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Famous US Mountaineer-Buried in Kathmandu, Sherpa style
Hilaree Nelson, American ski mountaineer, first woman to summit two 8000-meter peaks (Everest and Lhotse) within 24 hours and “the 25 Most Adventurous Women of the Past 25 Years” died in the Himalayas this month. She was given an emotive cremation, but in Buddhist Sherpa tradition in Kathmandu not in her country of birth the US. Instead of Christian priests, Buddhist monks presided over a traditional ceremony attended by family members, friends …
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