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Morromico Bay, Chocó, Colombia | July, 2018

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Everest Basecamp Virtual Trek

I'll admit it: I have perfectionist tendencies. Not that everything (anything?) I do is perfect - far from it. But, I do have some mutated, recessive gene (thanks, family) that makes me get obsessive about certain things, trying to improve then perfect them to the point of insanity. One such thing is the Virtual Everest […]

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Trek Virtually to Everest (and more)

I had just been revisiting photos from my time with him in Khumbu in 2012 when I heard the news that Jim Whittaker sadly passed away on April 7 at age 97. I'd been going through photos, looking for a specific one, of a specific peak, when I went down a rabbit hole. Photos of […]

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Big Jim Whittaker: 1929-2026

Big Jim. A gentle giant. A gem of a human, and a loss that will be missed. Jim Whittaker, who passed away at 97 on April 7, was - to say the least - an amazing person. Like his twin brother - Lou Whittaker, who passed two years back - Jim was a massive man, […]

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New Everest Panorama Soon!

Calling for ideas of what people want to see and learn about in the next interactive, gigapixel panorama of Mount Everest.

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Mirrors, Reflections, and Furies

Perfection is a utopian fallacy, and the path out of our current abyss resides in our ability to look in the mirror and make amends for what we see in the reflection.

ESSAYS & INSPIRATION

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A Little Love

In this time of trouble and division, my mind is fogged, the path unclear. The only clarity I have is that we need more love.

ESSAYS & INSPIRATION

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Lincoln's Vision

At a speech in Springfield, Illinois, in 1838, Abraham Lincoln foretold the tragic events we're seeing unfold today.

ESSAYS & INSPIRATION NEWS

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