INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 9The Everest Ski Project architected by top American climbers has
almost ended citing a bad weather condition as the team reached Camp II via Hornbein Couloir route in Tibet.
North Face Expedition hangs in balance as China delays ski permit
bars top US climbers from entering Tibet
According to a source at the basecamp, the Everest project team has given up from the Camp II as it faced adverse weather condition along
the Hornbein Couloir route."A team of rope fixing Sherpa climbers today returned to the base camp wrapping up their plan to fix a route
above Camp II," sources confirmed.
The team reached Camp II but it decided to retreat after getting instructions from the
project management, an official who closely monitors the expedition told THT from the base camp.THT earlier reported that the million-dollar
project had clouded in uncertainty after China delayed in issuing a ski permit to the team.The project funded by the National Geographic
Conrad was designated as the expedition leader of the Ski team while Jimmy was the production head of the filming project.Following the
Tibet visa denial, Jimmy Chin stayed in Beijing lobbying with the Tibetan authorities including the General Administration of Sports of
China to secure a ski permit
"Without a ski permit, the project has no meaning."NatGeo/North Face Ski Project aimed at producing a film on ski descent from the top of
Everest via Hornbein Couloir this autumn
The Couloir was named after a member of the 1963 US Everest Expedition, Thomas Hornbein.Ski mountaineer Jim Morrison and award-winning
cinematographer Mark Fisher also reached the base camp to attempt to scale Everest for the filming project
It's a project reportedly designed by Jim Morrison in memory of his partner Hilaree Nelson
Extreme American ski mountaineer Hilaree had been found dead after attempting to ski down from the summit of Mt Manaslu in 2022
"Jim Morrison was scheduled to make a ski descent from the Everest top via Hornbein Couloir route," Sources added.The Everest Ski Project
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