Expeditions and field production
Seven continents. Everyone came home.
Thirty-five years of mountains, oceans, and ice, leading crews and science teams where the logistics are the story.
What I bring to a field production
- Production and expedition leadership across seven continents and 35+ countries: Greenland, Antarctica, Alaska, Tibet, Chile, Kenya, deserts, oceans, the Arctic.
- Specialist in aircraft logistics and high-altitude aerial operations; aerial cinematography at some of the highest recorded altitudes.
- Developed high-angle film safety protocols now used by guides and film crews worldwide.
- Global logistics management across remote and extreme environments: permits, crews, fixers, aircraft, evacuation plans.
- Safety-first, no-ego decision making. On Everest in 2019 I brought the team down rather than push for the summit when conditions deteriorated.
- Heli-ski guide (Chugach Powder Guides, Doug Coombs Valdez Heli-Ski Guides), professional ski patrol, 100+ first ski descents in Alaska, pioneered heli-ski terrain across four Alaskan ranges.
- SOLS Wilderness First Responder. AIARE Level II avalanche certification.
Major expeditions
| Expedition | Year | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Rainier | 2023 | USA | |
| Mt. Tupungato | 2020 | Chile | National Geographic / Rolex Perpetual Planet |
| Mt. Everest, highest weather station | 2019 | Nepal | National Geographic / Rolex Perpetual Planet. Led the science team that installed the world’s highest weather station; made the call to descend rather than summit when conditions deteriorated |
| Unnamed 6,000 m peak | 2018 | Ghorka Himal, Nepal | |
| 300-mile traverse | Western Nepal | Extremely remote Ghorka Himal | |
| Pole2Pole | Southern Ocean | With Mike Horn; 12,000 nautical miles across the Southern Ocean | |
| Snow leopard expedition | Eastern Nepal | World Wildlife Fund | |
| Mt. Vinson and Mt. Tyree | 1999 | Antarctica | |
| Denali, southwest face variation | 1994 | Alaska | New route |
| Denali, upper west rib | 1994 | Alaska |
Expeditions I lead today
Planet 5 Expeditions.
Through Planet 5, the company I co-founded in 2024, I host small-group journeys to Nepal, Kenya, Patagonia, and the Alps, each one a working film with a preservation program behind it. That work continues alongside contract production.
Contract directing, producing, expedition and aerial production
Taking a crew somewhere difficult?
Remote pre-production and post from Jackson, Wyoming. Field work anywhere on earth. Day rate or project fee, one-line contract, no agency in the middle.
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