When adventurers talk about Mount Everest, most often it's about climbing the world's highest peak. In October, Jim Morrison became the first person to ski down Everest’s most dangerous route. The ...

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.

Imagine standing on top of the world with 29,000 feet of nothing but ice, sky, and the steepest terrain on Earth beneath your skis. That’s precisely what professional ski mountaineer Jim Morrison did ...

More information: Visit snowsportsmuseum.org. Mountaineering and backcountry skiing in the Himalayas comes with serious adversity: falling; 100 degrees below zero wind chill; the lack of oxygen; ...