tahoe, Calif,, are extreme skiers who reached the top of Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest, in 2018.