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Young Explorers
Here's a look at the new crop of young explorers and the things they're doing to advance the species. Among them is one of my favorites: Kira Salak. NYT called her "a real-life Lara Croft", which is kind of lame. Anyway, Salak has traveled to almost every continent, visiting some of the world's most remote places, including Madagascar, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, and Borneo. She was the first documented person to kayak solo 600 miles (966 kilometers) down West Africa's Niger River.
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Hiking, Learning, Madagascar
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Carl Dec 18th 2005 5:08PM
Speaking of emerging explorers, climber and photography Jimmy Chin was named one of 2004's Emerging Explorers by National Geographic and his site is worth checking out.
His photos from an expedition to the Hands of Fatima in Mali, Africa show some amazing desert rock tower rock climbing. You can find it under the Projects section of his site.
http://www.jimmychinphotography.com/
In a short amount of time he has become one of the big names in expedition photography. He has accompanied big names like David Breashears, Ed Viesturs, Conrad Anker and the late (great) Galen Rowell on expeditions.
The amazing thing about Jimmy is he has no professional training as a photographer and at the age of 31, has only been doing this for about 4 1/2 years. He fell into by accident when he took a few shots while climbing with a buddy... and they ended up selling.
Erik Olsen Dec 18th 2005 5:08PM
Hey great post, Carl. Yeah, I know how he is. I'll check out his site, though and post something. Great rec!