In The News – Taking Tahoe to 29K feet: Jim Morrison’s Everest accomplishment and his Tahoe team
November 18, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 11/14/2025, Written by Katelyn Welsh
Tahoe’s own Jim Morrison is the feature of an upcoming National Geographic documentary, capturing his Oct. 15 accomplishment on Mount Everest’s (29,032 ft.) North Face. The date marks the day he carved his name in history as the first to ski what has been considered the mountain’s most daunting line, the Hornbein Couloir.
“For two years everyone looked at the face and was like, are you crazy?” Morrison told National Geographic.
Incredibly steep, with sections between 45 and 60 degrees, and essentially running vertically down, the Hornbein Couloir is an extreme risk for falls and avalanches.