American skier conquers Mount Everest’s most challenging ski route
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American skier and mountaineer Jim Morrison made history this week by becoming the first person to successfully ski down the North Face. Mount Everest By using the toughest and most difficult path of the mountain.
Morrison, 50, accomplished the incredible feat in four hours and five minutes on Wednesday, descending a nearly vertical drop from the 29,032-foot summit down a 9,000-foot slope toward the Rongbuk Glacier. National Geographic, He accompanied Morrision on an upcoming documentary journey.
Morrison completed his descent in four hours and five minutes. (REUTERS/David Gray)
His descent using Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs was a historical first due to the difficulty of the route. The Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs are defined by their steep, icy and narrow conditions and high avalanche risk.
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Morrison told the press that he dedicated the achievement to his partner and famous climber Hilaree Nelson, who tragically died in a fall near the Manaslu summit in 2022. Nepal.
Ski mountaineers Hilaree Nelson and her partner Jim Morrison pose for a portrait in a meadow near Lake Tahoe in California’s Squaw Valley on October 19, 2015. (Jason Bean/USA TODAY NETWORK)
“I chatted with him for a bit and felt like I could dedicate the whole day to him,” he said.
“When I finally crossed the rock, I cried. I had risked so much, but I was alive. It was a tribute to Hilaree; it was something she would have been proud of. I felt like she was really there with me, cheering me on.”
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Morrison attempted the feat two more times, but permit issues and dangerous weather derailed his attempts, according to National Geographic. On his last day of leave this week, Morrison thrived.
As for the trip, Morrison told National Geographic it was “a mix of survival skiing and real shredding.”
Jim Morrison, partner of US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson, reacts during her funeral before she was cremated in Kathmandu on October 2, 2022. A search team retrieved the body of Nelson, the top US skier, from the Himalayas on September 28, two days after he disappeared on the slopes of Nepal’s Manaslu peak. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Morrison’s historic ski run took place weeks after Polish skier Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to ski down Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen.
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