Cory Richards is an elite alpinist and photographer whose ease in communicating and ability to self-capture and expose raw, authentic aspects of the human condition have catapulted his career as a speaker for mental health, photography and exploration by creating a sense of trust and relatability in the community.

Sasha DiGiulian is a world champion competition climber, global athlete ambassador, and published writer known for being the first North American woman to climb the grade 9a, 5.14d, her column with Outside Magazine, and her articles in National Geographic, Rock and Ice, SELF, Seventeen, and CRAVE.

Travis Rice is a big-mountain freeride legend, hailed by critics as the best all-round snowboarder in the world, who also has an unrivaled track record for making genre-defining, trailblazing snowboarding films, including Depth Perception, The Fourth Phase, and the classic The Art of Flight.

Ian Walsh is one of the world’s most passionate and dedicated big-wave surfers, willing to go to the ends of the Earth to find the perfect wave, and his longevity and experience in the water shines through, whether he’s in an elite contest, performing for the cameras, or riding purely for himself.

Jimmy Chin is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, photographer, mountain sports athlete, and longtime member of The North Face Athlete Team, known for working with the best adventure athletes in the world and his ability to capture extraordinary imagery while climbing and skiing in extremely high-risk environments.

Mike Horn is globally recognized as the world’s greatest living explorer who, in the span of two decades, has seen more of the Earth than possibly any other human, including walking to the north pole during the dark season, swimming the Amazon River solo, circumnavigating the globe at the equator (unmotorized!) and scaling the world’s 8,000 meter peaks.

Kelly Starrett is a trainer, physical therapist, author, speaker, and co-founder, with his wife Juliet Starrett, of TheReadyState.com; he was ranked on Greatest’s 2017 list of the 100 most influential people in health and fitness and his book, Becoming a Supple Leopard, was featured on The New York Times bestselling sports books list.

Andy Mann is an experienced climber, diver, arctic explorer, and award-winning filmmaker whose imagery is helping to tell the story of our rapidly changing planet, documenting expeditions on all seven continents for National Geographic magazine, Sea Legacy, National Geographic’s Pristine Seas, Wildlife Conservation Society, and more.

Keith Ladzinski is a skateboarder, rock climber and photographer whose work—which focuses on natural history, extreme sports, and advertising—sends him to the furthest reaches of the seven continents on assignment for National Geographic magazine, The New York Times, Nikon, Red Bull, Adidas, Budweiser, and The North Face.

Andy Best is an artist, filmmaker, photographer, and regular contributor to National Geographic Adventure, ROAM, and his production company, Lone Bison Films; by chasing his dreams of sharing the beauty of Earth he hopes to inspire others to leave a better trace.

Chris Burkard, an accomplished explorer, photographer, creative director, speaker, and author, known for his images of untamed, powerful landscapes and a visionary perspective that has earned him opportunities to work on global campaigns with Fortune 500 clients, speak on the TED stage, design product lines, and publish a growing collection of books.

Jeremy Jones is an accomplished filmmaker, entrepreneur, environmentalist and snowboarding pioneer who is widely regarded as one of the most legendary big mountain riders and explorers of all time, having starred in over a hundred snowboard movies and videos worldwide and being named a National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year”.

Juliet Starrett is an attorney and entrepreneur. She is co-founder and CEO of TheReadyState.com, which has revolutionized how athletes think about human movement and athletic performance as well as CEO San Francisco Crossfit, one of the first 50 Crossfit affiliates. Before turning her attention to The Ready State and San Francisco CrossFit full-time, Juliet had a successful career as an attorney, practicing complex commercial litigation at Reed Smith for nearly eight years.

Renan Ozturk is filmmaker and member of The North Face athlete team who, from the high Himalaya, the jungles of Borneo and deserts of Africa, continually pushes the art of extreme location filmmaking; his video “dispatches” produced during expeditions bring the adventures to a worldwide online audience in near real-time.

Rebecca Rusch is an American ultra endurance pro athlete, 7x world champion, author, entrepreneur, Emmy Award winner, and motivational speaker whose career has spanned numerous adventure sports including rock climbing, expedition racing, whitewater rafting, cross-country skiing and mountain biking.

Conrad Anker is a climber’s climber. Over decades in the mountains, he has come to value the rarified air of Antarctica, the Himalaya and Montana equally; inspired by the value of immersion in other ecosystems and cultures, he’s become more fully enmeshed in both the physical and communal landscape of his hometown of Bozeman.

Chase Jarvis is an American photographer, director, artist, and entrepreneur. Since April 2014, Jarvis has been the chief executive officer of CreativeLive, an online education platform that he co-founded in 2010.

Known for his big heart and big engine, Jim quietly excels in most feats he attempts, whether it’s an Ironman triathlon or climbing El Capitan in Yosemite. In October 2018, Jim Morrison and partner Hilaree Nelson became the first people to ski from the 27,940-foot summit of Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world. Their 7,000-vertical-foot ski line down the Lhoste Couloir is considered one of the most aesthetic descents among the world’s tallest mountains.