A new arrival dashed hopes of finding the Seattle native, a very high mountain specialist, alive. In more than two decades, Hilaree Nelson had achieved international fame. The 49-year-old mother of two has been described as “the most prolific ski mountaineer of her generation.” Named one of the “25 Most Adventurous Women of the Last 25 Years” by Men’s Journal, she was the first woman to
Skiing at Stevens Pass in Washington’s Cascades at age 3, Nelson had discovered her love for mountaineering in Chamonix, “a journey that changed the course of her life,” where she learned the ins and outs of this intense and intense experience extreme sports practice. In 2014, the American, recipient of the National Geographic Explorers grant, launched an attack on the little-known Hkakabo Razi, the highest peak in Southeast Asia (5881 m) located in the extreme north of Myanmar (ex-Burma). A leg-breaking expedition that led to an award-winning 2015 documentary, Down to Nothing.