There and Back: Photographs from the Edge

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Having lived a life on the line, Chin was asked for his best piece of advice. His reply: Commit, and then figure it out. The film received the US Audience Documentary Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Moreover, he produced and directed the feature-length documentary Free Solo with his wife. The film won the People’s Choice Award: Documentaries at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2018 BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, and the 2018 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In addition, he also released the 2021 documentary, The Rescue, which chronicles the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue. Jimmy Chin Net Worth Along the way, I found a second family in the adventurers who seek out the world’s wildest places and devote their lives to accomplishing what others have never dared. The members of this tribe became my most cherished friends, partners, and mentors. I’ve been astonished, again and again, at what these individuals are capable of doing with vision and clarity of purpose, from Kit DesLauriers skiing from the summit of Everest to Alex Honnold free soloing El Capitan and beyond. I do hope that Jimmy will have the opportunity to write more, to tell stories about the people, tribes, he met during his trips, to give us insight into their lives and customs. Jimmy Chin is one of the most widely traveled and experienced adventure photographers on Earth, and this collection is an absolute tour de force. I read this book in a single sitting and finished feeling inspired to take on the world.” —Alex Honnold

This coffee-table-size 2021 book holds an amazing collection of stomach-lurching photos with minimal text that identifies the climbers and the elements they faced. Chin, a photographer for National Geographic, was the filmmaker for the 2018 documentary “Free Solo” which won the 2019 Oscar for best documentary film. Chin is a well-known American professional mountain athlete, photographer, film director, and author. He has been a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years. He has traveled to seven continents and participated in expeditions around the world. Chin is also an artist and his work documents expeditions and climbs from the Sahara to the Himalayas. Is Jimmy Chin Married We want to thank you for all your efforts to ensure the speaker's visit to Facebook was a success. Everything you did, all the communication and coordination you shared with us, led to an event that will no doubt be remembered by attendees for the rest of their lives. We are enormously grateful he was able to share his story with us.I thought of him every day in Antarctica,” Chin says. “My mind would drift to moments I shared with him from childhood on the approaches to the climb, while we climbed. Moments I hadn’t thought about in decades.” Jimmy Chin is one of the most widely traveled and experienced adventure photographers on Earth, and this collection isan absolute tour de force. I read this book in a single sitting and finished feeling inspired to take on the world.” —Alex Honnold If I weren’t doing what I do, I would be a woodworker or a creative craftsperson of some kind. I love working with my hands and the satisfaction of having a finished product at the end of the day. An indulgence I’d never forgo is dessert. I have a terrible sweet tooth. If you put warm blueberry or pecan pie with vanilla ice-cream in front of me, I’m done. Jimmy Chin is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Extreme Sports, Adventure Speakers and Mountain Climbing.

Right now, it’s Alex Honnold. When he’s focused, he is so methodical and disciplined. What themes do you like to focus on as an expedition storyteller? I was told you had to sweep the front door of the Shaolin temple for years before the masters would even look at you,” says Chin. “You had to prove yourself.”Jimmy has a personal charisma and drive that is very unusual,” Robinson continues. “He is very ambitious, yet he comes across as chill and unassuming. People really love him, want him to be successful, and want to work with him.” You know, probably … but not significantly. There’s certainly one more layer to the decisions I make, but I attribute some of that to age as well. When my daughter hit 3.5 years old, it really shifted significantly for me in that I just want to hang out with her and my son all the time. Like, really, really all the time. I’m like, she’s so killer, this is so fun. How do you define your job? His parents, both librarians, escaped China's Cultural Revolution. They had extremely high expectations for their kids: "I started playing the violin when I was three, and I swam competitively. Life was really about academics and competing every weekend. And if I got an A-minus, honestly, it would be like, 'Why wasn't that an A?'

Admittedly, one breathtaking photo of sunset over icy mountaintops does get to look much like another, but the book is really best appreciated slowly, almost one climb at a time. Notes on the expeditions are included, but some readers might have to Google a few terms.National Geographic caught up with Chin to talk storytelling, adventure, and risk. Has becoming a father affected how you approach decision-making in the mountains? Thank you, thank you, thank you for your agency's incredible support in arranging for this event. I can say that our enthusiasm - which was already high - has now gone through the roof. The team at AAE has been essential in the process and are now heroes in our office. Chin is 49 years old born on October 12, 1973, in Mankato, Minnesota, in the United States. Who Is Jimmy Chin The Academy Award–winning director of Free Solo and National Geographic photographer presents the first collection of his iconic adventure photography, featuring some of the greatest moments of the most accomplished climbers and outdoor athletes in the world, and including more than 200 extraordinary photographs. The Academy Award-winning director of Free Solo and National Geographic photographer presents the New York Times Best Selling collection of his iconic adventure photography, featuring some of the greatest moments of the most accomplished climbers and outdoor athletes in the world, and including more than 200 extraordinary photographs.