Thanks @prideofgypsies for being a good friend and reorganizing my internal organs with that bear hug. 📸 @i.am.aurelius
Thanks @prideofgypsies for being a good friend and reorganizing my internal organs with that bear hug. 📸 @i.am.aurelius
I often take things for granted in the mountains since I’m usually focused on the climbing, efficiency, and speed. It was nice to be reminded by @brielarson to slow down and enjoy the first sun and warm rock of the day after a frigid morning and cold pitch below. I’d never thought of hugging the mountain before either (see the second shot) 😂 I think she was pretty stoked to be at the belay. This was from a 16-hour round-trip push on the Petzoldt Ridge of the Grand Teton. Proud first route on the GT for Brie and @risemovement. There may have been a little sandbagging involved…
@dougworkman @chrisfigenshau @clairpopkin
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Breashears this week. He was a friend and mentor and had an outsized influence on many peoples’ lives, including mine. I looked up to him long before I met him. His endeavors as an incredibly bold climber and world class mountaineer were legendary. He was also a human rights advocate, spokesperson for climate issues and someone I considered to be the greatest mountain filmmaker of our time. Among many notable films, David’s Everest IMAX film would become the highest grossing IMAX film of all time. It was a cultural phenomena for an entire generation.
In 2004, David invited me to climb Everest and film with him, @edviesturs, Veikka Gustaffson and Robert Schauer. I was a long shot candidate to fill the role he was proposing. I was young and had just started filming the year before. It was a pivotal moment in my career. David was intimidating and opinionated but deeply caring and had a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant and, some would say, complex. His exacting standards and high expectations pushed me to rise to a new and much higher level both as a mountaineer and as a cinematographer. We eventually climbed Everest together that year and became close friends. I learned a lot on that expedition. He taught me how to approach a major production on a big expedition and the attitude and ethos required to pull off a challenging project in good style. These were lessons I’ve carried with me throughout my career. I am forever grateful that he believed in me and for my time with him.
Here are a few images from the 2004 expedition including one of my favorite post Everest summit bad hair day images.
Rest In Peace my friend. You will be dearly missed.
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Breashears this week. He was a friend and mentor and had an outsized influence on many peoples’ lives, including mine. I looked up to him long before I met him. His endeavors as an incredibly bold climber and world class mountaineer were legendary. He was also a human rights advocate, spokesperson for climate issues and someone I considered to be the greatest mountain filmmaker of our time. Among many notable films, David’s Everest IMAX film would become the highest grossing IMAX film of all time. It was a cultural phenomena for an entire generation.
In 2004, David invited me to climb Everest and film with him, @edviesturs, Veikka Gustaffson and Robert Schauer. I was a long shot candidate to fill the role he was proposing. I was young and had just started filming the year before. It was a pivotal moment in my career. David was intimidating and opinionated but deeply caring and had a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant and, some would say, complex. His exacting standards and high expectations pushed me to rise to a new and much higher level both as a mountaineer and as a cinematographer. We eventually climbed Everest together that year and became close friends. I learned a lot on that expedition. He taught me how to approach a major production on a big expedition and the attitude and ethos required to pull off a challenging project in good style. These were lessons I’ve carried with me throughout my career. I am forever grateful that he believed in me and for my time with him.
Here are a few images from the 2004 expedition including one of my favorite post Everest summit bad hair day images.
Rest In Peace my friend. You will be dearly missed.
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Breashears this week. He was a friend and mentor and had an outsized influence on many peoples’ lives, including mine. I looked up to him long before I met him. His endeavors as an incredibly bold climber and world class mountaineer were legendary. He was also a human rights advocate, spokesperson for climate issues and someone I considered to be the greatest mountain filmmaker of our time. Among many notable films, David’s Everest IMAX film would become the highest grossing IMAX film of all time. It was a cultural phenomena for an entire generation.
In 2004, David invited me to climb Everest and film with him, @edviesturs, Veikka Gustaffson and Robert Schauer. I was a long shot candidate to fill the role he was proposing. I was young and had just started filming the year before. It was a pivotal moment in my career. David was intimidating and opinionated but deeply caring and had a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant and, some would say, complex. His exacting standards and high expectations pushed me to rise to a new and much higher level both as a mountaineer and as a cinematographer. We eventually climbed Everest together that year and became close friends. I learned a lot on that expedition. He taught me how to approach a major production on a big expedition and the attitude and ethos required to pull off a challenging project in good style. These were lessons I’ve carried with me throughout my career. I am forever grateful that he believed in me and for my time with him.
Here are a few images from the 2004 expedition including one of my favorite post Everest summit bad hair day images.
Rest In Peace my friend. You will be dearly missed.
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Breashears this week. He was a friend and mentor and had an outsized influence on many peoples’ lives, including mine. I looked up to him long before I met him. His endeavors as an incredibly bold climber and world class mountaineer were legendary. He was also a human rights advocate, spokesperson for climate issues and someone I considered to be the greatest mountain filmmaker of our time. Among many notable films, David’s Everest IMAX film would become the highest grossing IMAX film of all time. It was a cultural phenomena for an entire generation.
In 2004, David invited me to climb Everest and film with him, @edviesturs, Veikka Gustaffson and Robert Schauer. I was a long shot candidate to fill the role he was proposing. I was young and had just started filming the year before. It was a pivotal moment in my career. David was intimidating and opinionated but deeply caring and had a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant and, some would say, complex. His exacting standards and high expectations pushed me to rise to a new and much higher level both as a mountaineer and as a cinematographer. We eventually climbed Everest together that year and became close friends. I learned a lot on that expedition. He taught me how to approach a major production on a big expedition and the attitude and ethos required to pull off a challenging project in good style. These were lessons I’ve carried with me throughout my career. I am forever grateful that he believed in me and for my time with him.
Here are a few images from the 2004 expedition including one of my favorite post Everest summit bad hair day images.
Rest In Peace my friend. You will be dearly missed.
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Breashears this week. He was a friend and mentor and had an outsized influence on many peoples’ lives, including mine. I looked up to him long before I met him. His endeavors as an incredibly bold climber and world class mountaineer were legendary. He was also a human rights advocate, spokesperson for climate issues and someone I considered to be the greatest mountain filmmaker of our time. Among many notable films, David’s Everest IMAX film would become the highest grossing IMAX film of all time. It was a cultural phenomena for an entire generation.
In 2004, David invited me to climb Everest and film with him, @edviesturs, Veikka Gustaffson and Robert Schauer. I was a long shot candidate to fill the role he was proposing. I was young and had just started filming the year before. It was a pivotal moment in my career. David was intimidating and opinionated but deeply caring and had a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant and, some would say, complex. His exacting standards and high expectations pushed me to rise to a new and much higher level both as a mountaineer and as a cinematographer. We eventually climbed Everest together that year and became close friends. I learned a lot on that expedition. He taught me how to approach a major production on a big expedition and the attitude and ethos required to pull off a challenging project in good style. These were lessons I’ve carried with me throughout my career. I am forever grateful that he believed in me and for my time with him.
Here are a few images from the 2004 expedition including one of my favorite post Everest summit bad hair day images.
Rest In Peace my friend. You will be dearly missed.
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Breashears this week. He was a friend and mentor and had an outsized influence on many peoples’ lives, including mine. I looked up to him long before I met him. His endeavors as an incredibly bold climber and world class mountaineer were legendary. He was also a human rights advocate, spokesperson for climate issues and someone I considered to be the greatest mountain filmmaker of our time. Among many notable films, David’s Everest IMAX film would become the highest grossing IMAX film of all time. It was a cultural phenomena for an entire generation.
In 2004, David invited me to climb Everest and film with him, @edviesturs, Veikka Gustaffson and Robert Schauer. I was a long shot candidate to fill the role he was proposing. I was young and had just started filming the year before. It was a pivotal moment in my career. David was intimidating and opinionated but deeply caring and had a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant and, some would say, complex. His exacting standards and high expectations pushed me to rise to a new and much higher level both as a mountaineer and as a cinematographer. We eventually climbed Everest together that year and became close friends. I learned a lot on that expedition. He taught me how to approach a major production on a big expedition and the attitude and ethos required to pull off a challenging project in good style. These were lessons I’ve carried with me throughout my career. I am forever grateful that he believed in me and for my time with him.
Here are a few images from the 2004 expedition including one of my favorite post Everest summit bad hair day images.
Rest In Peace my friend. You will be dearly missed.
Deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Breashears this week. He was a friend and mentor and had an outsized influence on many peoples’ lives, including mine. I looked up to him long before I met him. His endeavors as an incredibly bold climber and world class mountaineer were legendary. He was also a human rights advocate, spokesperson for climate issues and someone I considered to be the greatest mountain filmmaker of our time. Among many notable films, David’s Everest IMAX film would become the highest grossing IMAX film of all time. It was a cultural phenomena for an entire generation.
In 2004, David invited me to climb Everest and film with him, @edviesturs, Veikka Gustaffson and Robert Schauer. I was a long shot candidate to fill the role he was proposing. I was young and had just started filming the year before. It was a pivotal moment in my career. David was intimidating and opinionated but deeply caring and had a razor sharp wit. He was brilliant and, some would say, complex. His exacting standards and high expectations pushed me to rise to a new and much higher level both as a mountaineer and as a cinematographer. We eventually climbed Everest together that year and became close friends. I learned a lot on that expedition. He taught me how to approach a major production on a big expedition and the attitude and ethos required to pull off a challenging project in good style. These were lessons I’ve carried with me throughout my career. I am forever grateful that he believed in me and for my time with him.
Here are a few images from the 2004 expedition including one of my favorite post Everest summit bad hair day images.
Rest In Peace my friend. You will be dearly missed.
I can see this line from my house and have skied it countless times. In fact, I appreciate it more every year. It’s like an old friend. The exposure to the right keeps you honest. The no fall zone to the left keeps it real. Nice to still be able to find it untouched at the end of the day.
Photos by @chrisfigenshau
I can see this line from my house and have skied it countless times. In fact, I appreciate it more every year. It’s like an old friend. The exposure to the right keeps you honest. The no fall zone to the left keeps it real. Nice to still be able to find it untouched at the end of the day.
Photos by @chrisfigenshau
Tonight is the premiere of our new series PHOTOGRAPHER on National Geographic Television. The series has been a passion project years in the making and very close to our hearts. We are grateful to the incredible photographers that opened up their worlds to us and the amazing directors we were able to collaborate with. Each episode has been crafted with love and passion and we couldn’t be more proud of how it turned out. We hope you all take the time to watch the series. It will make you laugh, cry and watch in awe as you learn the stories behind some of the most iconic image makers of our time.
The series opens w the pilot episode @chaivasarhelyi and I directed about our dear friends @paulnicklen and @mitty on @natgeotv and launches on @disneyplus the following day March 19th.
We hope you enjoy the series!
@chaivasarhelyi @littlemonsterfilmsofficial
A place I’ve called home for the last 20 years. And it just keeps getting better…
The Tetons, Wyoming.
Prints available at link in bio.
A place I’ve called home for the last 20 years. And it just keeps getting better…
The Tetons, Wyoming.
Prints available at link in bio.
A place I’ve called home for the last 20 years. And it just keeps getting better…
The Tetons, Wyoming.
Prints available at link in bio.
Millimeters…
@alexhonnold in the business on Freerider, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park. June 3, 2017.
Shot on assignment for @natgeo
In the ol’ ping pong ball. Just the way we like it 🌨️❄️
@jacksonhole @thenorthface
Charakusa Valley, Karakoram, Pakistan, 2001.
Shop prints at link in bio.
Charakusa Valley, Karakoram, Pakistan, 2001.
Shop prints at link in bio.
Charakusa Valley, Karakoram, Pakistan, 2001.
Shop prints at link in bio.
Happy spring… which started a day early this (leap) year. Flowers aren’t out quite yet, but won’t be long now.
The Tetons, Wyoming.
This was the last shot from a wild shoot I helped direct in Baffin a number of years ago… @jtholmesjr falling through the air. His description: “Fun. So damn fun.”
🎥 by @dirkcollins
Dreaming of the big mountains…
Everest/Chomolungma, 2004 and 2006.
@thenorthface
