US EditionSkiing the Impossible: Nat Geo Docs Capture Jim Morrison’s History-Making Descent From the Top of the World
Jim Morrison honored his late partner Hilaree Nelson by completing Everest's North Face Super Direct ski descent, a 9,000-foot drop never before skied, on Oct 15, 2025.
- On Oct. 15, Jim Morrison completed the first-ever ski descent from Everest's summit via the Mount Everest North Face Super Direct route.
- Dreamed up by Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson, accomplished ski mountaineer , Morrison pursued the descent as a mission for them both, holding Nelson's memory in his mind.
- A 12-person team climbed through snowfields, rock, and ice, timing the trip in a narrow weather window, while Morrison donned skis at the summit using controlled hop turns and ropes amid abominable snow.
- Morrison spread some of Hilaree Nelson's ashes on the mountain, exhaled into safety, then celebrated with teammates, taking selfies amid visible emotion.
- The Super Direct route is historically rare, with only five climbers before, and it starts in the death zone, plunging 9,000 feet, which Jeremy Evans called 'landing on the moon.
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A Ski 50-Year-Old Bro Named Jim Morrison Just Became The First Person EVER To Ski Down The North Face Of Mount Everest
Shyaaaa brah 🤙 🤙!!! Fifty years young and still pushing the envelope. Meanwhile my knee can't even handle mount-fucking-Sunapee after the Minihane/New York basketball fiasco. Totally worth it thoug...
A video of the historic downhill run on the most brutal ski slope on Earth has now been released.
How mountaineer Jim Morrison made the first skiing descent of Everest’s most dangerous route
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.
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How mountaineer Jim Morrison made the first skiing descent of Everest's most dangerous route
Mountaineer Jim Morrison has skied the last un-skied route on Mount Everest. Morrison told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the his journey down the North Face of Mount Everest on Oct. 15 was a spectacular four hours of skiing down a horrific snow pack.
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