Jim Morrison Skied Everest's North Face In The Wake Of Two Tragedies: On Grief, Risk & Moving Forward After Unimaginable Loss

Jim Morrison is a ski mountaineer whose accomplishments sit against a backdrop of extraordinary loss. In this conversation with Rich Roll, he reflects on skiing Everest's direct North Face from the summit — a first in the sport — captured in the film "Everest: The Other Side" by Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi. Morrison lost his wife and two young children in a 2011 plane crash, then his partner Hilaree Nelson in a 2022 avalanche on Manaslu. The discussion centers on grief, fear, and the legacies of the people he's lost, framed around the idea that loss is less about living without loved ones than bringing them with you.