Jimmy Chin is a professional climber, photographer and Oscar winner. He has organized and led numerous mountaineering, skiing and expedition expeditions to China, Pakistan, Nepal, Greenland, Tanzania, Chad, Mali, South Africa, Borneo, India and in Argentina. His accomplishments include climbing and skiing from Mount Everest, creating the first peaks of great walls and high towers in the Karakoram Mountains in Pakistan and the Garhwal Himalayas in northern India, and walking across the Chang Tang Plateau in northwest Tibet. His work has been featured in numerous publications including National Geographic, Outside and Men's Magazine. He teamed up with his wife, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, on the documentary film Meru and Free Solo, which won the Oscar for best documentary at the 91st Academy Awards
National Geographic has commissioned his work as a professional photographer and rock climber. In 2007, he joined the Altitude Everest Expedition as a climber and photographer.
