{"id":23979,"date":"2025-10-17T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:01:07","slug":"nat-geo-lines-up-jim-morrison-everest-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/nat-geo-lines-up-jim-morrison-everest-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nat Geo Lines Up Jim Morrison Everest Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Free Solo<\/em> directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have documented ski mountaineer Jim Morrison\u2019s descent down Mount Everest\u2019s Hornbein Couloir in <em>Everest North<\/em> (w.t.) for National Geographic.<\/p>\n<p>The feat marks the first time someone completed a ski descent down the Hornbein Couloir on the north face of Mount Everest. The documentary chronicles Morrison\u2019s preparation for the feat, his climb to the top\u2014last successfully accomplished in 1991\u2014and his descent.<\/p>\n<p>The accomplishment was a dream for Morrison and his late partner, Hilaree Nelson, who died tragically in 2022 on Nepal\u2019s Manaslu after they summited together. Morrison dedicated the record-breaking achievement to her.<\/p>\n<p>Among those to summit Everest with Morrison were Chin, Erich Roepke, Pemba Sharwa Sherpa, Esteban \u201cTopo\u201d Mena, Carla Perez, Roberto \u201cTico\u201d Morales, Pur Bahadur \u201cYukta\u201d Gurung, Ngima Tenjing Sherpa, Pemba Gelje Sherpa, Tenging Gyaljen Sherpa and Pasang Sona Sherpa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStanding on the north face of Everest, finishing this climb was overwhelming and deeply personal,\u201d Morrison said. \u201cIt\u2019s the culmination of years of work and an extraordinary team effort. Climbing the direct north face and skiing what Hilaree and I believed to be the world\u2019s greatest ski run was a dream we chased together. Hilaree\u2019s spirit and energy was a galvanizing force for me and this incredible team. I hope what we accomplished honors her and the love for these mountains we shared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so proud to support Jim\u2019s historic achievement and are awed by his unwavering dedication to pursuing this seemingly impossible feat,\u201d said Carolyn Bernstein, executive VP of documentary films for National Geographic. \u201cThis film is both a tribute to Jim\u2019s late partner, Hilaree Nelson, and a testament to the power and beauty of exploration. Starting with Oscar and BAFTA winner Free Solo, this is Nat Geo Doc Films\u2019 seventh film in partnership with Chai and Jimmy\u2014the world\u2019s premier chroniclers of people who push the limits of human potential\u2014and we are once again blown away by their artistry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chin commented, \u201cWe are truly grateful to be able to climb and film on such a rarely visited and stunning side of Everest: the north face. The film will be a truly epic and cinematic experience, chronicling the first ski descent of the most coveted and iconic ski mountaineering line in the world and what it took to get here. We will share an extraordinary story about the power of the human spirit and hopefully expand audiences\u2019 perception of the human experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vasarhelyi added, \u201cOur film\u2014which has been a passion project for so many over the past six years\u2014is really a story of love and humanity and what defines us. Jim\u2019s achievement is such an incredible moment, but the heart of the story we tell will show the years of dedication and sacrifice it took for him to make it to the top of the mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film is produced by Academy Award winner Shannon Dill, who also served as a key creative and logistical producer on the ground for the Everest North (w.t.) expedition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Solo directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have documented ski mountaineer Jim Morrison\u2019s descent down Mount Everest\u2019s Hornbein Couloir in Everest North (w.t.) for National Geographic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":23980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4200,11759,11760,4201,1009],"class_list":["post-23979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-chai-vasarhelyi","tag-everest-north","tag-jim-morrison","tag-jimmy-chin","tag-national-geographic","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nat Geo Lines Up Jim Morrison Everest Doc - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23979\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nat Geo Lines Up Jim Morrison Everest Doc - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Free Solo directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have documented ski mountaineer Jim Morrison\u2019s descent down Mount Everest\u2019s Hornbein Couloir in Everest North (w.t.) for National Geographic.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23979\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T13:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T13:01:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/10\/NatGeo-EverestNorth-1025.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23979\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23979\",\"name\":\"Nat Geo Lines Up Jim Morrison Everest Doc - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-17T13:00:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-17T13:01:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23979#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23979\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?p=23979#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nat Geo Lines Up Jim Morrison Everest Doc\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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