Finding New Limits in the Great Outdoors with @timmatsui To see...

Finding New Limits in the Great Outdoors with @timmatsui

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From frozen ridgelines to sheer rock walls (and occasionally, warm ocean water) Tim Matsui (@timmatsui) is exploring the natural world — and his own limits. “I can get plenty scared and uncomfortable,” says the Seattle-based photographer and filmmaker, “like being exhausted, whole body ache, freezing air and there’s still a few more hours of walking by headlamp through the mountains before setting down a heavy climbing pack. Or there’s the thrill, focus and nausea-inducing fear of being hundreds of feet up a wall, unsure of the next climbing move, and looking at a big fall onto your last piece of protection.”

For Tim, strenuous conditions offer relief from the stresses of his documentary projects in urban environments, investigating hard subjects ranging from human trafficking, sex work and youth homelessness. “The outdoors is balance. I love the problem-solving, the risk management, the clarity that comes from being on the edge. It focuses and challenges me and allows me to return to some of the emotionally heavy work I do.”

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