Mountaineer Jim Morrison hopped left on his skis, sending trickles of snow down a sheer gully on the North Face of Mount Everest, then he hopped to the right, his breath heavy in the oxygen-thin air.
Nepal, Oct. 16 -- American mountaineer and skier Jim Morrison has become the first person to ski down Mount Everest via the Hornbein Couloir-considered the mountain's most difficult and direct descent ...
On 15 October 2025 American ski mountaineer Jim Morrison became the first person to ski the North Face of Mount Everest via its most challenging and elusive line, a linkup of the Hornbein and Japanese ...