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 ...

American Jim Morrison trains in the shadow of Everest’s north face in 2024. His Wednesday descent of the mountain’s Hornbein Couloir is one of the most audacious feats ever performed on skis. Jimmy ...

A Walnut Creek native made history on Wednesday as the first to descend Mount Everest's notoriously narrow north face route. Jim Morrison, 50, accomplished the feat at 7:45 p.m. local time after ...

Growing up in Walnut Creek, Jim Morrison would visit the Sunrise Mountaineering store every opportunity he had. "I would just look at the photos and slide shows they had of people climbing these big ...

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.