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Who the WYLD Things Are with Ryan MaguireAuthor: Ryan Maguire
Ryan Maguire brings you conversations with some of the most interesting pioneers on the planet. These legends have turned their passions into priorities and it shows! Follow on Instagram @WHO_The_WYLD_THINGS_Are_Pod Guests: Donny Dust Matt Graham Roland Welker Callie Russell Correy Hawk Chad Zuber Adam Kavanaugh Tristan Hamm Barefoot Ted Aron Snyder Mike Basich Jordan Jonas Emily Bartle Quinn Gable Hunter Mcintyre Mike Barr Eric Hinman Rick Spicer Katie Knight Donny Dust Grant Mccartney David Ian Howe Max Fennell Kris Rugloski Armani Lee & Ryan Maguire Language: en Genres: Sports, Wilderness Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Man Who Films the Impossible // Mark Fisher // Ep. 94
Episode 94
Monday, 23 March, 2026
From Fulbright Scholar to Everest Filmmaker: Mark Fisher's Life Behind the LensMark Fisher has spent over two decades chasing the world's most extreme moments, from the jagged ridgelines of the Himalayas to the powder-soaked slopes of Alaska, and somehow managing to capture all of it on camera.In this episode, Mark traces the winding path that built Fisher Creative: growing up internationally, discovering climbing and photography in high school, and formative years living in Korea and Germany. A Fulbright scholarship brought him back, where mentorship under commercial photographer Ramish Amru sharpened his eye and his ambition.He spent years guiding and instructing for NOLS while selling his early work to Patagonia, hustling weddings and outdoor brand shoots on the side, before a 2008 Teton Gravity Research expedition to Alaska cracked open the door to professional ski photography. When the Canon 5D Mark II put cinema-quality video in his hands, he ran with it, making Ski Tibet and co-founding Fisher Creative with Eric Daft.Then came Jimmy Chin, Everest, and a project that would define a career: documenting a 10,000-foot ski descent of the north face and along the way unearthing Andrew Irvine's long-lost boot from the mountain's frozen history. Mark also teases what's next: a Netflix film following Everest FKT runners, and new expedition projects already in motion.
