Page 2 of 4 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 LastLast
Results 26 to 50 of 93
  1. #26
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    8,750'
    Posts
    394
    Still holding out hope for Hilaree, she is an incredible woman, an outstanding athlete and most of all a loving mom to 2 sweet sons. I've known her for 20 years and this is crushing news.

  2. #27
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Gaperville, CO
    Posts
    5,843
    Potentially what Aqua was alluding to:

    https://everestchronicle.com/all-ava...f-for-the-day/

    ...However, search and rescue operations to locate the missing legendary mountain skier Hilaree Nelson has been called off for the day. The helicopter went out at 7 am, which continuously searched on the south slope of the mountain. Her partner Jim Morrison was in the helicopter to locate her.

    Nelson and Morrison stood atop the summit of Manaslu at 11.30am local time on Monday. They started skiing down from the top as planned. However, Nelson’s ski blade skidded off few meters below the peak and she fell off the other side of the peak, according to Jiban Ghimire of Shangri-La Trek, Nelson’s outfitter. It could be an estimated 3000-meter free fall from the peak.....

  3. #28
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    cow hampshire
    Posts
    8,258
    This sucks. Hoping for a miracle.

  4. #29
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    1,064

  5. #30
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    Geopolis
    Posts
    16,049
    Quote Originally Posted by cravenmorhead View Post
    Ski blade?
    I interpreted it as she lost a ski
    j'ai des grands instants de lucididididididididi

  6. #31
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Posts
    1,489
    Quote Originally Posted by cravenmorhead View Post
    Ski blade?
    Seems to be a commonly misused term in this space. I re-read the SI article about their Lhotse descent last night and it's in there too. Ski blade = ski.

  7. #32
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Gaperville, CO
    Posts
    5,843
    AP / Colorado Sun now reporting she fell off the mountain (same source): https://coloradosun.com/2022/09/27/h...on-fall-nepal/

  8. #33
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    base of the Bush
    Posts
    14,848
    This is just awful.

  9. #34
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    PDX
    Posts
    4,734
    Sad news. Hope there is some sort of miracle happy outcome!

    Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk

  10. #35
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Aspen
    Posts
    3,043
    Just realized it's been 10 years (this week) since Plake and Greg Hill almost died in the huge Avy on Manaslu that killed Rémy Lécluse

  11. #36
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    10,870
    Quote Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker View Post
    I interpreted it as she lost a ski
    Or she lost an edge more likely.

    Terrifying and sad.


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

  12. #37
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    1,064
    Yeah, I thought maybe a bad translation of "ski edge." Ug.

  13. #38
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Posts
    7,326
    Checking this thread hoping for better news. Fuck. No words.

  14. #39
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Posts
    203
    Witness account observed Nelson was caught in an avalanche from the summit.
    https://www.instagram.com/p/CjAByk4I...d=MTA0ZTI1NzA=.


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

  15. #40
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Posts
    817
    Fingers crossed, not too many stronger people on the planet to survive some tough hours in the mountains...

  16. #41
    Join Date
    Apr 2021
    Posts
    2,831
    Quote Originally Posted by abcdethan View Post
    Witness account observed Nelson was caught in an avalanche from the summit.
    https://www.instagram.com/p/CjAByk4I...d=MTA0ZTI1NzA=.


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
    That doesn't say she witnessed it, it says she was with Jim only looking for a heli, but thanks for posting it, I'm sure she got the story straight from Jim then.

    -pedantic guy

  17. #42
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    take a guess
    Posts
    2,213
    Thoughts and prayers that they can somehow find her when the weather window opens and she is able to survive any injuries she may have sustained! Good luck Hilaree and Jim!
    Magic Mountain Freeride Team...bringing your grom's game to the next level.

    The only ski you'll ever need...http://worthskis.com/skis/the-magic/

    "Errare Humanum Est"

  18. #43
    Join Date
    Aug 2018
    Location
    beaverhead county
    Posts
    4,482
    Fuck. Hoping for a miracle. Absolute badass through and through.


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
    swing your fucking sword.

  19. #44
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Pemberton, BC
    Posts
    2,228
    Quote Originally Posted by alpinevibes View Post
    Just realized it's been 10 years (this week) since Plake and Greg Hill almost died in the huge Avy on Manaslu that killed Rémy Lécluse
    Yes. A sad reminder of that day. I was trekking manaslu that year shortly after that event. I recall seeing the crown, terrifyingly big even from a distance. Total respect for the tough men and women who push themselves at that altitude. So strong and driven.

    Still hoping for a miracle here…

  20. #45
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Posts
    11
    I have been following Hilaree's career for close to 25 years. She was a superhero to me. I will miss her.

  21. #46
    Join Date
    Sep 2018
    Posts
    6,608
    Awful.

  22. #47
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Spokane/Schweitzer
    Posts
    6,738
    Hoping for some kind of miracle but I don't think it's likely. Still, maybe, just maybe it's not her time. She's one of the greats, many of whom we've lost way too soon.

  23. #48
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Between a rock and a soft place. Aberdare and The Brecon Beacons, Wales
    Posts
    3,201
    Confirmed

    RIP

  24. #49
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    Less flat
    Posts
    3,760
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63059776

    A search team in Nepal has recovered the body of famous US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson from near the summit of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas.

    Nelson, 49, was descending the world's eighth highest summit with her partner when she went missing on Monday.

    Rescuers found her body on the south face of the 8,163m (26,781ft) peak on Wednesday. Earlier reports said she had fallen into a crevasse in a glacier.

    Nelson was regarded as one of the finest mountaineers of her generation.

    In 2018, she and her partner Jim Morrison became the first people to ski down Mount Lhotse in Nepal, the world's fourth-highest peak.

    She is also the first woman to climb both the world's highest mountain, Everest, and Lhotse, which is adjacent, in a single 24-hour period.

    Morrison and three Sherpa guides were dropped by helicopter to recover Nelson's body from about 6,000m on Manaslu on Wednesday morning, expedition organisers said.

    "The body has been brought to base camp. After completing necessary legal procedures, it will be airlifted to Kathmandu," said Jiban Ghimire, managing director of Shangri-La Nepal Trek, the Kathmandu Post reported.

    Earlier helicopter search attempts had been unsuccessful, and hampered by bad weather.

    On the same day Nelson went missing, one person was killed and more than a dozen injured in an avalanche lower down on the same peak.

    She is reported to have fallen into a deep crevasse in the ice only 15 minutes after reaching the summit of Manaslu, according to witnesses.

    A local guide that had been working with the couple told Outside magazine that other climbers who were with them reported that "her ski blade skidded off and [she] fell off the other side of the peak".
    ​I am not in your hurry

  25. #50
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    between campus and church
    Posts
    9,912
    Just horrible. My thoughts go out to all of family (particularly her kids), close friends, and extended loved ones.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •