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contributors Adventure photographer Kristoffer Erickson's athletic and creative pursuits have taken him around the world-from the mountains in his Montana backyard to the Karakoram Range in Pakistan. To get his shots, he often dangles from steep ice and rock faces and schusses down slopes generally considered unskiable. In 1998, Kris and Hans Saari teamed up to do a first snowboard descent of Artesonraju (19,750 feet) in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes (What would Jesus do ... page 44). His next adventure will take him to Tibet where his group hopes to be the first Americans to ski from the summit of an 26,246-foot peak. Kris's main goal in life is to spend more time outside than in the office and, so far, he seems to be succeeding. Hans Saari is known for his bold ski descents (What would Jesus do ... page 44). He has authored several cutting-edge premiere lines in Montana, including the Sphinxter, the Beckey Couloir and Catch-a-Fire. He recently repeated the Hossack-MacGowan in Teton National Park, thought to be one of the most difficult descents in North America. Hans climbs ice and rock year-round and currently guides for EXUM Mountain Guides in Jackson, WY. When he is not climbing, Hans is writing. He has written for Climbing, Couloir, Rock and Ice and now blue. Thomas Kelly went to Nepal in 1978 as a Peace Corps volunteer and never left. "Living in sync with the rhythms of two deeply rooted world religions, Buddhism and Hinduism, has helped open my eyes to the beau- ty of life," he says. Now a photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, Thomas has researched and pho- tographed books including The Hidden Himalayas, Kathmandu: City on the Edge of the World and the Body Shop's Mamatoto: A Celebration of Birth (Sorcerers of Sex, page 84). Thomas is presently completing a photo-text book on the sex workers of South Asia, due out in spring 2000. He and his wife, Carroll Dunham, are the founding directors of Sojourn Nepal Semester Program (www.sojournnepal.org).a 12-week cross-cul- tural program in experiential learning. 28""" """ blue contributing editor Bruce Northam is an adventurer by trade. He deals in written and spoken words. His resume includes piloting a Manhattan horse-drawn carriage, teaching in rural Japan, acting as a stuntman in Chinese action movies, shepherding in Morocco, dancing on moonlit beaches in Goa, India and playing naked Frisbee with New Guinea natives (Globetrotter Dogma, page 71). Bruce's animated multimedia travel presentations-held at universities and seminar centers nationwide-capture the essence of circling the globe freestyle. Bruce's first book, The Frugal Globetrotter, provides rat-race exit blueprints and tips for peo- ple on academic and workaholic binges. His latest book, In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, is an epic collection of 100 travelers' tales, celebrating the wild and humorous side of contemporary travel. Be sure to catch Bruce's forthcoming TV series, American Detour, which will feature the most intriguingly possible ",h .. "