Americans Return To Ski Everest’s North Face

September 17, 2024

The American Everest Ski Project led by Jim Morrison has returned to try to ski down the Hornbein Couloir on the Tibetan side of the mountain. A year ago, bureaucratic issues thwarted the attempt.

Morrison wants to ski the couloir as a tribute to Hilaree Nelson, who died while skiing from the summit of Manaslu in 2022.

The original venture, supported by The North Face and National Geographic and dubbed by Nepalese media as “the multi-million dollar expedition,” effectively ended before it started last year. Chinese authorities refused entry visas into Tibet for Oscar-winning documentary maker Jimmy Chin and team member Conrad Anker. Explorers Web