jimmy chin photography




			2006 Everest Ski Expedition Location: South East Ridge, Mount Everest, Nepal In August of 2006, Kit and Rob DesLauriers and I headed to Mount Everest to attempt a post-monsoon ski descent of Mount Everest's South East Ridge. Along with Dave Hahn and a crack team of hand picked Sherpas, we spent over a month and a half acclimitizing and climbing on the flanks of Chomolungma. We summited on October 18th, clicked into our ski bindings and carved turns off the summit. Kit became the first person to ski from the 7 Summits. Clients: The North Face, Outside Magazine, Balance Vector

			Everest North Face Snowboarding Expedition Location: North Face Everest, Tibet The North Face of Everest rises 9000 vertical feet out of the Central Rongbuk Glacier. During the summer of 2003, Stephen Koch set off to the North Face to finish his quest to snowboard all Seven Summits. He climbed without oxygen, ropes or fixed camps. Unstable snow conditions and an avalanche forced a retreat part way up the face. Stephen carved the first turns ever down the North Face. Clients: Outside Magazine, Sobe, La Sportiva

			Free Climbing The Salathe Route Location: Salathe Route, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, CA On October 23, 2005 Steph Davis became the first woman to free El Cap's Salathe Wall (VI 5.13b/c). Davis spent many hot summer days up high and alone on the Captain, working crux pitches on toprope. During her ground up attempt to free climb the route, Davis took several heart-breaking falls from the top of several crux pitches. Eventually, after 11 days on the route, Davis was able to free every pitch of the Salathe. Clients: Five Ten, Patagonia

			Hand of Fatima Expedition Location: Mali, Africa Along the southern border of the Saharan Desert lie the tallest freestanding sandstone towers in the world. Reaching out of the horizon, these formations are known as the Hand of Fatima. In December of 2003, a team of North Face Athletes set out across Mali to explore the landscape, visit the Dogon people of the Bandiagara and climb the towers on the Hand of Fatima. Clients: The North Face, Climbing Magazine

			The Baja Sessions Location: East Cape, Baja, Mexico Life on the southern tip of Baja ebbs and flows with the glassy morning swells and moonlit evening breaks. Living and surfing the dream, Josh Huckaby and Lisa Bedient find solace, joy and sustenance in the waters of the East Cape of Baja. Clients: Patagonia, WaterGirl

			The Karakoram Experience Location: Karakoram Range, Pakistan Pakistan's Karakoram Range is the home to some of the most intriguing mountains and intimidating alpine towers in the world. A compilation of photography from three expeditions will take you from Islamabad, down the Karakoram Highway and into the heart of this mysterious and amazing mountain range. Clients: The North Face, Patagonia, Mountain Hardwear, National Geographic Adventure

			The Search Location: Xinjiang, China; British Columbia; Jackson, Wyoming Snow. A gift. Every flake unique. The variables countless. Only the perfect conditions, the perfect moisture, the perfect temperature can produce the cold smoke powder. Around the world, from the Altai Mountains of Xinjiang, China, to the steep backcountry terrain of Jackson, Wyoming, people continue the search for the epic fall line and the miracle of snow. Clients: Skiing Magazine, Marmot, Jackson Hole Ski Resort