Steep Height? No Sweat: ‘Everest: The Other Side’s Jim Morrison And Jimmy Chin Repel Down Side Of West Hollywood Building [Video]
Ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Jimmy Chin abseiled down the side of a 12-storey building in West Hollywood to promote the documentary *Everest: The Other Side*. The film follows Morrison’s unprecedented ski descent of Everest’s north face, a dangerous achievement that took on added significance after his life partner and climbing companion, Hilaree Nelson, died in an avalanche in 2022.
Morrison and Nelson had planned to climb Everest’s north face and ski the Hornbein Couloir; after Nelson’s death, Morrison eventually chose to pursue their goal. His descent took four hours, with a mistake potentially fatal. The documentary, directed by Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, opened at 551 cinemas on Friday, including IMAX locations, after screenings at Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
In short
- Morrison and Chin abseiled down a 12-storey West Hollywood building.
- The stunt promoted a documentary about Morrison’s Everest ski descent.
- Morrison completed the four-hour descent after Nelson’s death.
Explained simply
Mount Everest has two main routes to its summit: the more frequently climbed south side in Nepal and the less-used north side in Tibet. The Hornbein Couloir is a steep, narrow gully on the north face, making a ski descent there a serious mountaineering challenge.
Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson were American ski mountaineers and partners who planned to ski the couloir together. After Nelson died in an avalanche in 2022, Morrison later attempted the descent in pursuit of the goal they had shared.
The documentary is directed by climber and filmmaker Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, whose films have often followed high-risk expeditions. It traces Morrison’s descent and the partnership behind it, placing the achievement in the context of both mountaineering and personal loss.
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