Mountainfilm in Telluride will launch its 34th annual festival on Friday, May 25, with a close look at the complicated subject of population. Over a dozen speakers, each focusing on a different area of expertise, will address the subject during the daylong Moving Mountains Symposium. “This theme synthesizes many...
And that's the good news. The bad news is he was recently placed in solitary confinement in the first place. But I am jumping ahead of myself. Tim De Christopher is no stranger to fans and followers of Mountainfilm in Telluride. He is an impassioned member...
Telluride Mountainfilm audiences have learned some great information about the world’s waste in recent years. Bag It premiered in 2009, and artist Chris Jordan has appeared with his “Running the Numbers” series at the festival. Now comes part three (and perhaps the most pressing of...
Nearly 72,000 people voted for National Geographic Adventure's People's Choice Adventurer of The Year for 2012. The winners are Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa, who with second-hand equipment, a tiny budget and no corporate sponsors, climbed Everest, descended with paragliders and paddled to the sea...
Spring is in the air, and unmet New Year’s resolutions are nagging in the back of many of our minds. What better time to walk more? We’re not just talking about walking for the sake of exercise. No, we mean actually walking to get somewhere....
While in medical school at Harvard, Geoff Tabin applied for a leave of absence because he wanted to join a climbing expedition for a first ascent up the east face of Mount Everest. An ophthalmologist called him a “moron” and steered him, instead, toward a...
Spooked by the wave of regime change around the world, the Chinese government is cracking down hard on the Tibetan people. Inspired by Time magazine’s 2011 recognition of the power of “The Protestor,” Tibetans — mostly monks — have been fighting back in the most desperate way: by setting themselves...
New York Times bestselling author Dan Buettner is scheduled to speak at Mountainfilm in Telluride, May 25 – May 28. Buettner, also a National Geographic Fellow and internationally recognized researcher author "Blue Zones: Lesson for Living Longer from People Who've Lived the Longest." The book...
Traditions Change: Birthrates Drop in Latin America and Asia The Washington Post recently reported on plummeting birth rates in Brazil, a country with traditionally big families.The consistency of this swing across such a large, economically, geographically and politically diverse country was striking to demographers. It reflects...
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival September 14-16, 2012 Tickets for the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, held September 14-16, 2012, are on sale as of Now, right after this coming Thursday, March 1, 2012. Renowned as one of the most scenic and intimate music festivals...
