"On October 15, 2025, at the highest point on Earth, the summit of Mount Everest at 8,849 meters, American ski mountaineer Jim Morrison scattered the ashes of his partner, Hilaree Nelson, who died in a fatal accident three years ago. While attempting a ski descent from the eight-thousander Manaslu in Nepal, she was caught in a small avalanche near the summit and fell to her death."
"After taking a moment at the summit of Everest, Morrison strapped on his skis and began his descent through the "Supercouloir" of the North Face, a combination of two approximately 50-degree steep rock gullies filled with snow and ice. Four hours and five minutes later, Morrison reached the base of the face at approximately 6,000 meters on the Central Rongbuk Glacier. Never before had anyone successfully negotiated on skis the descent down the North Face on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest."
""When I finally crossed the bergschrund [the crack between the base of the wall and the glacier], I cried. I'd risked so much, but I was alive," Morrison told a reporter from his sponsor, National Geographic. "It felt like a tribute to Hilareesomething she'd have been proud of. I really felt her with me, cheering me on.""
On October 15, 2025, Jim Morrison reached the summit of Mount Everest at 8,849 meters and scattered the ashes of his partner, Hilaree Nelson, who died three years earlier in a fatal avalanche on Manaslu. Morrison then skied the Supercouloir on Everest's North Face, a pair of roughly 50-degree rock gullies filled with snow and ice, reaching the Central Rongbuk Glacier at about 6,000 meters after four hours and five minutes. The descent marked the first successful ski negotiation of the North Face on the Tibetan side, a route that is technically demanding and highly prone to avalanches. Eleven other climbers accompanied Morrison to the summit, including guides, Sherpas who fixed ropes, and a film crew led by Jimmy Chin.
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