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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 of that fear is irrational,” Jim Morrison told Good Morning America

Three years after his partner died on one of the world’s highest peaks, a 50-year-old man became the first to ski down Mount Everest’s most challenging route . Now, he’s opening up about that life-changing experience.

On Wednesday, Oct. 15, mountaineer Jim Morrison skied down the North Face of Mount Everest by traversing the Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs lines, according to National Geographic .

After more than six weeks on the mountain with other climbers and a crew filming a National Geographic d

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