KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Organizers say two American climbers have successfully skied down from the summit of the world's fourth-highest mountain.
Pemba Sherpa of the Xtreme Climbers Treks and Expeditions says James Morrison and Hilaree Nelson scaled Mount Lhotse's 8,516-meter (27,940-foot) summit on Sunday with two other climbers and three Nepalese Sherpa guides.
Morrison and Nelson then descended down the mountain on their skis.
They were both safe and are expected to reach the base camp later Monday.
Lhotse is a sister peak of Mount Everest. Climbers attempting to scale Everest and Lhotse share most of the route.
