Chris Rainier

Last October, photographer Chris Rainier, a longtime friend to Mountainfilm, jumped out of an airplane over Mount Everest with guide Tom Noonan. The two men set a record for the highest tandem skydive. Now Rainier returns to Telluride to tell the story of this bold adventure. He is also here to talk about conservation and culture and how today adventure today can be so deeply woven into social activism. Rainier will also discuss photographers from Ansel Adams to present-day visual storytellers and examine how the nature of their work is changing in the 21st century.