Cory Richards

The air blast of this avalanche just took us. I took a photograph after this of my face. Ended up on National Geographic cover. Right. And so that very much launched my life and career into a new phase. At the same time, it triggered all of that internal turmoil that I was living with. Corey Richards is a world-renowned photographer and climber.

The air blast of this avalanche just took us. I took a photograph after this of my face. Ended up on National Geographic cover. Right. And so that very much launched my life and career into a new phase. At the same time, it triggered all of that internal turmoil that I was living with. Corey Richards is a world-renowned photographer and climber.

The air blast of this avalanche just took us. I took a photograph after this of my face. Ended up on National Geographic cover. Right. And so that very much launched my life and career into a new phase. At the same time, it triggered all of that internal turmoil that I was living with. Corey Richards is a world-renowned photographer and climber.

Yeah. I mean, it's been an interesting journey because I think so often there's a natural... tendency to try to solve external problems through external means. And that can be very, very healthy at times. And it can also be very maladaptive. And I think for me, initially, it was a very healthy expression because it gave me a way to anchor in the world.

Yeah. I mean, it's been an interesting journey because I think so often there's a natural... tendency to try to solve external problems through external means. And that can be very, very healthy at times. And it can also be very maladaptive. And I think for me, initially, it was a very healthy expression because it gave me a way to anchor in the world.

Yeah. I mean, it's been an interesting journey because I think so often there's a natural... tendency to try to solve external problems through external means. And that can be very, very healthy at times. And it can also be very maladaptive. And I think for me, initially, it was a very healthy expression because it gave me a way to anchor in the world.

It gave me a way to try to counteract some of the stories that I had learned about myself in my adolescence when I was really going through sort of the introduction to a mental health journey. That's a nice way of putting it.

It gave me a way to try to counteract some of the stories that I had learned about myself in my adolescence when I was really going through sort of the introduction to a mental health journey. That's a nice way of putting it.

It gave me a way to try to counteract some of the stories that I had learned about myself in my adolescence when I was really going through sort of the introduction to a mental health journey. That's a nice way of putting it.

Yeah. Yeah.

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Yeah. I mean, I was institutionalized and then I was on the street and then I, you know, I dropped out of high school. And so when I rediscovered climbing, cause I started when I was five and then I lost it. But when I rediscovered it, it was very much. a way to anchor. And then photography as a sidecar to it sort of gave me a voice.

Yeah. I mean, I was institutionalized and then I was on the street and then I, you know, I dropped out of high school. And so when I rediscovered climbing, cause I started when I was five and then I lost it. But when I rediscovered it, it was very much. a way to anchor. And then photography as a sidecar to it sort of gave me a voice.

Yeah. I mean, I was institutionalized and then I was on the street and then I, you know, I dropped out of high school. And so when I rediscovered climbing, cause I started when I was five and then I lost it. But when I rediscovered it, it was very much. a way to anchor. And then photography as a sidecar to it sort of gave me a voice.

And I think, but in many ways, it was more an examination of self. Initially, that was, I think, a very healthy thing. And then over time, it became less healthy.

And I think, but in many ways, it was more an examination of self. Initially, that was, I think, a very healthy thing. And then over time, it became less healthy.

And I think, but in many ways, it was more an examination of self. Initially, that was, I think, a very healthy thing. And then over time, it became less healthy.

It never really does, at least in my experience. It never fully helps you resolve that internal turmoil. It gives it a vehicle to express, but it doesn't necessarily resolve it, if that makes sense.

It never really does, at least in my experience. It never fully helps you resolve that internal turmoil. It gives it a vehicle to express, but it doesn't necessarily resolve it, if that makes sense.