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Steep-skiing boundary breaker Hilaree Nelson dishes on her formative years and staying rooted at 8,000 feet
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A Telluride woman was first to ski from the Lhotse summit. She's still recovering from “post-traumatic stoke.”
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Mt. Lhotse: Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison make history as the first to ski down the 4th highest mountain in the world - CBS News
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