U.S. extreme skier Hilaree Nelson given traditional Nepalese funeral after falling from one of the world's tallest mountains

A famed extreme skier from the United States who was killed after falling from one of the world's tallest mountains was given a traditional funeral at a Sherpa cremation ground on Sunday, as Buddhist monks officiated a ceremony attended by family, friends and government officials.

Hilaree Nelson, 49, fell from the 6,775-foot summit of the world's eighth-highest mountain, Mount Manaslu, last week while skiing down with her partner, Jim Morrison. 

Nelson's body was taken to the Sherpa cremation grounds in Kathmandu from a hospital morgue on the back of an open truck, which was decorated with a poster of her and garlands of flowers.