BODY OF FAMED U.S. EXTREME SKIER RECOVERED

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 26,775-foot summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she fell off the mountain. The helicopter search, which had been hampered by bad weather, found her body about 6,200 feet from the summit, according to Capt. Surendra Poudel of Simrik Air. The helicopter dropped two high-altitude Sherpa guides and Morrison to search on Wednesday morning. “The body has been badly damaged with one leg separated,” Poudel said. “It took an hour and a half to retrieve the body that was buried half in the snow.”