There are only 14 mountains in the world above 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) and only a handful of people have climbed them all. Until May 2005, no American had achieved such a feat. Ed Viesturs had 13 of them under his belt and was saving Annapurna for last. As a professional mountain guide and climber, Viesturs, like many others, finances his climbs through sponsor support as well as book and movie deals, and working the lecture circuit. Viesturs chose msn.com as his online partner for the Annapurna climb, which was great for me, because it meant I was hired to field produce (produce, shoot, edit, transmit) the online coverage of what was predicted to be a historic event in mountaineering history.

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• Reel ---

  2010 Reel

  It’s a bit of a work in progress. I rushed this out the door today (March 9) for a specific purpose, but I’m working on it over the next few weeks (swapping in source material) and should have the final version by April 1.

• Christmas Heli-Skiing on Ipsoot Mountain ---

  Over Christmas this year, a few friends and I soaked up some great skiing and boarding on Mt. Ipsoot in Canada. Whister Heli-Skiing provided the access. This is just a fun little video I quickly whipped together.

  Most of the footage is from my favorite point n’ shoot on the planet; my orange, waterproof & bombproof, [...]

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