Two years out of high school, in 1955, Jill was a shoe-in for the US Olympic Ski Team. At the same time this portrait of her graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, she experienced a violent wipe-out during the big Snow Cup race at Alta, Utah, left her a C-5/6 quadriplegic. The movies The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) and The Other Side of the Mountain Part II were made about her life.
