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Photographer & Director Climb, Ski, Alpine, Paraglide, Scuba, Sail, IRATA ›Producer & Director @wellgoodmedia ›Member @the_explorers_club 📍UT/CO
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The world premiere of H.O.P.E. at @reelrock 20 was a night I won’t forget.
I’ve spent much of my life climbing and making climbing films, but I wanted this one to be about more than a hard route. Climbing means something different to everyone. It builds resilience, gives us purpose, and sometimes helps us discover what we’re capable of.
That’s what fascinated me about @crushing_benjamin.
When we started filming Ben’s pursuit of 5.13, we had no idea if it was even possible. In the beginning, simply getting to the crag was hard enough. I watched Ben fall and get back up more times than I can count. But he’d spent a lifetime doing exactly that. Despite everything life had thrown at him, he refused to give in.
His tenacity is extraordinary. But I wanted to explore where that determination comes from, what it costs, and why climbing matters so much.
Watching people smile, fall silent, and cheer at the premiere was something special. Reconnecting with old friends and finally meeting people I’d known for years made it even better.
Thank you, Ben and your family, for trusting me with your story. To every belayer, climbing partner and beta sprayer who helped along the way, thank you.
Huge thanks to Zachary Barr, Nick Rosen, Dylan Goerner, Peter Mortimer, Joshua Steele Minor, Jacob Oster, Nick Leen, Brian Burke and the entire reel rock team for bringing this film to life.
Special shout to my homies Travis and Houston for travelling across the country to celebrate with me.
To everyone who came out, supported the film and cheered Ben on, thank you. It means a lot.
Be sure to check out the Reel Rock website to find a showing near you.
@thenorthface_climb @wildcountry_official @wellgoodmedia @sterlingrope @evolv_worldwide
Shot on @reddigitalcinema
#ReelRock20 #ClimbingFilm #ParaClimbing #shotonred
25 Oct 2026
Some adventures begin years before you know you’re going on them.
I met my friend Matze climbing giant sequoias in California with the Ancient Forest Society. We connected over photography, a shared sense of humour and a curiosity for complicated ways of experiencing the world.
Years later, he messaged. A team of Polish and German highliners were coming to Utah to rig a line between Castleton Tower and the Rectory. Could I help?
Of course.
I loaded hundreds of metres of static rope, over 100 cams and an unreasonable amount of rigging equipment, and headed south.
Matze and I climbed the North Chimney of Castleton, fixing ropes to raise the line from the desert floor. Nearly 500 metres separated the towers. People became specks against the sandstone as radios crackled between summits and the line slowly rose across the void.
Wind complicated everything, a storm was approaching, friends BASE jumped Castleton while we worked, and there was some questionable soloing. But the team pulled together, and eventually the line was tensioned.
Then they walked it.
Watching someone step into that much empty space, almost disappearing against the vast desert landscape, was extraordinary. A reminder of our small place in the world and our remarkable ability to imagine something improbable, then make it happen.
Perhaps that’s what I love most about these adventures. People from different corners of the world, connected by curiosity, building friendships that endure across continents and years.
Thanks to the whole crew. Until the next one.
@pigmejski @back2forest @maciej_borucz @arboristberlin @therealstaszek
@rockytalkie @sonyalpha @djiglobal @wellgoodmedia @natgeoadventure @natgeoyourshot
#Highlining #AdventurePhotography #ShotOnAlpha #ShotOnDJI #castletontower
15 Oct 2026
The “World Wide Climb” started with a simple idea: see the world through local eyes.
Hosted by @frothpirate and myself @gazleah, we travelled across Asia meeting local climbers and asking them to show us the places they know best. Not just the routes worth travelling for, but where to eat afterwards, what to do on a rest day, the people to meet, and the stories you’d probably miss if you simply arrived with a guidebook.
Climbing became our way into a place.
Whether you’re a dirtbag, an executive dirtbag, or fully bougie, we wanted to understand what makes each climbing community different, and what connects them. The rock matters, but so do the people, food, landscapes and cultures that surround it.
Our goal is to keep travelling, sharing local stories with a global audience, and using climbing as a way to connect communities and cultures around the world.
Follow @theworldwideclimb for the first updates.
Watch this space.
@natgeoyourshot @sonyalpha
#WorldWideClimb #Climbing #Rockclimbing #AdventureTravel
30 Sep 2026
I’ve never been particularly good at skating, but I’ve always loved the form of it.
There’s something improbable about it. A piece of wood, four wheels, concrete, and somehow people turn that into movement that feels completely their own.
It’s cool because it looks effortless when it absolutely isn’t. It takes repetition, balance, commitment, and a strange willingness to keep falling until something finally clicks.
Evening laps with @notyourdemographic, mostly appreciating the people who have actually mastered this thing.
17 Sep 2026
Last week I sailed north from Ensenada, Mexico to Santa Barbara aboard a Baltic 48, chasing the tail end of a hurricane up the Pacific coast.
The first stretch was rough enough to make nearly everyone onboard feel it. Somewhere across the invisible line between Mexico and the US, the water began to settle and we made safe harbor in San Diego before continuing north.
I sailed Lasers when I was younger and got myself into a fair amount of trouble in them, but larger sailboats are still a new part of my adventure skillset.
So I learned the ropes, literally.
Sheets, running rigging, bow, stern, fore, aft, port, starboard, transom. Every time I thought I was getting somewhere, another ten terms appeared.
We sailed a lot at night, taking turns at the helm and navigating mostly by instruments, lights and the movement of the boat beneath us. At one point I tapped a vessel on the chart to see what was moving through the darkness beside us.
“US WARSHIP.”
Fair enough. Give that one some room.
We also picked up a passenger along the way. A lone cormorant landed aboard and stayed with us for a while, perhaps mistaking us for a fishing boat and wondering when dinner was arriving.
I’ve always loved the ocean, whether diving beneath it, filming from it or simply learning how to move through it. Sailing feels like another piece of that education.
Still plenty to learn.
Shot on @sonyalpha
#Sailing #AdventurePhotography #OceanPhotography #expedition
15 Sep 2026
We spent a month traveling across Asia, meeting local climbers and asking one simple question: If we came to your crag, how should we experience it?
The result is World Wide Climb—our upcoming YouTube series showing you how to visit some of the world’s most unique and interesting climbing destinations, whether you’re a dirtbag, an executive dirtbag, or just plain bougie.
We’ll share the must-do routes alongside local recommendations for where to stay, where to eat, what to do on rest days, and the places and experiences you shouldn’t miss. Everything you need to experience a climbing destination beyond the crag.
Our first stop: Koh Tao, a granite island hidden off the coast of Thailand.
Navigated by moped and packed with freshly bolted titanium routes, Koh Tao is a developer’s dream—and ideal for anyone looking to mix island life, parties, scuba diving and moped adventures with great climbing on bullet-hard granite.
World Wide Climb launches this fall. Follow @theworldwideclimb for updates.
Huge thanks to @dylan_flying, @sarah.gladzewski, @koh_tao_climbing_club, @goodtimethailand, @frothpirate, @nickmleen, @delta and @sterlingrope for helping make it happen.
Shot on @sonyalpha @natgeoyourshot
04 Sep 2026
Reel Rock just announced our new film with Ben Mayforth.
Working title: Hold On, Pain Ends.
I’ve known Ben for years. We’ve been through thick and thin together, and I’ve had a fairly unusual front-row seat to what it takes for him to keep moving forward.
Ben is a stoic. He has his demons. He also has an extraordinary ability to take a hit, sit with it, and eventually get back up.
I’ve watched him train hard. I’ve watched him fall hard. I’ve watched him fail on the same moves over and over, question himself, come back, and try them again.
And somewhere amongst all of that, he became one of the best para climbers in the world.
Ben is the 2026 US Para Climbing National Champion in RP2, a member of the US National Team, a World Cup winner and multiple World Championship silver medalist. This year he also won the World Climbing Para Series event in Salt Lake City.
But this film isn’t really about medals.
It follows Ben’s attempt to climb 5.13, and the much longer road that brought him underneath it in the first place. It’s about pain, identity, stubbornness, friendship, and what happens when getting knocked down becomes such a familiar part of life that getting back up becomes a skill of its own.
We’ve spent a lot of time on this one.
Proud of Ben. Proud of the film. And very glad we can finally start talking about it.
Coming to @reelrock this fall!
Directed and photography by @gazleah
Produced by @wellgoodmedia @reelrock
Featuring @crushing_benjamin
Shot on @sonyalpha and @reddigitalcinema
DP @gazleah
Scene DP @briandurkee
Additional scene direction @oster.jacob
Additional Camera @nickmleen
Special thanks @pawelhalicki954 @aaronraby @tanner_mack_ @oster.jacob @autumn_davey @filipmayernik
@usaclimbing @thenorthface_climb @wildcountry_official @sterlingrope
#ReelRock #Paraclimbing #Climbing #AdventureFilm #documentary
25 Aug 2026
It’s easy to think conservation is built on grand gestures.
In reality, it usually looks a lot less glamorous. It’s scientists collecting decades of data. Foresters working to restore healthier forests. Engineers solving problems most people will never know existed. Entrepreneurs taking enormous risks on ideas they hope leave the world a little better than they found it.
As storytellers, we have our own role to play.
My job isn’t to invent a narrative. It’s to find the people quietly doing remarkable work and give them a platform. If a photograph or a film can help people understand why something matters, then the camera becomes more than a creative tool. It becomes part of the solution.
Working with my friends Tom Raymond and Alan Spadafora on Circle Soil reminded me why I love this work. Together with CO₂ Sync, they’re turning forest biomass into biochar, creating healthier soils while locking carbon away for generations instead of sending it back into the atmosphere. It’s practical, measurable innovation that benefits both the land and the people who depend on it.
Creatively, we wanted the work to reflect that same philosophy. Alongside Circle Soil’s Creative Director, Sydney Peterson, we stripped everything back. Honest light. Rich textures. Beautiful ingredients. A premium product presented with the same care that went into making it.
These are the stories I want to spend my life telling. The ones where good people, good science, and thoughtful design come together to leave the world a little better than they found it.
Shot on @sonyalpha.
Agency @wellgoodmedia for @circlesoil in collaboration with @co2sync.
Producer and circle soil creative @sydney.petersen
Photo and video @gazleah
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#Conservation #ClimateSolutions #Biochar #SoilHealth #CarbonRemoval
07 Aug 2026
What if the hardest part of climbing isn’t the route…
…it’s the comment section.
After Maureen Beck climbed her first 5.12, it was downgraded. Years later, she finds herself asking a question every climber has argued over:
Who actually decides what a climb is worth?
From campfires to crags, grades have fueled endless debates, bruised egos, and keyboard wars. But if they’re subjective… are they even real?
Grade A Bullshit is a tongue-in-cheek look at climbing’s most passionate argument, following Maureen as she battles not only a route, but the idea of the grade itself.
Coming soon.
Are grades a useful benchmark… or just Grade A Bullshit?
🎬 Directed by @gazleah
🎥 Produced by @wellgoodmedia
✂️ Edited by @frothpirate
🎨color @blue_screen_inc
đź“· Shot on @sonyalpha Alpha
#Climbing #RockClimbing #MaureenBeck #SonyAlpha #ComingSoon
04 Aug 2026
Climbing has a strange relationship with numbers.
We train for them. We dream about them. We celebrate them. Then someone with the username trad_dad69 logs onto Mountain Project and suddenly your proudest achievement is apparently “a bit soft.”
After @mo.in.mountains climbed her first 5.12, Days of Future Past, it was downgraded. It left her asking a question that lingered: did the grade really change… or did people see the ascent differently because it was climbed by a woman with one hand?
That question sent us to Kentucky, where Maureen battled Far From God (5.12b). Months of effort. Countless falls. One goal. Only for another thought to creep into her head…
“What if I finally send… and TradDad69 downgrades this one too?”
Our upcoming film “Grade A Bullshit” is our tongue-in-cheek dive into one of climbing’s oldest debates. Are grades objective? Are they useful? Or are they just the world’s most passionately argued opinion?
Coming soon.
You decide.
Produced by @wellgoodmedia
Directed by @gazleah
Edited by @frothpirate
Color @blue_screen_inc
@mo.in.mountains @thenorthface_climb @scarpana @sterlingrope @petzl_official @sonyalpha
21 Jul 2026
Along the Kenai River, the landscape is never truly empty.
A salmon fin cuts through the current. A bald eagle turns above the water. Moose feed among the willow, while bears move through the wet grass with an authority that reminds you whose country this really is.
I was lucky enough to photograph a tourism campaign for @kenaiwildrivertours, spending my days searching the riverbanks and water for the lives woven through this place. Alaska has become a home away from home, and any reason to return feels less like travel and more like coming back to something essential.
It is easy to forget nature when we are no longer immersed in it. Behind walls and screens, biodiversity becomes an abstract idea. Out here, it has weight and movement. It is feather, fur, current and instinct. It is hunger, survival, death and renewal.
These animals do not live in perfect harmony. They exist within an ancient, restless balance, each life influencing the next. The salmon move upstream. Bears and eagles wait nearby. Moose browse along the riverbanks. Nothing exists entirely alone.
Places like the Kenai remind me that the wild is not simply scenery around us. It is a living system that continues whether or not we remember to look, and one worth protecting before we only know it through photographs.
Photographed along the Kenai River, Alaska, for @kenaiwildrivertours.
Shot on @sonyalpha.
@natgeo @natgeoyourshot @natgeotravel @travelalaska
#SonyAlpha #KenaiRiver #AlaskaWildlife #WildlifePhotography #biodiversity
16 Jul 2026
When I think about making films, I think about who deserves the spotlight. The stories that stay with me are the ones that challenge certainty. They ask us to question what we believe is right, whether truth is ever as simple as we want it to be, and whether we’re too quick to climb onto the moral high ground without recognizing our own confirmation bias.
Truth is rarely black and white. It’s usually far more complicated, and that’s where the most meaningful stories live.
Death of Villains was never just a climbing film. It’s a story about mistakes, accountability, forgiveness, community, and the difficult path back from the darkest places in our lives. It’s about discovering that the people who help pull you back up are sometimes the ones you’d least expect.
I’m incredibly proud to have been Director and DP on this film. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch it free this summer through Reel Rock:
Watch Death of Villains for free. Link in Bio
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10 Jul 2026
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