Jimmy Chin - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Jimmy Chin net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Photographer and professional rock climber, whose work has been selected from National Geographic. He was a part of in the Altitude Everest Expedition to climb and an expedition photographer in 2007. In this article, we will discover how old is Jimmy Chin? Who is Jimmy Chin dating now & how much money does Jimmy Chin have?

Jimmy Chin Biography

Jimmy Chin is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on October 12, 1973 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. He scaled his way up the distant Chang Tang Plateau with fellow climber He climbed the remote Chang Tang Plateau with fellow climber Conrad Anker..

His work has been featured in numerous publications, including National Geographic, Outside, and Men’s Journal. He collaborated with his wife, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, to direct the documentary films Meru and Free Solo, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 91st Academy Awards.

He is a 1996 alumnus of Carleton College, where he received a BA in Asian Studies. He first became involved in climbing while at Carleton. After college, he became a climbing dirtbag, despite his parents’ disapproval. He serendipitously discovered photography when he borrowed his sleeping climbing partner’s camera to take a photo. They sold the picture for $500, and this started his photography career.

He got married to filmmaker and documentary maker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi in 2013.

In 2017, he became among the first to climb without rope to El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

Jimmy Chin (born October 12, 1973) is an American professional climber, photographer, and Academy Award winning film director.

Jimmy Chin Net Worth

Jimmy is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jimmy Chin's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

At the beginning of his career the pair teamed in a partnership with North Face to climb the Karakoram Mountains.

Chin began filming in 2003 under the mentorship of Rick Ridgeway. He was a cinematographer for the National Geographic television special Deadly Fashion. He later worked with David Breashears, shooting Ed Viesturs climbing to the summit of Mount Everest. He worked as a cinematographer with Chris Malloy of Woodshed films on the feature documentary 180 South.

In 2003, Chin headed to Everest with Stephen Koch. They attempted the direct North Face via the Japanese Couloir to the Hornbein Couloir in alpine style, eschewing supplemental oxygen, fixed ropes and camps. They were unsuccessful and both were nearly killed in an avalanche.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2002, he was asked to join a National Geographic expedition to make an unsupported crossing of the remote Chang Tang Plateau in Tibet with Galen Rowell, Rick Ridgeway and Conrad Anker. The expedition was featured in National Geographic’s April 2003 issue and documented in Rick Ridgeway’s book The Big Open.

Who is Jimmy Chin Dating?

According to our records, Jimmy Chin married to Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi . As of January 13, 2024, Jimmy Chin’s is not dating anyone.

In May 2004, Chin climbed Everest with David Breashears and Ed Viesturs while filming for Working Title on a feature film project with Stephen Daldry. Chin later accompanied Ed Viesturs to Annapurna in 2005. Viesturs successfully climbed Annapurna and finished his quest to climb all of the world’s 8000 meter peaks without oxygen. Chin photographed the expedition and the story was featured in the September 2005 issue of Men’s Journal.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Early in his career, Jimmy Chin organized several climbing expeditions to Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains. He signed a sponsorship agreement with The North Face in 2001.

In October 2006, he achieved the first successful American ski descent of Mount Everest with Kit and Rob DesLauriers. They skied from the summit and are the only people to have skied the South East Ridge route.

Facts & Trivia

Jimmy Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jimmy Chin celebrates birthday on October 12 of every year.

In May 2007, Chin joined the Altitude Everest Expedition as a climber and expedition photographer in an attempt to retrace George Mallory and Sandy Irvine’s fateful last journey up the North Face of Everest.

Has Jimmy Chin climbed Everest?

In May 2004, Chin climbed Everest with David Breashears and Ed Viesturs while filming for Working Title on a feature film project with Stephen Daldry. Chin later accompanied Ed Viesturs to Annapurna in 2005.

What made Jimmy Chin famous?

In 2006 he achieved the first successful American ski descent from the summit of Mount Everest with Kit and Rob DesLauriers. Five years later, Jimmy, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk captured the coveted first ascent of the notorious Shark’s Fin, a granite wall on India’s Meru Central.

Does Jimmy Chin speak Chinese?

The precocious Chin, fluent in Chinese and English, started playing violin at age four. He got straight A’s through school, swam competitively, and competed in martial arts.

Is Jimmy Chin still married?

Can you free solo Everest?

Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents. The new safety regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak without a valid medical certificate.

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