“Everest: The Other Side”: A remarkable and dubious feat

This review contains spoilers for “Everest: The Other Side” One of the very first things you see in “Everest: The Other Side,” is a shot of the titular mountain. And in Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s film, every shot of Everest is as majestic as you might expect. It’s an incredible sight – something most people won’t ever get to see up close and personal.  Jim Morrison, a mountaineer and backcountry skier, is one of the people who has gotten the chance to experience Everest. He, along with his partner and fellow adventurer Hilaree Nelson, are the subjects of “Everest: The Other Side,” which documents the couple’s attempt to climb and then ski down the north side of the mountain – something that had never been done before.  Jimmy Chin climbs up the north side of Mount Everest with the sunset. (National Geographic/Erich Roepke) It’s a little impossible to talk in depth about “Everest: The Other Side” without talking about its inciting incident, which is also its m