Shive - The Art of Adventure

The Art ofAdventureOutdoor Sports from sea to summit

The Art ofAdventureOutdoor Sports from sea to summit

The Art ofAdventureOutdoor Sports from sea to summit foreword bysusan alkaitisintroduction byian shiveafterword byjon-paul harrisonphotographs by

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Contents

Foreword11Introduction15Chapter one: Water20kayaking22rafting32surfing42Stand-up paddleboarding50kitesurfing56free diving62 Chapter two: Snow68skiing70snowboarding86Chapter three: Summits94Rock climbing96mountaineering114ice climbing124mountain biking136backpacking144trail running156afterword168acknowledgments174

FOREWORDBy Susan AlkaitisDeputy Director for the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics

We have been entrusted with both great joys and great responsibilities. This is the underlying message of The Art of Adventure, as well as that of the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, an organization dedicated to responsible stewardship of the earth and partaking in its many pleasures in a way that celebrates rather than destroys its grandeur. We accept a simple doctrine that mandates we embrace the earths beauty with a fierce dedication to doing it no harm, pursuing the physical challenges of adventure in full awareness of our ethical commitment to the natural world that buoys the human spirit. The images of athletes and landscapes captured in The Art of Adventure are overwhelming. The intensity of human interaction with such sweeping, wild places has a stunning visual impact. Through these photographs, you will fall viscerally into deep recollection of your own adventures. They will induce the palm-sweating, mythic spirit of your own endeavors in the wilderness. If you are lucky, you may have even experienced some of the very places that are found in these pages, shot through isolated canyons in a kayak, surfed secret reef breaks, or skied powder untouched by another soul.As you enjoy this breathtaking volume of photographs and essays, you may also be struck by the breadth and scope representedfrom tales detailing the excitement and potential peril of venturing into remote corners of the world, to images evoking the euphoria found on the banks of hometown creeks and rivers. Adventure can be defined in as many ways as there are individuals journeying into the outdoorsa fact profoundly rendered by the diverse contributions that make up this volume. These stunning photographs also remind us that the worlds rugged and seemingly endless expanses of wilderness are in fact fragile and ever-shrinking assets. Entire species of plants and animals are lost by the thousands every year. A mere sliver of the United States is protected as wilderness. People are engaged in struggles all over the world to preserve the places they love. As civilization thrivesas we seek to go deeper for energy and reach wider for resourcesour wild world can be compromised. The prevailing certainty is that the state and future of these unique places are lodged firmly in our hands. This is why the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics was asked to partner with this publication.Leave No Trace started as a wilderness concept more than a half-century ago. The organization has grown into an international movement with research, education, and outreach programs to support it. Leave No Trace offers a framework to support people

Opposite: View of Wind River Range and Pyramid Lake from Pyramid Peak, WY, USA

with practical, scientifically derived skills. These skills help people protect all facets of the outdoors, from the far reaches of wilderness to city parks. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics works with partners around the worldland managers, school systems, and like-minded outdoor and environmental organizationsconnecting people to the outdoors in an environmentally sustainable way. While many conservation organizations work to repair environmental impacts or protect lands by limiting peoples access to them, Leave No Traces key to land protection is education and mobilization. By focusing on people and the choices they make when they are in the outdoors, Leave No Trace provides education about outdoor sustainability, skills, and ethics that can last a lifetime instead of merely patching up the impacts that people have ultimately created. Leave No Trace programs exist because every time you step into the outdoors, you are confronted with a series of decisions. Those decisions are integral to the foundation of your outdoor ethic. And many of our collective actions have been studied with the overwhelming conclusion that people can make significant, lasting impacts to the nature they care so deeply about. To address these impacts to wild lands and wildlife, Leave No Trace has developed a set of outdoor skills, principles, and recommendations that are shared around the world. They appear at trailheads and are being taught to schoolchildren as well as some of the greatest outdoor athletes and adventurers of our day. Your Leave No Trace ethic is not only engaged when you are climbing mountains; it begins when you step into your backyard and can be absorbed into the way you live you life. Your relationship to your natural worldevery choice you make when you are outsidecreates the framework for your personal outdoor ethic. This ethic is formed from the fundamental set of values and principles that govern your interaction with nature. Each one of your choices has an impact, and all these impacts add up over time. The Art of Adventure brings you into untamed landscapes, with all of their formidable energy and profound solitude, and not only serves to sow seeds of inspiration but reminds us all of the vast remoteness our world still possesses. These uncharted experiences are still possible, but the wilderness that hosts them is entrusted to all of us to protect. So know your outdoor ethic. Then ensure that you have the best information to protect the outdoor places that you hold so dear. It has monumental significance, especially when weighed against the cumulative impacts affecting our communities and our planet. Here, we are reminded of why our natural world is the greatest of gifts.

Opposite: Mt. McKinley, Alaska Range, AK, USA

introductionBy Ian ShiveFounder of Tandem Stills + Motion

Physicians, lawyers, corporate executives, administrative assistants, service technicians, and the guy and gal who stock groceries on the shelves of your local supermarketthese are the true faces of the most dazzling and inspiring adventurers of our modern society. They are the base jumpers, ice climbers, and roaring river riders who raise the bar on our most daring of collective dreams. Behind the suits and the ties, the chefs aprons or high heels, are the physically conditioned bodies of athletes with hair-trigger reflexes and the bold audacity to push the furthest limits of the human experience. In the digital age, where information is delivered faster than a jolt of caffeine to the senses, the definition of adventure has been completely reinvented. In this landscape, Friday night conference calls are about early Saturday morning drives to boulder fields where climbing routes are born. For every adventurer ascending a personal summit, there is an equally daring soul willing to attempt to capture it in photographs. With cameras strapped around their shoulders, these image-makers must not only reach for the next handhold, but also stay several steps ahead. Like the agile, quick-witted fox, their finely tuned senses are acute, crafty, and always anticipating their subjects next move, the next belay, the next turn of a skier as he or she smashes through two feet of fresh powder... even the next laugh shared around the last quiet embers of a campfire, where tales of the days excursions are recounted far from ones living room, but close to those cared for most. As the founder and chief executive of Tandem Stills + Motion, Inc., I have a unique job. Every day, my team and I bear witness to a steady, live stream of images pouring in from around the globe in real time, each one a defining moment of the adventurous life captured by the many hundreds of photographers we represent. It is a mind-blowing experience to be staring at a large computer screen in the relative safety of an office as equally mind-boggling images enter the queueclear blue cenotes from Mexico, the bow of a sailboat tossed by fierce gray New England winds, a slender kayak tipping over the edge of a hundred-foot waterfall, a lone individual suspended in a climbing harness hundreds of feet above the earth. The photo desk at Tandem is like looking through a window onto the world of adventure, and this book is our opportunity to share that experience with you. It is our chance to share a bit about the many different and dynamic people with whom we are lucky enough to work.The Art of Adventure is the ultimate culmination of Tandems homage to the adventurers, photographers, and magazine staff who deliver these triumphant moments to mailboxes everywhere. It is a photography-rich compendium of the exhilarating