Monthly Archives: February 2011
Scorched, Scraped, Bug-eaten;
mud-covered, drenched, ragged, thin, cut-up and smelly. It’s been two weeks of smashing through whitewater rapids, slogging through knee-deep mud and hacking through thickets of razorgrass and swarms of malarial mosquitos, bullet ants, and thorn-covered vines. The rainforest, as you … Continue reading
Photos, Pico Bonito
The rain is coming in droves — it fell all night, and then most of the day, or at least any time I pulled out a camera. But, I managed to navigate the Spanish knockoff version of photoshop well enough … Continue reading
Pico Bonito
Lodged up at Pico Bonito, which is paradise on earth, plain and simple. Wooden lodges nestled in a verdant forest of palms and flowers — swimming pool, tropical rum and fruit drinks served in a coconut, and rare birds right … Continue reading
Into the Jungle
In Nepal, I dealt with some pretty intense challenges. Filming at 5400 meters on an icy glacier – leaping into a glacial lake – scrambling through icy boulder fields and sleeping in caves, dizzy with altitude. In two hours, I’m … Continue reading
Outburst : Followup
There’ve been some exciting developments since our expedition ended, which I’ll brief here. I fly out in 2 hours for Honduras, where I’ll be working on a different environmental film in the Rio Platana Biosphere Reserve – more on that … Continue reading
Daniel Byers is an expedition photographer and filmmaker, as well as an experienced climber, mountaineer, and diver. He has worked for National Geographic, the BBC, and USAID, crossing many of the world's extreme landscapes in an effort to tell stories that need to be told.