What do mountaineering, childbirth, and teaching a Creative Live course all have in common? They all involve an enormous amount of suffering that strangely fades from your memory as time passes. Magically, you forget all the bad stuff and soon … [Read more]
It’s kind of ironic that, for a guy who travels around the world around 200 days per year, I would be such an enthusiastic and strong supporter of South Lake Tahoe localism: local companies, local foods, local folks. Actually, the more I travel … [Read more]
When we showed up in the Amazon, we met the team of scientists: Scott Saleska, the head professor leading the research; his student, Neil Prohaska; his Brazilian colleague: Kleber Silva Campos; and Deliane Penha, a PhD student in Brazil. When we … [Read more]
When I look back on my life, it’s interesting to see which moments really stand out as most pivotal—like the day I picked up my first camera at age 13, or the first time I ever went rock climbing, or meeting Marina, my wife, for the first … [Read more]
I’m fortunate enough to work in a world where I’m often surrounded by really interesting people—folks who are high performers in their fields, whether that’s adventure sports, photography, filmmaking, or other creative pursuits. The same goes for my … [Read more]
When it comes to popping the question, you only get one chance. If you screw it up and you’re lucky, she’ll still say yes. But then ... you’ll live with the burden of knowing that you dropped the ball right when it counted most. One of the things I … [Read more]
