Photographer jimmy chin biography of rory gilmore

American mountain climber, film director, and skier (born )

Jimmy Chin (born October 12, )^[1] is an American professional mountain athlete, photographer, skier, film director, and author.

Photographer jimmy chin biography of rory gilmore

Chin has been a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years.^[2] In , Chin achieved the first successful American ski descent from the summit of Mount Everest with Kit and Rob DesLauriers.

Five years later, Chin, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk captured the first ascent of "Shark's Fin", a granite wall on India's Meru Peak.^[3]

Chin's work documenting expeditions and climbs has been featured in numerous publications, including National Geographic,^[4]The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Outside magazine and others.&#;In , Chin was awarded the National Geographic "Photographer's Photographer Award" by his peers.

His first book of photography documenting his career in the mountains, There and B