Monte

An abalone diver since he was 12 years old.



Self-portrait taken in 1980 at Bodh Gaya, India, where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained Enlightenment.



In the vast Gobi Desert, on a trip to photograph a solar eclipse in far western Mongolia.



At the end of a cuy cooking lesson with a Quechua family in the Andes.



Charity fund raising sometimes requires getting more than one's feet wet.



Dressed for December in St. Petersburg.



With Kazakh eagle hunters in Bayan-Ulgii.



Self-portrait taken while exiting The Maze in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at the end of five days of solo backpacking and adventuring.  The Maze is the wildest, least visited, and least accessible district of Canyonlands.  It is considered the most remote location in the contiguous 48 states.  It was ranked # 1 on Backpacker Magazine's list of "America's 10 Most Dangerous Hikes."