Happy Birthday @jimmychin !! You legend! It was impossible to conceive that when we were in full dirtbag mode in our twenties playing guitar in the back of camp 4 that you would end up where you did! Or that you would see 50! Well played! Love you brother!
Happy Birthday @jimmychin !! You legend! It was impossible to conceive that when we were in full dirtbag mode in our twenties playing guitar in the back of camp 4 that you would end up where you did! Or that you would see 50! Well played! Love you brother!
Happy Birthday @jimmychin !! You legend! It was impossible to conceive that when we were in full dirtbag mode in our twenties playing guitar in the back of camp 4 that you would end up where you did! Or that you would see 50! Well played! Love you brother!
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
Expedition goals in order of priority. 1: come back 2: have fun 3: team work 4: adventure 5: explore 6: learn 7: Send. Pakistan Photo Carousel- 1: Rakaposi- 7788m the north face of which scrapes the largest vertical relief in the world dropping nearly 6000m or 19,600 feet directly to the valley which we stayed in. 2: Apricots grow wild everywhere in Hunza, and often on my walkabouts I’d stop to refuel on delicious apricots and mulberries straight from the tree. Here the locals are sun drying their local resource. 3: local military passing through. Contrary to what you might think our stay in Pakistan felt very safe, and the local hospitality was epic. Where we stayed was actually a full tourist hot spot for the huge growing Pakistani middle class that love to head to the mountains to escape the heat. 4: A mighty steed. Gives mad max vibes. 5: facial hair on point! Local guards of the ancient Baltit Fort. 6: Happy Cloud? 7: the dream team… or? 😜❤️ @davidmt_chen @jeffreylongcor @rob___curran 8: a very scenic bridge for tourists. We took the zip line😂 it was rowdy. 9: Attabad Lake, which only emerged in 2010 after a massive landslide! Now there are tons of lakeside hotels and boats and jet skis for the massive local tourism industry! 10: spirit questing with Jeff who always went a little closer and deeper into the glacier than me. In the end I’m happy to say all expedition priorities were achieved and I was very charmed by life on the ground, the rock and the air in the Hunza region of the Karakoram. @thenorthface
One of the beauties of the @thenorthface athlete summits is that they bring together passionate athletes from disparate sports. Climbers, Skiers and Ultra-Runners! Years ago at a TNF event in Yosemite I found myself at the base of manure pile buttress w a bunch of runners and skiers. I asked “who wants to climb to the top of this thing?” At first it was silent and then a long haired hippy looking kid named @nickmcnutt raised his hand. “I’ll go I guess,” he said. I sized him up… he looked capable enough. I would later find out that he was one of the best free skiers in North America… something of a phenom! “Have you ever climbed before?” I asked him. “Once in a climbing gym for a birthday party,” he replied. I was in a particularly cavalier stage in my life and so I figured what could go wrong? I quickly taught him a figure 8, and how to belay and then we launched up The Nutcracker… stout 5.8… a formidable first outdoor rock climb. I told him that eventually the rope would go tight and then he could start climbing. Nick’s first rock climb was a simul-climb of nutcracker! Nick miraculously sent and survived… and was STOKED!!! He asked me all kinds of questions on the descent and a couple weeks later he had his own chalk-bag, harness, and shoes. The rest is history. He began what will surely be a life-long obsession with climbing and most impressively became a prolific first ascentionist in squamish where he moved to be closer to climbing. Now when he isn’t busting ski acrobatics off of gnarly mountain spines in Alaska he is obsessively crushing granite FAs! Nick developed an entire new crag for which he won a trophy! I’m so Proud! It was awesome to reconnect and climb with Nick at the Athlete summit in Sardinia this year and I can report that he is a full on legit real rock climber now! Nick continues to excel at skiing and has credited climbing with making him more resilient and athletic on the slopes! Nick snapped this photo of me… proving I too still climb😜. After hanging tough I realised Nick is an excellent partner. Now things are coming full circle. Nick and I are planning a big remote first ascent expedition for this summer!
One of the beauties of the @thenorthface athlete summits is that they bring together passionate athletes from disparate sports. Climbers, Skiers and Ultra-Runners! Years ago at a TNF event in Yosemite I found myself at the base of manure pile buttress w a bunch of runners and skiers. I asked “who wants to climb to the top of this thing?” At first it was silent and then a long haired hippy looking kid named @nickmcnutt raised his hand. “I’ll go I guess,” he said. I sized him up… he looked capable enough. I would later find out that he was one of the best free skiers in North America… something of a phenom! “Have you ever climbed before?” I asked him. “Once in a climbing gym for a birthday party,” he replied. I was in a particularly cavalier stage in my life and so I figured what could go wrong? I quickly taught him a figure 8, and how to belay and then we launched up The Nutcracker… stout 5.8… a formidable first outdoor rock climb. I told him that eventually the rope would go tight and then he could start climbing. Nick’s first rock climb was a simul-climb of nutcracker! Nick miraculously sent and survived… and was STOKED!!! He asked me all kinds of questions on the descent and a couple weeks later he had his own chalk-bag, harness, and shoes. The rest is history. He began what will surely be a life-long obsession with climbing and most impressively became a prolific first ascentionist in squamish where he moved to be closer to climbing. Now when he isn’t busting ski acrobatics off of gnarly mountain spines in Alaska he is obsessively crushing granite FAs! Nick developed an entire new crag for which he won a trophy! I’m so Proud! It was awesome to reconnect and climb with Nick at the Athlete summit in Sardinia this year and I can report that he is a full on legit real rock climber now! Nick continues to excel at skiing and has credited climbing with making him more resilient and athletic on the slopes! Nick snapped this photo of me… proving I too still climb😜. After hanging tough I realised Nick is an excellent partner. Now things are coming full circle. Nick and I are planning a big remote first ascent expedition for this summer!
One of the beauties of the @thenorthface athlete summits is that they bring together passionate athletes from disparate sports. Climbers, Skiers and Ultra-Runners! Years ago at a TNF event in Yosemite I found myself at the base of manure pile buttress w a bunch of runners and skiers. I asked “who wants to climb to the top of this thing?” At first it was silent and then a long haired hippy looking kid named @nickmcnutt raised his hand. “I’ll go I guess,” he said. I sized him up… he looked capable enough. I would later find out that he was one of the best free skiers in North America… something of a phenom! “Have you ever climbed before?” I asked him. “Once in a climbing gym for a birthday party,” he replied. I was in a particularly cavalier stage in my life and so I figured what could go wrong? I quickly taught him a figure 8, and how to belay and then we launched up The Nutcracker… stout 5.8… a formidable first outdoor rock climb. I told him that eventually the rope would go tight and then he could start climbing. Nick’s first rock climb was a simul-climb of nutcracker! Nick miraculously sent and survived… and was STOKED!!! He asked me all kinds of questions on the descent and a couple weeks later he had his own chalk-bag, harness, and shoes. The rest is history. He began what will surely be a life-long obsession with climbing and most impressively became a prolific first ascentionist in squamish where he moved to be closer to climbing. Now when he isn’t busting ski acrobatics off of gnarly mountain spines in Alaska he is obsessively crushing granite FAs! Nick developed an entire new crag for which he won a trophy! I’m so Proud! It was awesome to reconnect and climb with Nick at the Athlete summit in Sardinia this year and I can report that he is a full on legit real rock climber now! Nick continues to excel at skiing and has credited climbing with making him more resilient and athletic on the slopes! Nick snapped this photo of me… proving I too still climb😜. After hanging tough I realised Nick is an excellent partner. Now things are coming full circle. Nick and I are planning a big remote first ascent expedition for this summer!
A couple years ago I had the sandbagged pleasure of sampling a small 52 pitch section of Alex’s mega Red Rocks enchainment… a measly couple of El Caps worth of up and down soloing that had my feet swollen and legs dead. Later that year he tomahawked down a gully on another section and shelved the project for a year. I don’t remember the name of this 5.9 we soloed, but I do remember this incredible geometry as we tunnelled into the mountain! A year later Alex hit me up asking if I wanted to film the whole ultra chossineering debacle, but I was too busy paragliding to make smart financial or professional decisions. 🤪
A couple years ago I had the sandbagged pleasure of sampling a small 52 pitch section of Alex’s mega Red Rocks enchainment… a measly couple of El Caps worth of up and down soloing that had my feet swollen and legs dead. Later that year he tomahawked down a gully on another section and shelved the project for a year. I don’t remember the name of this 5.9 we soloed, but I do remember this incredible geometry as we tunnelled into the mountain! A year later Alex hit me up asking if I wanted to film the whole ultra chossineering debacle, but I was too busy paragliding to make smart financial or professional decisions. 🤪
A couple years ago I had the sandbagged pleasure of sampling a small 52 pitch section of Alex’s mega Red Rocks enchainment… a measly couple of El Caps worth of up and down soloing that had my feet swollen and legs dead. Later that year he tomahawked down a gully on another section and shelved the project for a year. I don’t remember the name of this 5.9 we soloed, but I do remember this incredible geometry as we tunnelled into the mountain! A year later Alex hit me up asking if I wanted to film the whole ultra chossineering debacle, but I was too busy paragliding to make smart financial or professional decisions. 🤪
I’m tired of my main feed feeling like some precious calculated place of only the best most epic achievements or deep thoughts…so here is yesterday, not a remarkable flight or anything cutting edge , but a moment that was beautiful 12k up at sunset w/ a good friend @go.upside.down. I’m headed to Italy w my lovely wife @nmilfeld for a sport climbing vacation, after a month in bed w West Nile. Good to feel healthy! And… fully committed to less preciousness w the posting.
I’m no longer posting climbing or paragliding content here, just @allterrainbernie footage. 😉
Another @thenorthface athlete summit in the books, this time in Sardinia! I took advantage, and came two weeks early w/ my love @nmilfeld and enjoyed some world class limestone climbing, and then wined, dined and climbed on the beach with the best athlete team in the world. This team truly is family to me. One highlight was a TNF armada boat trip along the coast line. After a proper chill session on one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever set foot on, I hopped in a bonecrusher of a boat with @sheneenagins @honngy @shawnraboutou @bookofsamuel and Brazilian legend @felipe.camargo to explore some deep water soloing. Sports action ensued! I have more to say and post about this athlete summit, but suffice it to say for now that I’m extremely grateful to be surrounded by such genuinely inspiring and humble people and to have lived an epic life of adventure thanks in part to over 20 years of support from TNF! What a privilege. 🙏❤️💪 ⛰️ 🧗
@nmilfeld and I are enjoying some incredible Italian sport climbing here in Ulassai Sardinia! For a rest day today we toured the Grotta Su Marmuri one of the largest limestone caves in Italy! Natural wonders like this spark a feeling of magic, smallness and awe that is always nice to revisit!
LINK IN BIO — Local adventurer and filmmaker Cedar Wright (@cedarwright) combines skills in climbing and paragliding to visit untouched terrain in high peaks around the world 🏔️ Read our conversation with Cedar Wright at the link in our bio 👆👆👆 ✍️: @willmatuska 📸: @cedarwright
