ジミー・チンのインスタグラム(jimmychin) - 11月16日 23時47分

Day 5 of the #blackandwhitechallenge.
The north face of Everest starts at 20,000ft and tops out at over 29,000ft. In the monsoon season of 1986, Erhard Loretan and Jean Troillet climbed an alpine-style ascent of the Japanese Coulior/ Hornbein route in only 43 hours (the arcing coulior heading towards the middle of the face / the gash in the rock band below the summit), without the use of supplemental oxygen, ropes or tents. Finding snow conditions perfect along the ascent, Loretan and Troillet glissaded down the entire route to the base of the North Face in less than five hours. This ascent is still considered one of the greatest feats of high altitude alpine style climbing to date. Their climb inspired @stephenkoch and I to attempt the route in 2002. We aimed to climb it alpine style as well but also wanted to ski and snowboard it. (I was in my twenties and it seemed like a good idea.) We (along w @jxnhende) acclimatized on the peak to the left and made the first and second descent of the mountain. After almost two months watching the face to understand its moods, we made a couple attempts. Not many things have been more intimidating in my career than starting up the 9000ft face in the moonlight. After being lifted and thrown across a crevasse field from the air blast of a massive avalanche on one attempt and almost getting wiped off the face by another avalanche on our second attempt, we finally called it. While we were unsuccessful on the route, the experience opened my eyes to what was possible, both good and bad, in the big mountains. The line is still waiting to see a ski or snowboard descent. Best of luck to the next generation.... @ザ・ノースフェイス #neverstopexploring @gopro @thephotosociety
Nominating one of my all time favorite photographers and fellow @ナショナルジオグラフィック photographer @davidalanharvey for the #blackandwhitechallenge. David opened my mind to thinking about photography and shooting in a completely new light.

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