Barely a week goes by that I don’t receive an email asking how to become a professional adventure sports/travel photographer. My response could fill a book and still might not help you the slightest, but if there’s one thing I could counsel when it comes to taking pictures, it’s patience. Great photographers don’t force the [...]
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Spring dumps arrive like an old friend bearing gifts: unexpected, joyous, and in all likelihood undeserved. Just when you think winter’s sneaking out the back door, whammo–there it is, back again. And if ever there were conditions that challenge those “no-fog” goggles, it’s these: the March or April surprise that comes in on the edge [...]
There are few pieces of gear that better illustrate the saying “sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you” than climbing skins. These amazing devices stick to the bottom of your skis–they have a directional nap, like an animal’s fur, that allows the ski to slide forward (uphill) but not backward–and enable you [...]
Back in high school, when I was going through life guard training (“lesson 1: how to spin your whistle without hitting yourself in the face”), one of the first things we learned was the simple survival skill called the dead man’s float. It had nothing to do with swimming or saving people and everything to [...]
You think you know how to clean your goggles? Well, maybe you do. But that’s what I thought, too, and after scratching more than a few pairs I thought I’d check with experts at the goggle manufacturers themselves to get some recommendations.
There are a half-dozen reasons why you should dry your ski boots every night–swamp funk smell comes to mind–but the best is that you don’t want to step out in sub-freezing temps the next day with damp liners. And unless you keep your heat cranked up, they won’t dry on their own. The easiest method [...]
If you live in the mountains in the West, you quickly come to terms with skiing the deepest snowy days, but if you’re a weekend warrior, East Coaster, or only occasional recipient of massive dumps, the deepest days can be confounding. Here’s a trick invented a half-century ago at Alta, Utah, that gets you started [...]
The Ultimate Ski Area Snow Report List
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Hey, it snowed. Chairlifts are running. Get on it! And here’s something to add to your life list: Start by skiing every state with a ski hill. Then ride every hill with a lift. Hey, there’s only 481–it’s doable.
It was the perfect swarm: On the news that Bear Grylls of Man vs. Wild fame actually spent some of his filming nights in a soft downy hotel bed instead of curled up inside of a bloody yak carcass, the survival world was left with a gaping void of leadership. With Grylls exposed as a poser, who would take us by the quaking hand and teach us to survive the Lost plane crash? Thankfully, into the gaping void stepped The Naturist. The Adventure Life sat down for this exclusive interview and series of survival tips with The Naturist in a remote location in the Ozark Mountains. Over a breakfast of muskrat quiche and warm pond scum, here’s what he had to say:
How to Make A Time-Lapse Movie with Camera or iPhone
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Making a time lapse video is a heck of a lot easier than you think. All it takes is a digital still camera—or even your Mac laptop or iPhone—and some $30 software. Here’s a step by step guide, all the way from turning your camera on to pushing “play” to start the time-lapse movie.
Okay people, we’re up to 21 22 26 27 32 avalanche deaths. Prudence is always warranted, but especially so this year with such a gnarly snowpack. Please take extra precautions, folks. Travel safe, make good decisions, and check the forecast using this page. I want you alive so you can steal my line some day!
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Over the years, I have received countless tips and bits of advice on photography. Only two resonated and stayed with me. Yes, just two. But these two are so powerful, they run through my brain every time I shoot. Together, they’ve made improvements in my photography so big I can only begin to measure them.
Losing your camera stinks, losing your photos is heartbreaking. When Santiago, Chile’s professional soccer team won its big championship at home last spring, the bad boy futbol fans went wild. There was rioting. There was tear gas. In the melee and confusion and crowds that spilled into the downtown plazas, someone unzipped my friend Lisa’s purse and stole her point-and-shoot camera. And it wasn’t just her camera, but the photos of her 21st birthday and a week of adventure in the Patagonian outback (as seen in the photo above). Fortunately, there were three other cameras on the trip, but still: Every picture she shot was lost forever.
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