Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Extreme skier Jim Morrison, after several years of preparation, climbed Mount Everest's north face. His goal was to ski down it, a ...

National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler looks ahead as the organization’s next evolution — The Museum of ...

A 50-year-old mountaineer made history by being the first to ski down Mount Everest's most treacherous route Now, he's sharing more about that emotional experience "You have to try to decide what part ...

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 ...

Though the epicenter of the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday was roughly 150 miles from Mount Everest, powerful shocks wrought destruction throughout the Khumbu region, where ...

National Geographic Documentary Films is re-teaming with Oscar- and BAFTA Award-winning Free Solo directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin on the new documentary Everest North (w/t), about ...

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 ...

On October 15 American mountaineer Jim Morrison, 50, became the first person to ski the North Face of Mount Everest (29,032 feet) via its most challenging and elusive line, a linkup of the Hornbein ...

"I hope what we accomplished honors her and the love for these mountains we shared," skier Jim Morrison said of his late partner Jim Morrison, a 50-year-old American skier, made history on Oct. 15 ...

Foot, boot and sock believed to belong to Sandy Irvine, who disappeared in George Mallory’s 1924 expedition, discovered on glacier The partial remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine are believed to have ...