Jim Morrison On Being the First to Ski Down Everest's North Face
Rich Roll talks with ski mountaineer Jim Morrison, the first person to ski down Everest's north face, about losing his wife and children in 2011 and partner Hillary Nelson in 2022, and carrying them forward.
The gist
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Morrison describes the north face as a 45-degree slope from 20,000 to 29,000 feet where any fall means certain death, a "no fall zone."
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After his wife and two children died in a 2011 plane crash, Morrison says noticing pine needles outside his window helped him take his first steps forward.
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Morrison credits Eckhart Tolle's book with teaching him to stay present, recalling Tolle telling him nothing has ever happened in the future.
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On fear, Morrison says he keeps the part that sharpens focus and ignores the panic part, and stops if anxiety takes over.
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Morrison says grief does not go away; he packs it up and carries lost loved ones with him, rather than moving on without them.
"I really enjoyed his book, The Power of Now. And I read it and listened to it and then I went to Vancouver and met him and sat down with him."
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