Jim Morrison shocked the mountaineering world last year when he became the first person to climb and ski down the north face of Mount Everest. His feat is covered in the breathtaking documentary film “Everest: The Other Side,” helmed by co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. Culture writer Coleman Spilde likens Morrison’s obsessive pursuit to an extreme act of religious faith. “Such a wanton, helpless display of pride makes for a character study as gripping as it is frustrating,” Spilde writes in his thought-provoking critique for @Salon:

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