Runtime: 114 min
Elite mountaineers and skiers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson find love in one another while reaching the pinnacle of their sport. Together, they begin to dream of the seemingly impossible: climbing Mount Everest via the direct Northwest Face—one of the mountain’s most difficult and dangerous routes—and then skiing all the way down.
Thousands of people have reached Everest’s summit via the more well-known route from Nepal, but only a handful have succeeded in reaching the top this way—and no one has ever completed the ski descent.
From National Geographic Documentary Films and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin—the team behind Free Solo—comes Everest: The Other Side, a sweeping and deeply personal documentary about love, loss, courage, and the drive to attempt the impossible.