I was going to say guess who my guest is today, but that's probably pretty hard, given the range of guests we've had and how long this show's been around.

I'm not going to ask you to guess. I'm going to tell you our guest today is Mr. Chris Burkhard, one of the top action sports outdoor landscape photographers in the world. This one is in the

sweet spot for me personally because Chris and I have been in the same circles for a long time.

I also, as you knew, have made my original mark in the creative industry and on my heart

with action sports photography. So there's many stories to share

chris is such a fun person so full of life so joyful a great storyteller and in this particular

episode i think more than maybe and any other time that we've hung out or uh that i've heard him on

any any show or any any appearance that he's made.

He was like full of, he's oozing wisdom.

Oh, it was just like so oriented toward giving nuggets, uh, to you all, the listener in our

conversation.

I was moved and blown away and inspired. Of course, I learned a ton as I do from every guest.

But this is like, he just, he has such a, I think, kind and gentle way of delivering his message.

We got to talk about a number of things, his early childhood, where they were very poor.

He talked about living well below the poverty line, living in his car, and how he broke

out of a cycle that he was in and found his way after winning or dropping out of college,

after winning some grants in photography, how he

made essentially something from nothing. Again, these lives and these careers of the people

that that we respect and admire and appreciate, they are created. And Chris, as much as any other

guest, does such a good job of narrating his process for doing so that you're

going to get a lot out of that. We also talk about his new book, at Glaciers End, which is a stunning

aerial photography book documenting the rivers, glaciers, and the environment of Iceland, which

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