Mountaineer Jim Morrison hopped left on his skis, sending trickles of snow down a sheer gully on the North Face of Mount Everest, then he hopped to the right, his breath heavy in the oxygen-thin air.

Elite mountaineer Jim Morrison, fueled by a promise he made to his deceased partner, ascended and then skied down Mount Everest's treacherous North Face.

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 ...