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Tragedy took away his family. Then he carried his grief to the top of Everest and clipped on a pair of skis
Morrison completed the 12,000-foot descent after two failed attempts, a feat he said helped him honor his late wife and children.
- Mountaineer Morrison successfully skied down the Hornbein Couloir on Everest, a narrow, mile-long chute at a 50-degree slope he described as "the greatest ski line on our planet." The route is a "no-fall zone" where any mistake proves fatal.
- Morrison undertook this feat to honor his late partner, Hilaree Nelson, a ski mountaineer who died in a 2022 avalanche on Manaslu. He scattered Nelson's ashes at the summit, carrying her memory to the 8,000-meter peak.
- Navigating the 29,032-foot "death zone," Morrison endured a 12,000-vertical-foot descent lasting four hours and five minutes. He faced over 650 feet of bare rock, forcing him to rappel in ski boots without crampons.
- Together with Oscar-winning film directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Morrison captured the journey on film. The expedition followed several years and two failed attempts before success.
- Morrison previously lost his wife, Katie, and two children, Hannah and Wyatt, in a 2011 plane crash. He emphasizes moving forward with grief rather than past it, channeling their energy to achieve his goals.
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Standing at the top of the world, at the top of Mount Everest, Jim Morrison was surrounded by some of the highest mountains on Earth. Under his feet, the deep throat of the Hornbein corridor divided into two...
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Tragedy took away his family. Then he carried his grief to the top of Everest and clipped on a pair of skis
Standing at the top of the world at the summit of Mount Everest, Jim Morrison was surrounded by some of the highest mountains on Earth. Below him, the deep gully of the Hornbein Couloir split the imposing and staggeringly steep…
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