Hilaree Nelson — a world-famous ski mountaineer — has tragically been discovered lifeless after she fell from a mountain following an avalanche in Nepal this week.

She was 49 years previous.

In line with the New York Occasions, Nelson and her associate, Jim Morrison, had been trying to ski down Manaslu — the eighth-highest mountain on the earth — on Monday when she was knocked astray by an enormous snowslide and went lacking.

Authorities say they instantly launched a seek for her — although unhealthy climate hampered their efforts. Lastly, on Wednesday, authorities officers mentioned they situated her physique. Sachindra Yadav, an expedition liaison officer, confirmed Nelson’s loss of life to the New York Occasions.

“Her physique has been dropped at Kathmandu for post-mortem,” Yadav mentioned. “It is intact however coated with snow.”

Nelson was a legend within the excessive snowboarding sport, The North Face — one in all her sponsors — referred to as her “probably the most prolific ski mountaineer of her technology.” Her bio on her private web site mentioned her “expedition profession has led her to many ‘firsts’ on the earth of ski mountaineering together with linking two 8000m peaks in a single push, first ski descents in Baffin Island, a primary American ascent and ski descent of Papsura peak in India and a primary ski descent of the 4th highest peak on the earth, Lhotse.”

The mom of two was named Nationwide Geographic Adventurer of the Yr in 2018.

R.I.P.