Marooned in Mozambique
The sun has set, we have been flying most of a day that none of us wants to end. I haven’t even thought about landing, I want to fly until I cannot see. We are still a long way from where the dinghy should be and I’m hoping it is just the light that robs us of the view. But in my gut I know we are screwed. Marooned.
Read MoreThe Last of His Kind
Rajan is one of the few salt water swimming elephants on Earth. Initially trained to carry out brutal logging work in the Andaman Islands in the 70’s, he was forced to swim with massive loads. Now retired, at 60 years old he is the last of the group to survive.
Read MoreNorth of Known
Flying the impossible in the Alaska Range.
Read MoreJourney Through the Sahara
Words and Photographs by Jody MacDonald on assignment for Leica When I was young I used to look through National Geographic magazines and dream of adventures like this – train hopping through the Sahara Desert on one of the world’s…
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A couple of months ago, I had the honor to work with the Red Bull Air Force during their 2021 Training Camp. I’m not going to lie; I drank a lot of Red Bull and took a lot of Dramamine…
Read MoreThe Keepers of Ganesh
Photographs by Jody MacDonald Words by Kim Frank Most mornings, they meet in the forest as the night sounds wane and crows of roosters mark daybreak. The black sky becomes a tinted blue, the white sharp shapes of the distant…
Read MoreCloud Hoppers
Thanks in part to advances in wing technology, a few pioneering paragliders are smashing the limits by completing long-distance flights that were once thought impossible. Last spring, high-fliers Will Gadd and Gavin McClurg pulled off one of the most ambitious trips ever attempted: 385 miles down the jagged, frozen, potentially deadly spine of the Canadian Rockies.
Read MoreSurfing the Sierras
A team of paragliders sets out to break the distance record for vol bivouac flying in North America across the Sierra Mountains in California. A stunning visual journey that highlights the beauty and risks of self supported flight.
Read More500 Miles to Nowhere
Paragliding pilots Nate Scales, Nick Greece, Matt Beechinor and Gavin McClurg attempt a bivvy line from Hurricane Ridge, Utah to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Filmed by Michael Paul Jones and Jeremy Canon with RED Epic cameras, human flight has never been captured in such a dramatic way. Come along for the ride as the pilots are stymied by frustrating weather but find their love and passion for flight grows even deeper.
Read MoreARTICLE – AMATEUR TO PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER: MAKING THE LEAP
I recently wrote this article for World Nomads for their Travel Photography Scholarship. To see the original post on their website, click here. Amateur to Professional Photographer: Making the Leap It takes more than just a good camera and a…
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