Jim Morrison is first to ski down Everest’s Hornbein Couloir After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an achievement that has captivated skiers and alpinists for decades.

After years of planning, mountaineer #Jim #Morrison successfully skied down Mount #Everest's narrow #Hornbein #Couloir -- notching an achievement that has captivated #skiers and #alpinists for decades.

“Everest North” is currently in production.

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Ancient Alpinists: First Nations in the Coast Mountain Past Drawing materials from their immediate surroundings, they developed gear resembling modern alpenstocks, snowshoes, crampons and climbing ropes for travel into the alpine. And they probably had a lot o...

"This alpine amnesia is surprising, considering that anthropologists have long emphasized how the coast’s populous and sophisticated societies developed through full, expert use of our region’s natural riches." - Jeff Slack

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Any #MarkTwight followers or other old #alpinists on this platform?