The Entire World is a Family
- Maha Upanishad
The Entire World is a Family
- Maha Upanishad
If you’ve ever unfolded a ski resort trail map and plotted your day on the mountain, you’ve probably got James Niehues (pronounced “Nee-hews”) to thank.
He doesn’t throw backflips and won’t feature in the next Warren Miller film, but he’s arguably the most ubiquitous name in skiing. [caption id="attachment_11464" align="aligncenter" width="6444"] James Niehues in his home studio in Parker, Colorado. Photo by Lindsay Pierce Martin.[/caption] The map-maker/artist extraordinaire goes by Jim, and he’s illustrated almost 200 ski resorts worldwide in resplendent detail. Equal parts art and atlas, his work effuses a passion and idiosyncrasy undeniably compatible with the world of snowsports. Every meticulously painted evergreen and the careful shading of cliffs and gullies are evidence of Niehue’s commitment to verisimilitude.
With conditions too radical and dangerous for competition, the world’s top windsurfers sail down the biggest waves ever at Jaws.
Inspired by images of her dad’s Jackson Hole college ski trip, the author heads north to tour the Tetons and tack a few pictures to the family scrapbook.
Sarah Kingdom returns to Kilimanjaro, not for the first time, but now with a team that are fighting for Elephants in Africa, that are under serious threat.
As a nation's leaders shrink from imminent global catastrophe, its youth rise to the challenge. In the US, a lawsuit against the federal government could galvanize climate change policy.
Colin O’Brady sets his third world record, undertakes new challenge in 2018 with support from Standard Process Inc.
An insight into free solo climber and BASE jumper, Steph Davis’s reasoning behind what she does, and why she does it.
Located in southeastern Ethiopia, 400km from Addis Ababa, the Bale Mountains are a landscape created by volcanic fires and shaped by glacial ice, home to some of the rarest creatures in the world.
