An American skier 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 spending ...

‘I think I’m going mad’: A harrowing tale of the first Americans to summit Everest In May of 1963, National Geographic photographer and correspondent Barry C. Bishop was part of the first American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A menacing 50-degree slope and 9,000 feet straight down: that’s the terrain American mountaineer Jim Morrison tackled when he ...

Skier and mountaineer Jim Morrison has completed the first-ever ski descent of Mt. Everest’s notoriously challenging Hornbein Couloir in a feat National Geographic called “the most audacious ski run ...

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 ...

Jim Whittaker became a national celebrity after his 1963 climb and received the Hubbard Medal from President Kennedy.

Jim Whittaker, a Seattle born and raised mountaineer who achieved legendary status when he became the first American to ...