Body of missing US extreme skier recovered in Nepal

A rescue helicopter prepares to land at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

The body of a famed US extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain has been recovered and transported to Nepal’s capital.

Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-metre (26,775ft) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner Jim Morrison on Monday when she fell off the mountain.