Christian Redl: Shark Whisperer When I learned that a professional free-diver would be teaching classes in the sport at our resort in the Maldives, I signed up. Christian Redl has been free diving for years. His passion for deep diving has taken him to many exotic and far-flung locations to see just how deep and how long he can go under water. He can hold his breath for over 7 minutes and teaches others how to double their own time. […]
Burning Man is overwhelming in all ways. One of the biggest draws and inspirations is the countless artworks displayed throughout the Playa. Though there are so many worth noting, one in particular stood out for me. R-Evolution, by Marco Cochrane captured everyone’s attention with it soring height and delicate touch. The metal mesh sculpture not only towers over the Playa, looking down majestically at we mere mortals, but the chest cavity actually pulses, like that of a breathing woman. It […]
Through observation, we concluded that naked men marching the Playa are always alone. But this was not why or how our tribe of eight committed to taking the plunge into the sands of the Nevada dessert. Last year, throwing doubts (some spouses) and caution to the wind, ‘Angie and the Argonauts’ hunkered down to the serious preparations required for Burning Man 2015, an endeavor demanding among other things, radical self-reliance. Burning Man started 30 years ago on a beach in […]