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To those who have been cold, wet and scared.
To the unplanned bivies.
To those who have taken the fall,
over and over again.
To the nurses and doctors.
To the mask-makers.
To the freelancers.
The photographers.
To the waiters and restaurants.
Coffee shops and small business hustlers.
To the mountain guides and park rangers.
To the athletes with Olympic dreams.
To the climbers.
The runners.
The skiers and the riders.
To the lifers.
To our community that has come together
by staying apart.
To the mothers.
The fathers.
The families.
To those of us who know that suffering
will only make us stronger.
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POTENTIAL
ENERGY
LOUIS AREVALO SÉBASTIEN THIBAULT (COVER)
CALL FROM SPACE
For this issue we made
a lot of calls, but none
were quite like the one
Tahira Mirza placed. Our
photo editor in the U.K.
spoke with astronauts on
the International Space
Station. Page 40
It is an element of human nature to solve problems.
For thousands of years, during times of hardship,
humanity has creatively figured out how to view
threatening situations from new perspectives and
come up with inventive countermeasures. Thanks to
this adaptive capability, we have survived
and defeated famine, environmental
shifts and illness. Along the way, many
examples of this evolutionary genius have
emerged from the technological, social,
economic, artistic and philosophical
communities. This transformative ability
is a foundation of our existence.
One lesson from this history: Each of
us has the power to adjust our thinking
and actions to use this secret weapon. That’s the idea
behind this special issue, in which 100 individuals—
thinkers, athletes, authors, innovators, photographers,
musicians and other artists who have insights into
these processes—share personal experiences about
how they’ve identified opportunities in situations of
hopelessness or uncertainty. Consider it a handbook to
encourage and empower
ourselves, both as individuals
and a community, to survive
and thrive.
We stand together, we
stretch ourselves, we celebrate
the beauty of life. Even now.
Especially now.
SCIENCE
MATTERS
Environmentalist
and author Bill
McKibben touts
one upside of the
moment—the
triumph of science.
Page 28
OUTDOOR
THERAPY
Author Florence
Williams explores
the biological and
emotional value of
spending time
outside. Page 32
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CONTENTS
June/July 2020
100 Uplifting Voices
p. 52
Jimmy
Chin
p. 71
Hilary
Knight
1 BEN THOUARD
2 ALEX DE MORA
3 NORMAN KONRAD
4 CHRISTOPH VOY
5 MICHAEL MULLER
6 JANE STOCKDALE
7 JIM KRANTZ
8 TYRONE BRADLEY
9 CHRIS SAUNDERS
10 KONSTANTIN REYER
11 KRYSTLE WRIGHT
12 TOMASZ GUDZOWATY
13 PETER RIGAUD
14 DAN KRAUSS
15 BILL McKIBBEN
16 STACY BARE
17 PIP HARE
18 ROMAN HAGARA
19 HANS-PETER STEINACHER
20 RHYS MARA
21 MARK SPAERMANN
22 JULIUS HALLSTROM
23 ANDREW MORGAN
24 JESSICA MEIR
25 CHRIS CASSIDY
26 ADAM YEARSLEY
27 PASQUALE ROTELLA
28 WOLFGANG ZAC
29 MAX VERSTAPPEN
30 JIMMY CHIN
31 MARK VAIL
32 LARS FORSTER
p. 28
Bill
McKibben
p. 67
David
Hunt
p. 77
Brian
Eno
p. 66
Ryan
Sheckler
p. 68
Kate
Courtney
33 JUDITH WYDER
34 BEN STOKES
35 KATSUYA EGUCHI
36 TITOUAN BERNICOT
37 TOM OHLER
38 REWINSIDE
39 WILL CLAYE
40 CORINNA SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN
41 CHARLI XCX
42 MARC WALLERT
43 JULIAN NAGELSMANN
44 ADRIAN MATTERN
45 THOMAS DRESSEN
46 CYRIL DESPRES
47 MIKE HORN
48 GERALDINE FASNACHT
49 ZUNA
50 HILAREE NELSON
51 RYAN SHECKLER
52 DAVID "GRANDPOOBEAR" HUNT
53 MICHAEL STRASSER
54 PAROV STELAR
55 JILL KINTNER
56 KATE COURTNEY
57 P.K. SUBBAN
58 LINDSEY VONN
59 SASHA DIGIULIAN
60 HILARY KNIGHT
61 PINEAPPLECITI
62 B-BOY JUNIOR
63 CEDAR ANDERSON
64 ED JACKSON
65 KATIE ORMEROD
66 ED O’BRIEN
67 BRIAN ENO
68 JOJO
69 ROSALIA
70 CRISTAL RAMIREZ
71 ALISA RAMIREZ
72 KATIE HENDERSON
73 McKENNA PETTY
74 VIKTORIA WOLFFHARDT
75 MAX HEINZER
76 JAMES SPITHILL
77 NEYMAR JR.
78 TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
79 RYAN PESSOA
80 DOMINIC THIEM
81 FANNY SMITH
82 ALEX HONNOLD
83 DANITSA
84 MATTHIAS WALKNER
85 ANGY EITER
86 DAN ATHERTON
87 GEE ATHERTON
88 RACHEL ATHERTON
89 ANDREAS BREITFELD
90 PHILIPP VENETZ
91 MICHELE IMHASLY
92 DOMINIK IMHOF
93 STEPHAN DREESEN
94 MAVI PHOENIX
95 YVON CHOUINARD
96 MIKE McCASTLE
97 MARCEL HIRSCHER
98 THOMAS ULRICH
99 VLADIK SCHOLZ
100 FRANCK SEGUIN
p. 72 pineappleCITI
p. 64
Mike
Horn
p. 70
P.K. Subban,
Lindsey Vonn
p. 82 Neymar
Jr.
p. 61
Charli XCX
p. 32
Stacy
Bare
p. 69
Jill Kintner
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Photographer, 34, FRA.
The Tahiti-based surf specialist won Red Bull
Illume—the world’s largest action and
adventure photography contest—in 2019.
Ben
Thouard
Into the light
“This is an underwater shot
of Teahupo’o, the famous
spot off Tahiti where the 2024
Olympic surfing competition
is due to take place. By then,
all our current concerns will
be just a vague memory. For
me, the photo is a symbol of
how we have wonderful times
to look forward to again.”
Instagram: @benthouard
benthouard.com
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2
Photographer, 38, GBR.
De Mora specializes in portraits with
impact, immortalizing rock legends—such
as Slash—as well as underground artists.
Alex
de Mora
Gold
standard
“I photographed Goldie for
The Red Bulletin in 2017.
The guy just has so many
talents—he is an accomplished
graffiti artist, drum-and-bass
producer and also an actor who
shined in a minor role in the
James Bond film The World Is
Not Enough. To make a long
story short, he inspires me to
enjoy life in every possible way.”
Instagram: @alexdemora
alexdemora.com
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3
Photographer, 43, GER.
Konrad has won many plaudits, including
the European Design Award, and is famous
for his mix of surreal elements and humor.
Norman
Konrad
Go the
distance
“I often try to question our view
of normality with my pictorial
compositions. This photo was
originally about help within the
neighborhood. But now it has
taken on a new meaning. If you
can’t go out to see your nearest
and dearest, it becomes all
the more important that you
speak with them.”
Instagram: @norman.konrad
normankonrad.de
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Photographer, 48, GER.
Berlin-based Voy shoots film stars,
models and rock icons and has many
Red Bulletin covers to his name.
Christoph
Voy
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Words of
wisdom
“I believe in beauty, humor and
solidarity. You can find that in
almost anyone in one form or
another. Take this woman, for
example, who caught my eye
at a festival. Her tattoo—‘This
too shall pass’—works for
most things in life, doesn’t it?”
Instagram: @christoph_voy
christophvoy.com
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Photographer, 59, USA.
Muller spends much of his time snapping
Hollywood stars, but for years he’s also
been an activist for shark conservation.
Michael
Muller
Sea change
“When you swim with white sharks for years on end,
you always come across objects attached to the
animals that have no place in nature—things like
hooks in their mouths and tracking devices on their
bodies. But even we were flabbergasted by what we
saw on the expedition that morning in the Pacific:
a great white shark with a piece of plastic hanging
off its right pectoral fin. One good thing about
humans is that we can step up when we need to.”
Instagram: @michaelmuller7
mullerphoto.com
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Photographer, 37, GBR.
The Scot has attended many huge sporting
events. Her 2019 book, Watching the World
Cup, captures the emotions of spectators.
Jane
Stockdale
Unbridled joy
“Paris, July 15, 2018, and the World Cup final
between France and Croatia is in its 65th minute.
Here, a young French fan celebrates near the Eiffel
Tower as his side goes up 4-1 through striker Kylian
Mbappé. This was a moment of intense emotion and
energy at the end of a great tournament.”
Instagram: @janestockdale_
janestockdale.co.uk
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Photographer, 65, USA.
A well-known chronicler of the American
West, Krantz has won many prizes for his
work, including photos for The Red Bulletin.
Jim
Krantz
Life through
the lens
“I placed this fern from my
garden in epoxy resin, laid it
over a printed image of the virus
and photographed it. Ferns are
extremely resilient—they have
grown on this planet for more
than 300 million years. I can
see one coiling itself around
a tree trunk from my office
window, so I observe life
thriving under the toughest of
circumstances on a daily basis.”
Instagram: @jimkrantzphoto
jimkrantz.com
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Photographer, 39, RSA.
Bradley was a BMX freerider earlier in his
career. He now uses his natural sense of
timing to take action and advertising shots.
Tyrone
Bradley
Fresh start
“When I was asked to submit
just one photo I had taken that
shows what humans are capable
of, I immediately thought of this
image of my daughter Lyra being
born by emergency caesarean
section on December 24, 2019.
My wife and I had planned a
natural birth, but nature had
other ideas. Thanks to the
progress we humans have made
in medicine, my family are alive
and well today. We’re so grateful
to the all-female team who
conducted the operation.”
Instagram: @tyrone_bradley
tyronebradley.co.za
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9
Photographer, 36, RSA.
Johannesburg-born and Paris-based, this
former fashion photographer documents
culture both at home and around the world.
Chris
Saunders
Free and
clear
“This is Manthe Ribane, a
South African musician and
dancer, dancing on the roof
of Bree Street taxi stand in
Johannesburg. I’ve been
working with Manthe for years,
and she has this ability to not
only thrill people with her
performances but transport
them somewhere else. Anyone
who watches her would say she
even imbues the environment
with her freedom and positivity.”
Instagram: @chrissaundersphoto
chrissaunders.com
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Photographer, 33, AUT.
Reyer is always amid the action, whether
it’s a monster wave at Portugal’s Nazaré
or on assignment for The Red Bulletin.
Konstantin
Reyer
Sweetness and light
“I was in Cape Cod with my girlfriend shortly after
my 30th birthday when a terrible thunderstorm hit.
Then, suddenly, I saw this rainbow far off in the
distance. ‘No way!’ I thought, and I took this shot.
The image has stayed with me ever since as a sign of
optimism, and it’s now in a frame on my studio wall.”
Instagram: @konstantinreyer
konstantinreyer.com
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Photographer, 33, AUS.
This leading light in outdoor photography
has followed the journeys of adventurers,
researchers and tornado hunters.
Krystle
Wright
Nature shows
us the way
“This photo was taken during
a BASE-jump expedition to Baffin
Island in the far northeast of
Canada, when a blizzard kept us
in our tents for days on end. You
can imagine my surprise when
I saw an Inuk and his team of
dogs approaching the camp.
I just about managed to get two
shots before the snowstorm
devoured him. And what did
I take away from my time in the
camp? The fact that when nature
forces us to forget all the things
that might distract us, we
develop extraordinary abilities.”
Instagram: @krystlejwright
krystlewright.com
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Photographer, 48, POL.
The Pole, who has won nine World Press
Photo Awards and visited more than 100
countries, shoots mostly in black and white.
Tomasz
Gudzowaty
Falling into
step
“I gave this picture the title of
a verse from the Tao Te Ching,
a collection of sayings by the
Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu.
The verse reads, ‘A journey of
a thousand miles begins with a
single step.’ For me, this image
symbolizes humankind’s
stamina and resilience.”
Instagram: @tomaszgudzowaty
gudzowaty.com
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Photographer, 52, AUT.
Salzburg-born Rigaud’s portraiture has
appeared in such publications as Vogue,
Vanity Fair and National Geographic.
Peter
Rigaud
Relative calm
“This picture from 2015 shows the Viennese
geneticist and virologist Josef Penninger, who
is currently working intensively with his team
to research a vaccine for COVID-19. Pictures
of clowns and primates hung inside and outside
his office. All the interviews with him that I’ve
read are full of both scientific seriousness
and humor. I find his appearance and his selfconfidence
during the crisis remarkable.”
Instagram: @rigaudpeter
peterrigaud.com
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Photographer, 31, USA.
Formerly a photojournalist for The Wall
Street Journal and The New York Times,
Krauss specializes in epic outdoor shots.
Dan
Krauss
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Pitch perfect
“This photo shows Moses Potter
climbing the very tough Once
Upon a Time route in the San
Jacinto Mountains in Southern
California. I had to wait a year to
find someone who could boulder
this UFO-shaped rock. For me,
the shot represents the strength
and self-belief an individual can
draw from themselves, and the
‘golden hour’ light on the misty
clouds gives a hopeful feeling,
as if they’re helping to lift him.”
Instagram: @dankrauss
dankraussphoto.com
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Writer and environmentalist, 60, USA.
McKibben has authored 17 books
and is a founder of 350.org, a global
climate-change movement.
Bill
McKibben
Reality Matters
How a tiny pathogen may finally force the world to take
science seriously. It could save the planet.
Words BILL McKIBBEN
Illustrations SÉBASTIEN THIBAULT
The small, spiky microbe might as well be
an armada of alien invaders: It appeared
from the blue, it struck across the planet
within days and it threatened us with
real destruction. For once we had a truly
common enemy, and that enemy called on us to
define “human” in our time.
Some of the answers we came up with to that
question were ugly. There have been leaders who
tried to blame other countries, and people who
have used the illness as a cover for their racism.
You could see that kind of nastiness almost from
the start: Consider the Asian American head of the
emergency department at a Manhattan hospital
who went to a hardware store to try and buy
protective masks for his staff, only to be assailed in
the parking lot by three thugs on the grounds that
the “Chinese” caused the virus.
But most of the time people have been—
remarkable. Consider that doctor from the
Manhattan hospital: His staff, like doctors around
the world, had willingly gone to work even when
they lacked the proper protection. From the very
first physician in Wuhan, who was willing to
expose himself not only to the disease but to an
inquisition from local authorities, doctors and
nurses have faced down their fears and done all
that they could. And not just doctors, who have
been trained for this all their lives. Cashiers. Guys
who stock the bread shelves at supermarkets.
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Dudes on motorbikes delivering groceries to people
not allowed to leave their apartments. Every last
one of them knew they were taking some risk, and
they also knew they were providing an essential
service. So they sucked it up and got it done.
And in the process they all—by their actions,
not their words—said something truly important:
Science is real. Reality matters.
This sounds trite, but it’s not. For generations
now too much of our society has acted as if
reality was optional. We’ve watched the world
through our screens. Scientists told us that the
temperature was rising, that it was an emergency.
“For generations now
too much of our society
has acted as if reality
was optional.”
Satellites told us that the Arctic ice was melting,
and oceanographers reported that the chemistry
of seawater was shifting, becoming more acid. But
we didn’t pay much attention.
In fact, sometimes it seemed like the only
people who took the changes seriously were those
(ever smaller in number) who spent serious time
in the outdoors. Farmers who couldn’t plant their
crops; firefighters dealing with ever-bigger blazes.
And athletes who were finding ice too crumbly
to climb, skiers searching for snow during record
warm winters. If you’re halfway up an icefall,
relying on crampons and an ice axe to keep you
alive, you need to pay serious attention to physics:
The temperature of the air becomes a matter of
life and death. But most of us, most of the time,
didn’t feel it quite that way. We started to convince
ourselves that maybe science was negotiable, that
maybe physics would meet us halfway. It’s easy to
retreat to a fantasy world if you spend most of your
time on Facebook and Instagram.
Coronavirus ended that, at least for now. All of
a sudden, we were forced to realize that biology
was real. There was no way to spin the COVID-19
microbe, no way to force it to compromise. We
had to change, because it wasn’t going to—and
hence we started turning our lives upside down.
We sheltered in place, we kept our distance. All
of a sudden, every one of us had something in
common with the adventurer pulling a sled across
the Antarctic or mountain-biking the Continental
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“We talk a lot about
courage when we talk
about adventures:
the courage to face
down your fears, the
courage to go into the
unknown, the courage
to risk your life.”
Divide: The real world was calling the shots. We
were going to have to dance to its tune, not to our
own. For many people nothing in their lives had
prepared them for this moment. They’d grown up
in cities or suburbs where the natural world was
buried under layers of engineering. (Do you know
where your water comes from? Where your sewage
goes?) And all of a sudden nature was setting the
rules: You have to stay 6 feet apart. You have to
wash your hands 10 times a day. You have to stay in
your home. Break the rules and you might well die.
One of the most noticeable features of physical
reality is time. It matters. If you’ve got three
hours of oxygen in a tank, you better be
headed back to the surface at 2:45. If the forecast
says the storm will hit the mountain at 5, your
turnaround time better be calculated to let you get
back to the parking lot, or at least below tree line,
before the lightning starts. If you’re in a race,
there’s a clock ticking. But in the abstract world of
politics, time gets suspended: You can literally have
the same debate for years and years and years,
from one election to the next. Think how long
Americans have been fighting over health care, or
Europeans over their union. It never ends.
That’s one reason questions like climate change
have been so hard for political systems to deal
with. Because these physical troubles are based
in concrete reality, they demand timely action: If
you do nothing, they get steadily and irrevocably
worse. The carbon dioxide molecule can’t be spun,
or persuaded, or forced to compromise. Physics
and chemistry don’t negotiate; they just do. If you
pour x quantity of carbon into the atmosphere, the
temperature will rise y degrees; it’s no use arguing
that it shouldn’t. It’s like telling an avalanche it
shouldn’t slide: If the angle and the snow are right,
it’s going to go. Your only choice in the matter is
whether you’re standing in the way.
So say we’d taken the warnings of scientists
seriously 30 years ago, when they told us
that we were raising the temperature of the
planet and that it was going to be disastrous. We
could have made some modest changes and we
would have gotten through the worst of the
climate crisis by now. A small tax on carbon and
the supertanker that is our global economy would
have been knocked a few degrees to starboard—
and as any sailor knows, that 3 degrees soon
multiplies. Eventually you’re sailing into a whole
other ocean. But we didn’t do that—we went
straight ahead, and now we’re in big trouble,
facing massive change that, even if we take it,
won’t forestall all the trouble. It’s always easier
for the powerful to keep doing what they’re
doing; inertia is profitable and forceful. So we
ended up living in a fantasy, and we decided to
live in that fantasy because it was easier for all
of us not to change.
The coronavirus pandemic throws this problem
into high relief. Those countries that took very
quick action—testing patients, shutting down
larger gatherings—dealt with some disruption
and took a hit to their economies. And then the
worst was past. Those countries that delayed—
that decided to wish and hope their way past the
trouble—ended up with far more lives lost, far
more money wasted, far more fear and anxiety.
The point is, reality can’t be evaded. A world
used to living via screens forgets this. If something
goes wrong in a video game, you can reset and
start over. But if something goes wrong in the
real world, you have to deal with it. If you don’t
deal with it quickly, or you make the wrong call,
trouble quickly cascades. Forgetting to take a feed
leads to dehydration leads to foggy-headedness
leads to a serious bonk; choose the wrong descent
down a couloir and find yourself at an overhang
that can’t be negotiated. In the real world there’s
no cheat code.
We talk a lot about courage when we talk about
adventures: the courage to face down your fears,
the courage to go into the unknown, the courage
to risk your life. But it’s possible that the ultimate
courage simply involves facing facts, and not
trying to fool yourself. There’s nothing good about
the pandemic that’s consumed this year—that’s
consumed so many people. But most of us didn’t
die, and that which doesn’t kill you should at least
make you smarter. In this case smarter means
understanding that reality isn’t optional. Bravery
means grappling with the world you live in, not the
world you’d like to be living in. It means getting
very real, very fast.
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Adventurer and advocate, 41, USA.
Bare co-founded the Great Outdoors Lab,
which studies the biological and emotional
impact of spending time in nature.
Stacy
Bare
The Healing Power
of Nature
In a time of uncertainty and stress, spending time outdoors may
seem like a luxury—but in the long run, it could be a lifesaver. Just
ask Army veteran Stacy Bare, who found that wilderness adventure
calmed his PTSD. A growing body of research suggests that
adventure therapy has genuine medicinal value. Words FLORENCE WILLIAMS
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“Climbing saved my life—and skiing sustains it,” say Bare, a veteran
who initiated research to measure the benefits of adventure therapy.
KENNY CHURCH
When Stacy Bare returned home after
fighting in Baghdad, he wasn’t sure
who he was anymore. His girlfriend
hadn’t waited for him, his hometown
friends couldn’t relate to him, and
he felt disillusioned with the U.S. military he
had once so admired. He’d experienced a mild
traumatic brain injury when his Humvee got hit by
a roadside bomb. Despite receiving a Bronze Star
and then making it through graduate studies in
urban planning, he was suffering from nightmares,
survivor’s guilt and post-traumatic stress.
“I lost close friends,” says Bare. “I saw Iraqi
people maimed and killed by our own bullets, and
for whatever reason certain people’s deaths sit
with me harder than others. It’s the memories of a
little girl, or seeing a dog eating out the neck of a
bloated dead man under a pile of trash.”
To feel better, he drank heavily and used
cocaine. “I was an asshole,” he says.
By 2010, a few years after his tour, Bare just
didn’t see the point in staying alive. That’s when
an old Army friend invited him to climb in the
mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado. Then they
went again.
Slowly, something shifted for Bare. The vast
Rocky Mountain landscape gave him perspective.
The technical demands of climbing sharpened his
focus. It was also easier, thought Bare, to get along
with people when you’re sharing an experience
outside. Soon he was skiing, rafting and camping
all over the American West.
“Climbing saved my life,” says Bare, now 41,
“and skiing sustains it. When I found skiing, that
level of freedom and joy for me surpasses even
climbing.”
Wanting to help other veterans experience
the healing power of nature, Bare became the
director of a program to do just that within
the nonprofit Sierra Club. But after six years
there, Bare has come to appreciate just how
common trauma is, whether it’s derived from
dysfunctional relationships, violence or some
other circumstance—say a global health crisis—
that makes us feel physically and psychologically
vulnerable.
These days his message has more resonance
than ever, with people all over the globe
experiencing not just post-traumatic stress from
a pandemic and cascading economic collapse but
a kind of pre-traumatic stress as well. People are
experiencing new levels of dread, fear and anxiety.
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The world as we knew it is different. When the
ground shifts, says Bare, “you’re trying to figure
out who you are. There’s a lot of pain.”
We need tools of resilience, a way to calm our
nerves and gain strength from the metaphors
of the natural world to help sustain us. What
Bare understood early on, however, is that his
ideas of finding comfort outside needed the
weight of evidence. Frustrated that outdoor
and adventure therapy weren’t taken seriously
by doctors, psychologists and health insurance
companies, Bare helped the Sierra Club partner
with the University of California, Berkeley, to
form the Great Outdoor Lab in 2014. One of the
first studies it published measured stress, mood
and well-being in veterans and underserved youth
before and after two-day whitewater rafting trips
on California’s American River. The results showed
an average 27 percent decrease in PTSD symptoms
after the trip.
Bare, shown here with a group of climbers in Utah, is working to solidify
scientific evidence that teases out the therapeutic benefits of outdoor
adventure. “I think most people have trauma,” he says.
As part of a recent event called Silk Road Freeride, Bare and two other
guides led a ski and snowboard competition in Kyrgyzstan.
On a trip organized by the Great Outdoors Lab, military veterans raft the
south fork of the American River in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.
I could see why when Bare invited me to
join him on a rafting trip with veterans down
Lodore Canyon on the Green River in 2017. That
time, Bare teamed up with researchers from
the University of Utah, who took measurements
of participants’ brain waves over the course of
the four-day trip. The scientists wanted to look
specifically at theta waves in the midline prefrontal
cortex, as well as alpha waves in the back of the
brain. These, explained doctoral student Rachel
Hopman, indicate how “present” someone feels
versus feeling cognitively overwhelmed during
emotionally upsetting times. The data from the trip
showed a gradual drop in theta and an increase
in alpha. “People are being more mindful of their
environment and aren’t ruminating on”—for
example—“what they have to do the next day.”
Indeed, “most people perceived they had less
stress at the end of the trip,” says Hopman, now a
postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University
in Boston.
As participant Aaron Wolf put it one night
around the campfire, “I feel like I’m taken care
of when I’m outside. It’s a reminder of where
we come from as humans. I find that when I’m
outside my brain is firing on all cylinders. I feel
fresh, smarter and more capable intellectually.”
A former Marine corporal who struggled with
panic attacks upon his return home, Wolf was so
inspired by Bare and his own experiences that
he started an Asheville, North Carolina-based
adventure-guiding company that works with
adults and troubled kids.
KENNY CHURCH, COURTESY OF STACY BARE (2)
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Perhaps this shouldn’t have been a surprise. For
thousands of years, soldiers have been returning
from the trials of war in need of a slow, natureladen
transition back to community life. George
Mallory tried to walk off his psychic wounds on
Mount Everest. Odysseus sailed around the Aegean
(OK, he met with a few more trials there) for
years. “Odysseus is trying to figure out who he is
after all these battles,” says Bare. “At the end of
the day, that’s the exact same framework for what
we’re trying to do, which is get yourself out of the
situation, put yourself in a new situation and see
who you are.”
Today, when so many people are facing
unprecedented levels of both collective and
individual stress, it’s comforting to know that
much of the new research focuses not on
wilderness but on local, nearby nature. Large-scale
epidemiological studies from around the world
indicate that people who live near or spend regular
time in green space are mentally and physically
healthier.
One U.K. study of 40,000 people found lower
mortality rates, and a Dutch study mapping
340,000 health records found a lower incidence
of 15 diseases, including heart attacks, strokes,
anxiety, depression and certain cancers, all
mediated by stress. The data suggests that when
our nervous systems can get a break from stress, our
health improves and so do our immune systems.
This is good news for those of us who live in
cities—we now make up over half the world’s
population—and can’t get around as much as we’d
like. But how much time outside do we need? Last
summer, researchers from England’s University
of Exeter Medical School looked at the habits and
Doctors around the world are
taking note and prescribing
time outside to their patients.
health of 19,000 people. They found that people
who spent two hours a week in nature were 59
percent more likely to report good health and high
well-being, and that was after adjusting for income,
age and occupation. Most of the people in the study
found their nature within 2 miles of their homes.
With evidence mounting, doctors and
psychologists around the world from Nicaragua to
New Zealand are taking note and even prescribing
time outside to their patients. “Being in nature is
like a pop-off valve,” says David Sabgir, Medical
Director for Cardiac Rehabilitation at Mount
Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, and the
founder of the international “Walk with a Doc”
program. “It lowers anxiety, lowers adrenaline and
Bare served six years in two stints in the U.S. Army, including a wartime
deployment in Iraq in 2006-07, for which he earned a Bronze Star.
lowers blood pressure, and all that stuff has a
direct effect on the heart.”
It’s still a bit of a mystery why being outside
makes us feel calmer and healthier. Bare and his
lead research partner at UC Berkeley, psychologist
Dacher Keltner, posit that one of the main reasons
is an opportunity to experience positive emotions
like awe. Studies have found that awe makes
us feel less lonely, more connected to the world
around us and more connected to each other.
Nature, it appears, is not only good for civilization,
but our best capacity to act civilly depends on it.
No longer just working with veterans, Bare is
turning to filmmaking and ski diplomacy in an
effort to spread his message wider, to the parts of
the world torn apart by war, strife and poverty.
Understanding that exotic adventures may not be
easy to access right now, he has also launched a
new program, Adventure United, that incorporates
virtual campfires and exercises for finding awe and
beauty in your local neighborhoods.
“I think most people have trauma,” says Bare.
“And it sucks, but getting outside is the only
routine success that I know.”
Florence Williams is the author of
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes
Us Happier, Healthier, and More
Creative, as well as the audio book
The 3-Day Effect, which dives more
deeply into the Lodore Canyon river
trip and other science looking at
the mental health benefits of being
in wilderness.
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Sailor, 45, GBR.
Later this year, Hare will aim to become
the eighth woman to navigate the world
unaided, in the Vendée Globe race.
Pip
Hare
“Bad weather
doesn’t last
forever”
With her yacht-racing preparations on
hold due to lockdown, Hare looks back
on the hours that made her a sailor.
As told to JESSICA HOLLAND
Very early in my ocean-sailing career, on
my way from the Canary Islands to the
U.K., I found myself upside down in a
boat as it slid, mast first, down a wave.
It was terrifying. The waves were more
than 40 feet high—above mast height—and there
were hurricane-force winds in excess of 70 knots
[80 mph]. When you’re in the trough of a wave,
it blankets out all the wind so it’s utterly still,
eerily silent. And then, as you rise up to the top,
you hear the rumbling and feel the vibrations
of the wave breaking—it’s like a freight train
approaching. When it hit, it was like being
rammed from the side by an elephant. I was
thrown around. I was helpless.
I couldn’t be on deck or I’d have been thrown
over the side or broken bones, so all I could do was
hide down below during the six-hour peak of the
storm. When the boat rolled, I fell onto the ceiling.
Everything that wasn’t tied down rained down on
top of me. A couple of glass jars of chili sauce fell
from the fridge and smashed; there was glass and
chili sauce everywhere. I can still remember that
smell 20 years later.
When the storm eventually subsided, I was
left with a boat in tatters, but I was alive. The
experience should have put me off sailing forever—
RICHARD LANGDON/OCEAN IMAGES
Hare sails out from her
home port of Poole and
into the English Channel
on a training day.
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it’s still the worst weather I’ve ever seen—but
it taught me a lot. You don’t really understand
how strong you are as a person until you get put in
those situations, and even though I was frightened,
I just carried on doing what I needed to do. I learned
that I can rely on myself in an emergency.
It also taught me that weather doesn’t last
forever. There are terrible storms—and lightning
still scares the bejesus out of me—but you have
to accept the fact that there isn’t anything you
can do to change those situations. Sometimes all
you can do is take all the sails down and wait—
there’s always something on the other side.
The start of the Fastnet race, off the Isle of Wight, last July.
“WE ALWAYS
UNDERESTIMATE
WHAT WE ARE
CAPABLE OF.”
Among the feats I’m proudest of are my solo
mast climbs. The first time I climbed the mast
while the boat was sailing was terrifying. It
was on my first single-handed transatlantic race, to
Brazil, in this 21-foot boat. They’re capable of
speeds in excess of 20 knots [23 mph]—crazy little
bullets, with masts around 40 feet high.
There are no satellite comms, no contact. I’d
been racing about two weeks and I was physically
drained. I’d lost a lot of weight; I was exhausted.
I was in the middle of the Atlantic, the furthest
possible point from help. There was a bad storm,
and a piece came loose at the top of my mast. It got
wound around the mast, and the boat would have
been in danger if I hadn’t fixed it. I realized I’d have
to climb to the top under full sail and sort it out.
I’d practiced solo mast climbs while docked but
not when the boat was sailing. One of the biggest
dangers is swinging out, away from the mast.
When you swing back, you accelerate toward it
and you could either hit your head or break a limb
—and, because there’s no one to help, you’d be
stuck up the mast, just swinging like a pendulum.
It was so hard to stop my brain going through all
the things that could go wrong. And the amount of
adrenaline coursing through you is ridiculous.
My hands were shaking, I could hear my heart
in my ears, and my brain was just going over and
over things. Plus you’re completely reliant on
autopilot—this machine —not to change direction
or have a problem while you’re up there. But this is
the sport that I choose to do, so these are positions
that I put myself in voluntarily. It’s like grabbing
yourself by the lapels and giving yourself a big
shake and saying “This is the person I want to be.”
Because I’d lost so much weight and my upperbody
strength had improved so much, once I
got halfway up I just kind of dragged myself to
the top with my arms. When I got there, I thought,
“Wow, I didn’t know I could do that.” It’s amazing
what you can do when you’re scared, though. I
managed to fix it, take the all-important selfie
[laughs] and make it back down. After you’ve done
something like that, you get an incredible feeling of
pride and endurance. It makes you feel a lot stronger
as a person, and it gives you huge confidence that
you can deal with whatever is coming.
Most of the time, the thing that limits us is
ourselves: We underrate what we’re capable of.
We tend to be cautious, to want some sort of
positive guarantee that we’re going to be able to do
something before we’re prepared to try it. Actually,
it’s just giving yourself the permission to have a go.
When you’re on your own in the middle of the
ocean, you don’t have a choice —you have to push
yourself beyond the limits of what you’re capable of.
It might be something that terrifies you, that you are
not sure you can physically deal with, that you’ve
never done before, but there’s no other option.
There’s no one else who can help you; you can’t
bail out; you can’t say no. It’s a feedback loop that
continues to help you grow and become stronger.
When I’m solo sailing, I am the best version of me.
MAXIME HORLAVILLE
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Red Bull Sailing Team
Five ports in a storm
“Together we stand!” skipper
Roman Hagara says. “My
whole career has been
having success as part of a
team. True solidarity is what
counts in good times and
bad. I’ve learned the most
from setbacks and the races
I have lost. That’s the only
reason we’ve ever ended up
winning. My motto is: Never
give up—and don’t be there
for each other only when
things are going well. People
need to be able to rely on
each other, especially when
Sailing crew, AUT/AUS/SWE.
This team of multiple Olympic medalists and
European and world champions sail an ultraquick
foil catamaran in the GC32 Racing Tour.
the chips are down. Of
course there needs to be a
team leader—the port in a
storm—but if it weren’t for
the crew, he’d be fighting a
losing battle. Especially
when, like us, you’re sailing
through the ocean at 45
mph with no brakes.”
redbullextremesailing.com
18
Roman
Hagara
Skipper, 54, AUT.
20
Rhys
Mara
Trimmer, 29, AUS.
22
Julius
Hallström
Bowman, 23, SWE.
19
Hans-Peter
Steinacher
Tactician, 51, AUT.
21
Mark
Spaermann
Trimmer, 25, AUS.
SAMO VIDIC/RED BULL CONTENT POOL ALEXANDER MACHECK
The Red Bull Sailing Team: (from left) Mark Spaermann, Roman Hagara,
Rhys Mara, Hans-Peter Steinacher and Julius Hallström
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23 – 25
ISS Crew
A habitable satellite in Low Earth orbit,
the International Space Station always
has three to six crew members on shifts
that usually last about six months.
Jessica Meir, flanked by Morgan (left) and Cassidy, fields a question from The Red Bulletin on April 10.
-0:45
Close encounters
of the fun kind
With the world turning to video chat as
one of the best ways to communicate,
two people logged on for a conversation.
Only one of them was on Earth.
Words TOM GUISE
As Jessica Meir prepared for her flight back
to Earth from the International Space
Station this April, she was set to return to
a changed world from the one she had left
on September 25, 2019, when her rocket
blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan. But, as an astronaut, Meir has always
viewed the world differently from most of us.
There’s even a phrase for it: “the overview effect.”
When you first lay eyes on Earth from space, there
is a transformative moment as you see it for what
it truly is: a tiny, fragile ball of life without national
boundaries or human conflicts, hanging in the
void, protected by the mere skin of an atmosphere.
Within that atmosphere, on April 10, one of
those lifeforms excitedly readied herself to talk to
Meir. Tahira Mirza, a London-based photo editor
for The Red Bulletin, has been a fan of space ever
since she saw footage of the moon landings as a
child. Having organized a photo shoot with former
NASA astronaut Mike Massimino a few years back,
Mirza could be considered our resident astronaut
correspondent, and now came another opportunity
she wasn’t going to pass up. “Many people don’t
get the chance to speak to astronauts, let alone
when they’re aboard the ISS—I felt so privileged
and humble,” she says of the invitation to speak
to Meir during the crew’s final press conference
before departing the space station.
As the three astronauts—Meir, Andrew Morgan
and Chris Cassidy—huddled in front of the view
screen onboard the ISS, 220 miles above the
Earth, Mirza waited on the phone, watching the
livestream from her home.
“The ride was amazing,” said Cassidy, who
had only arrived at the space station the day
before. “No matter how many times you ride on
a rocket to space, it never gets old. You strap in
and the thing lifts off and you feel this immense
power pushing you and pushing you.”
“Living in isolation is something we’re very
good at, and everyone on Earth is experiencing
NASA
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Andrew
Morgan
NASA flight engineer, 44, USA.
The former physician in the
U.S. Army Parachute Team
became an astronaut in 2013.
His recent mission aboard the
ISS lasted nine months.
24
Jessica
Meir
NASA flight engineer, 42, USA.
On October 18, 2019, Meir
performed the first all-female
spacewalk with her American
counterpart, Christina Koch.
25
Chris
Cassidy
NASA flight engineer, 50, USA.
Formerly with the U.S. Army
and Navy SEALs, Cassidy
joined astronaut training in
2004. Currently aboard the
ISS for the second time.
Meir (photographed by colleague Christina Koch) during a spacewalk to upgrade the power systems
on the ISS during her recent expedition. Below her is the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand.
“One practice
that applies to
the situation on
Earth right now
is thinking about
how our actions
affect others.”
Andrew Morgan
Measuring 358 feet long and 240 feet wide, the ISS orbits Earth at an altitude of 220 to 250 miles every
90 minutes, at a speed of more than 17,000 mph. It experiences 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every day.
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Outer limits: (clockwise from top left) Cassidy looks out of the ISS’s Cupola (observatory module); Morgan jogs while
attached to an external-resistance treadmill; Meir trims mustard leaves for space agriculture study.
that in a new way now,” said Morgan, who was
now into his ninth continuous month aboard the
orbiting satellite. “One of the most important
things is to live by routine. We have a schedule
and we follow it to the T. Our exercise, personal
hygiene, sleep—everything is scheduled. Another
practice that applies very well to the situation
on Earth right now is being a good crewmate,
thinking about how your actions affect others.
We’re constantly evaluating to make sure we’re
respectful of each other.”
At 15:27 UTC that day, Mirza’s opportunity
finally arrived. “Tahira, it’s now your turn,”
came the go-ahead from the Mission Control
Center in Houston.
Mirza: “Hello. Thank you for taking my
question. How can we [on Earth] learn in a positive
way from the challenges we’ve been given at this
current time?”
Meir: “For us, adapting to change and
unanticipated obstacles is a part of our everyday
job. That’s one of the things we prepare astronauts
for. There are many terrible sides to what’s
happening now [on Earth], but I hope there are
some positive outcomes to all of this. What we
can do is try to find those silver linings, and one is
fostering connections with loved ones. People have
been corresponding more than they were before
this pandemic, reaching out to family members
more regularly. Bringing out a little more of that
“We can find
a silver lining.
One is fostering
connections with
loved ones.”
Jessica Meir
innate human element, reminding people of what
is truly important … hopefully we can cherish
that, move forward and continue to treat each
other a bit more humanely, even after we come
out the other side.”
And with that, the ISS continued arcing through
space on its trajectory. Mirza’s question had made
it into space, and the message she got back was
one all about forging connections. While people
were rediscovering or deepening their own social
connections through their screens across the globe,
two people—one orbiting the sun every 365 days,
the other circling Earth every 90 minutes, both in
isolation for different reasons—connected across
the gulf of space.
Watch the full space conference on the NASA
Video YouTube channel.
NASA
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Psychologist, 48, AUS-GBR.
Yearsley co-developed the Red Bull
Wingfinder test (wingfinder.com) to help
you analyze your professional strengths.
Adam
Yearsley
So you’re working from home ...
Everyone reacts differently to change, but
these phases occur time and again
MEANING
“I’ll learn something
from this”
MOOD
DENIAL
“This won’t affect
me that much”
FRUSTRATION
“This is tougher
than I thought”
EXPERIMENTATION
“I want to try
something new”
SHOCK
“I can’t believe this is
happening”
RESISTANCE
“I want this to
be over”
ACCEPTANCE
“It is what it is”
TIME
SANDRA SCHARTEL/DIE-PHOTOGRAPHIE ANDREAS ROTTENSCHLAGER FARGO CIRCLE STUDIO/TOBY LEIGH
Home improvement
A psychologist explains what working from home
has in common with going into space, and how the
crisis will help us understand our colleagues better.
the red bulletin: What’s the
greatest challenge of working
from home for weeks on end?
adam yearsley: Interestingly
enough, if we work from home for
months at a time, we have to solve
similar problems to astronauts
on long space flights: how do we
get our work done alone or with
a few people in a confined space?
How do we adapt to the change
curve as we go on the journey?
You’ve developed a 10-point
plan for working from home—
what do you advise?
Two of the most important
recommendations are to create
your own separate working area,
even if it’s small and means
partitioning off part of the room.
And always get dressed for work
in the morning.
Why is that important?
Because we’re all creatures of
habit. Behavior triggers reactions
in our brain. You think differently
when you’re wearing your work
clothes. Over time, you typically
won’t achieve the same mindset
if you work in your pajamas.
So you’d advise dressing as you
would for work, even when not
going into the office?
Exactly. And then change back
into jammies in the evening when
you’re done. That way you’re sort
of “mentally going home.”
Working from home has
become increasingly important.
Now that we’ve all had plenty
of practice, what can we take
away from this experience?
Best case: greater trust from
management. Managers, in turn,
should make sure their staff can
always see the meaning of what
they’re doing. And, just generally,
that we listen to each other better.
Do you mean in video chats?
Or when colleagues see each
other back at the office?
Both. A good tip is to always put
the other person first. Before
discussing the topic at hand, take
a minute to ask your colleague
how they are. We all experience
the change curve in different ways.
For 10 strategies for working
from home, go to redbulletin.com
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Music promoter, 45, USA.
Rotella’s company, Insomniac, produces
Electric Daisy Carnival, the premier EDM
festival in North America.
Pasquale
Rotella
Can’t stop
the party
A world in lockdown, a rave guru
with a plan, and the story of
how a moment of global self-isolation
became the catalyst for a planetsized
dance party without borders.
Words LOU BOYD
Photos WOLFGANG ZAC
Two weeks after Beyond Wonderland, Wolfgang Zac captured these shots from Insomniac’s HARD Summer Staycation Virtual-A-Thon, directing the subjects
through his computer screen. “Disinfecto [bottom right] was super-busy,” says Zac. “He came up to clean the phone’s screen and that was the shot for me.”
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Zac: “It’s weird to jump
through the internet into
the universe of someone
else—like knocking on
their door. I can’t recall
who [the woman pictured]
is, but she has 50,000
Instagram followers.
I called her on FaceTime
and was immediately in
her room. She wasn’t that
easy to shoot, because
she knows exactly how to
pose. I asked if she had
something to drink and
she picked up this big
glass of white wine.
That was my shot.”
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Friday, March 20, 2020, was set to be the
start of the hugely anticipated Beyond Wonderland
festival in Southern California. But as a global
emergency conspired to shut down summer in the
Northern Hemisphere, EDM fans became anxious.
On March 19, California enforced a statewide
lockdown: The festival was surely over. But the next
day, 3.5 million partygoers came together for what
may be the largest music gathering in history—
except none of them were there in the physical
sense. Beyond Wonderland’s founder, Pasquale
Rotella, saw the chance to do something special,
transforming the weekend into the world’s first
virtual rave. The party lasted for two days.
As CEO of music promoter Insomniac, Rotella
hosts many events, including the largest EDM
festival in North America, Electric Daisy Carnival.
This was a different challenge. “It’s not a big or
crazy idea, but we were the first to set it up on the
level that we’ve done,” he says from his L.A. home.
“It was very natural: ‘OK, we’re going to have to
postpone and do a virtual rave-a-thon.’ I don’t know
why the word ‘rave-a-thon’ came off my tongue, but
the team didn’t hesitate. They were like, ‘Of course,
we’re going to do a virtual rave.’ ”
The Beyond Wonderland Virtual Rave-A-Thon
streamed live on Twitch and YouTube, with the
artists originally booked for the festival playing
their sets in a remote rave space. As attendees
posted photos and live videos of themselves “at the
party,” the hashtag #virtualbeyond began trending
and the traffic spiked. Electric Daisy Carnival has
been known to host 400,000 attendees; the Rave-
A-Thon drew nearly nine times that. If it had been
a physical event, the crowd would have filled the
Rose Bowl 40 times over.
“I didn’t know it was going to be that big,” says
Rotella. “It was about satisfying our community
who’d bought tickets, but it reached far beyond.
We’ve always been a very California-based event, so
to have people joining from China, Korea, Australia,
everywhere around the globe, was special.”
Through the screen, familiar festival sights could
be spotted. “People were busting out glowsticks,
dressing up in outfits, dancing with totems—it was
mad,” laughs Rotella. Partygoers spun LED hula
hoops and got on their friends’ shoulders, arms in
the air. What was unfamiliar was how the lasers
were lighting up living-room walls, toddlers were
staring up at raving parents in wonder, and sleeping
dogs could be seen on sofas behind three-person
mosh pits—festival freedom captured in millions of
separate homes. A message ran across the bottom
of the screen: “Stay home. Stay safe. Stay positive.”
“Casey [top left] is
the girlfriend of Brian
[in the heart-shaped
glasses on page 49],”
recalls Zac. “He was
dancing around his
flat and she popped
up.” Ducky (bottom),
poses after her set
at the Virtual
Rave-A-Thon.
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Photographer, 52, AUT.
L.A.-based Zac dubs himself a “creator of
snapshots. I use little equipment: no lights
or reflectors, just a strobe on my camera.”
Wolfgang
Zac
“I liked Devault
[DJ, left] very much,”
says Zac. “His music
style is underground,
dark, different from the
others. I wanted to see
his music in my shot. I
was walking him around
the Insomniac office.
The lighting was by
accident—greenish on
his forehead from an
exit sign. For me, it
describes his music.”
Through
the looking
glass
How our
snapper broke
the fourth
wall and
gatecrashed
the rave.
Unable to return to L.A. from
Berlin during the lockdown,
Wolfgang’s Zac’s wife and
creative partner, Claudia,
devised the “screen shoot”
used to capture the party as
it happened (shown below).
“We were thinking, ‘How can
we beat the isolation and stay
creative?’ ” he says. “I got
motion sick looking through
my camera into someone
else’s phone lens through
my computer’s screen. I’m
fascinated at how intimate
these pictures are, even from
screen to screen.”
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“Gerhard and Uschi
are Austrians living in
London,” recalls Zac.
“I shot this on their
terrace. “I was surprised
at their outfits because it
was already morning and
cold in their time zone.
They’re hardcore ravers.”
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“The image of @_sriacha
[below] is one of my
favorites. She was with
her dog, surrounded by
beer cans—a kind of star
child drinking beer. I shot
Pasquale Rotella [far left]
right at the end. He was
looking for the afterparty.”
For Rotella’s team, the experience was equally as
unique. “At first, we’d scheduled it at one of our
venues, and then thought, ‘People see those as
places where they gather, so we can’t do it there.
We’re doing social distancing—everyone is going to
wear masks and gloves.’ So we did it in our office.”
A crew of seven people transformed the reception
area into a world-class DJ stage with lasers,
animations and digital effects. “We had a corporatelooking
lobby—rave flyers on a table, a TV playing
our videos, a nice mural on the wall—but it wasn’t
the fantasy world we’ve turned it into. We can never
go back to our normal lobby ever again.”
Rotella safely sat 6 feet to the side of the decks in a
thronelike chair, looking like a mad king enjoying his
own private show. “We were hyperfocused on doing
this without sending the wrong message; yes to
entertain, but also to encourage our audience. I felt a
lot of them weren’t taking the situation seriously—
maybe because of the age demographic; like, ‘I’m not
going to be affected by this’—when everyone is
affected and we want you to stay home.”
Every person on the set had to be at least 6 feet
apart, face masks were worn by DJs, and between
sets, a mysterious figure in a full hazmat suit
sanitized the decks. “He’s not just any guy; he’s
Disinfecto,” says Rotella. “People have been buzzing
about him. We don’t allow the artists to get on the
decks without him cleaning everything off.”
Signs told ravers to “Put your sanitized hands
up,” and headliner Kill the Noise’s samples shouted,
“Stay inside your fucking house.” Rotella explains,
“The last thing we wanted is people thinking we’re
throwing a party because we’re not taking this
seriously. The dance community we’ve built is
about being your best self and doing the right
thing. There are enough negative distractions out
there; we push for positivity.”
Following the success of the first Virtual Rave-A-
Thon, Rotella has kept the online party going every
week: “We’re setting up different genre events so
everyone can choose what they want to attend.”
It’s the oldest story in the book—that in the face
of adversity, people innovate, create and adapt—
but it took a moment when everyone was told to
stay apart to bring millions of people together
to party without borders.
“It’s been unbelievable,” adds Rotella. “People
within our community are more connected now
than they were prior to this, and that’s beautiful.
I’ve been getting a huge response asking for us to
continue doing it. One. Hundred. Percent. We’re
definitely going to keep it going.”
socal.beyondwonderland.com/livestream
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Formula 1 driver, 22, NED.
The Aston Martin Red Bull Racing driver
is also an avid fan of sim racing and
esports competitions.
Max
Verstappen
Going off grid
How Max Verstappen turned the canceled
Australian GP into the most-watched live
esports race in history.
Words TOM GUISE
Max Verstappen started
the year intent on racing,
but when the first Grand
Prix of the 2020 F1
season—due to take
place in Melbourne—was canceled
a day before qualifying, the odds
looked slim. On the other side of
the planet, in an office near the
Silverstone Circuit in the U.K.,
Darren Cox weighed up those
odds. An esports race organizer,
he relished a challenge, having
previously turned ordinary gamers
into real-world race drivers with
PlayStation’s GT Academy. His plan?
To create a high-profile esports
race within a three-day window.
And few profiles are higher than
Verstappen’s. “I’ve always had
a simulator at home, but when I got
into F1 I didn’t do any,” says the
Red Bull Racing driver. “But a year
ago I started up again.” This was
the race he was looking for. Here’s
how those 72 hours unfolded.
11:30 UTC, Thursday, March 12
The idea
darren cox: I woke up, read the
news and thought, “We’re not
having a race on Sunday.”
max verstappen: McLaren had
pulled out—not a good sign of
continuing the weekend. In the
afternoon, all the teams made
their decision to not race.
dc: I got on a call with my team
and formulated a plan. We didn’t
have any commentators, studio
or drivers signed up. We didn’t
know what cars or tracks to use,
but in 72 hours we were going live.
mv: I started planning my free
time. Between [the dates on]
my F1 calendar, I have simulator
duties at Red Bull, but back home
I drive my own simulator. It’s
not as advanced as Red Bull’s,
but it’s good enough for racing
games. I use a custom F1-style
Playseat, adjusted for less flex in
the frame; a Bodnar SimSteering
motor; a Precision Sim
Engineering wheel; Heusinkveld
and Simtech pedals; and four
monitors—three for driving,
one for fuel calculations and
team comms.
13:00 UTC, Friday, March 13
The race is announced
dc: We needed at least 10 drivers.
We already had António Félix da
Costa, who’s leading the Formula E
championship, and Rudy van
Buren [winner of World’s Fastest
Gamer in 2017]. He committed
early and asked, “Have we got
space for Max?”
mv: A friend asked me if I could do
that race. It was all last-minute.
dc: There wasn’t a tense
negotiation with his management.
He offered himself up. It was all
about whether he could get home
from Australia in time.
mv: I had to get a flight back
home to Monaco. I didn’t know
if I’d make it.
14:50 UTC, Saturday, March 14
Verstappen is confirmed
dc: There are debates about which
is the best sim-racing software:
iRacing or rFactor. We chose rFactor.
Five years ago F1 teams used a
version as their factory sim tool. It’s
a very advanced model that can be
adapted as if it’s the real world.
mv: I do more iRacing, and
switching is not ideal if you want
to be competitive. It takes time to
adjust. I’d have liked more prep.
dc: We looked at what people like
to watch and went for 15-minute
heats [the rallycross approach—if
one is boring, go watch another]
with a 20-minute final.
mv: They wanted more realworld
drivers than sim drivers to
draw the viewers. I’d raced some
of them back in F3, go-karting or
F1—quite a few big names.
dc: We had drivers in the U.K.,
Europe and America, and some had
never used rFactor. You don’t just
plug it in and go; seven guys ran a
help desk to show them how to use
it. One did 48 hours straight.
mv: The top eight [from each of
the three heats] got into the final.
The sim-driver field was tough, so
they were put in their own heats.
dc: We knew if we put the sim and
physical racers in the same heats,
the physical guys wouldn’t qualify.
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dc: The collision damage was
dialed down to 50 percent. We
didn’t want everyone coming into
the pits after one lap, but we also
didn’t want everyone trying to bash
into each other at the first corner.
13:03 UTC, Sunday, March 15
The race begins
dc: About 72 hours after we hatched
the plan, the lights went green.
mv: I won my heat, mainly against
other real-world drivers. But the
real competition was in another
group. [Verstappen started the
final in ninth place out of 24.]
dc: Ten minutes in, we had 52,000
viewers—the most-watched stream
on any platform at that time. One
headline said more people watched
our show than actual F1 races on
Sky Sports. Overall, more than
500,000 people watched the event.
14:47 UTC, Sunday, March 15
The final
VERSTAPPEN.NL, RED BULL RACING/GETTY IMAGES
11:00 UTC, Sunday, March 15
Max gets home two hours
before the race begins
dc: The track was the Nurburgring.
The car was based on a 2012 F1
model—some of the physical
drivers found it difficult, because
it was edgy.
mv: It’s the first time I drove it.
Even if you’re good in real life,
you don’t just jump in the
simulator and be automatically
quick. The sim guys had more
knowledge of how to drive it.
Verstappen in his home
sim rig. “It’s definitely a
good time for gaming.
People are watching.”
“I won my heat,
but competition
in the sim-driver
field was tougher.”
Max Verstappen
mv: I got taken out at turn one,
putting me last. My race was
basically over, but I didn’t quit.
I just tried to overtake as many
people as I could. [He ended in
11th; Van Buren was third.]
dc: Against other physical drivers,
in a simulator or a game, Max is
probably the best. But he’s not on
the sim 12 hours a day. All Rudy
does is go fast on rFactor. If Max
put his mind to it, within a couple
of weeks he’d be up the front.
mv: I like sim racing, but I love
real racing more. Maybe at one
point I’ll combine them in my
schedule, but I’ll never swap it.
dc: In just 72 hours, we had guys
in Holland running the game, in
London running the broadcast,
off laptops and servers in people’s
spare bedrooms, and 46 drivers
around the world trying to log on.
If you’d told me three days earlier
that a racing game would be in the
top 20 most viewed on YouTube or
Twitch at any one moment, I’d have
told you to go shut the front door.
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Mountaineer and filmmaker, 46, USA.
The co-director of the Oscarwinning
film Free Solo has climbed
(and skied) Everest.
Jimmy
Chin
Chin has organized and
led mountaineering and
climbing expeditions in
China, Nepal, Argentina,
Greenland, Pakistan,
Borneo, Tanzania and
other countries around
the world.
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Peak Isolation
Mountaineer and filmmaker Jimmy Chin
knows plenty about riding out a storm.
North Face athlete, photographer and adventure
filmmaker Jimmy Chin has helped lead teams to big
things, but he knows plenty about isolation. After all,
the route up 8,000-meter peaks often involves days
on end with just a few people in the confines of a tent.
During an April conversation, Chin was holed up with
his film partner and wife, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi,
and their two kids in their home near Jackson Hole,
Wyoming. Here, in his own words, Chin shares his
thoughts on social distancing in small spaces.
CHRIS FIGENSHAU, MIKEY SHAEFER TRACY ROSS
Surround yourself with good people
“There’s so much trust required on high-stakes
mountaineering expeditions, so choosing the right
people is critical. Generally, I choose people who can
not only stay calm in tough situations but who step
up and thrive in them.”
Pass the time together
“What better time than when you’re locked down to
play cards, tell jokes and have deep discussions? We’ll
talk about books we’re reading (recent favorites: Jon
Krakauer’s Missoula and Sebastian Junger’s Tribe),
personal dreams and day-to-day logistics. If there’s
nothing to talk about, you just stop talking. You get
over that quickly.”
Move when you’re stuck
“When you’re confined for a long time, you have to
move your body. Otherwise you’ll stiffen up. There are
many exercises you can do in a tent. I do push-ups,
sit-ups, planks, Supermans and lots of stretches.”
Keep calm and carry snow
“Staying positive in a situation you can’t control is a
mental game. You don’t want to let fear or anxiety
take over, so you assess your situation, think about
potential outcomes, game these out and be productive.
Proactively taking care of others is also strangely
calming. No one wants to go out and get the snow to
melt for water. But if you get up, put on all your shit, go
out into the storm and come back and make everyone
hot drinks, you wind up feeling useful and good.”
Don’t lose sight of the long game
“Something we talk about is how storms pass. It’s
how you weather them that counts. I’ve been traveling
pretty much nonstop for the past few years. So having
this moment to slow down, spend time with my family
and get outside in a place I love—I’m grateful.”
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Subsistence lifestyle advocate, 62, USA.
Since 1987, Vail has been living off the land, on his
own, in a rugged, frost-ridden corner of Alaska.
Mark
Vail
Free, solo
After decades living alone in the
Alaskan wilderness, Vail has elevated
social isolation into an art form.
Solitude is old hat for Mark Vail. For 33 years, he has
lived alone in a small cabin he built on 10 acres in the
Alaskan bush, right on the edge of Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park. Vail, who lives more than 300 miles
from the closest big grocery store, has created a neartotal
subsistence lifestyle—in the past year, he has
trekked to the city only twice, for staples such as
coffee. During summer, when McCarthy—an old
mining town turned tourist spot—swells from 33 fulltime
residents to 150, Vail interacts with humans
once a week. But come winter he’s happily solo. Here
he offers advice on living the good life alone.
Get closer to nature
“By being here alone, I get to experience incredible
things. The other day, 40 redpolls [birds from the
finch family] were chittering all around me. And
every day for eight years I’ve been visited by the
same woodpecker. I’ve also learned that the best
time to see wolves come off the mountain is when
the frogs begin to croak in April.”
Own your routine
“My schedule varies in different seasons, but it’s
always decided by me. Right now, I get up with the
sun, drink coffee, check the internet, then head
outside to collect water and keep the woodshed
full. Then I’ll exercise—I’ll ride my fatbike, ski or
hike. Moving through nature is the best way to
dissipate anxiety.”
Eating is empowering
“I eat food that I’ve grown, gathered and preserved
myself. I eat salmon I caught in the Copper River,
and when I put it in my mouth, I become part of
the place where I live. I feel successful testing
myself against the economy.”
Stay (partially) connected
“I have the internet, and I hate it—it’s one of the
worst things that ever happened to me. I spend
way too much time on it, and that time is
essentially wasted. But it has given me a bit of
connectivity with people remotely. And now
mail order has become super easy.”
NATHANIEL WILDER TRACY ROSS
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Mountain biker, 26, SUI.
The MTB ace was riding bikes before he
could walk. No wonder he only really
feels comfortable in the saddle.
33
Orienteering and trail runner, 32, SUI.
Here, the world-champion orienteer—also
a physiotherapist—explains how she
pushes herself to the limit.
Lars
Forster
Judith
Wyder
PHUL GALE/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, JAQUES GROBLER WOLFGANG WIESER
Searching for
Freedom on
Two Wheels
Lars Forster meditates
before leaping into the
saddle of his mountain bike
to cycle over hill and dale.
“I picture the best-case
scenario,” he says.
Forster is still meditating
now, even though he’s not
able to get out on his bike
every day. “I think of good
moments in the days and
weeks ahead and that helps
me to stock up on positive
energy,” he explains.
Does this positivity come
from cycling, or was he born
with it? “I’ve been cycling
ever since I was small, so it’s
hard to say,” says the Swiss
rider. “I think it must be a
combination of both.”
Forster is spending
these days at home with his
girlfriend and on his bike:
“Going out to train is
allowed, so I’m out a lot.”
The MTB champion
has also been pondering
the important questions
that people should be
asking themselves right
now, such as, “What does
freedom mean for me?”
His answer is simple:
“Getting on my bike and
riding through the beautiful
nature we have here.”
For Forster, freedom is
just another word for cycling.
larsforster.ch
“I notice time and again while
training how the body puts
up resistance and balks at
the strain. You can’t quite
put it into words, and you
certainly can’t quantify it
—it’s just a feeling you get.
But it also shows me that I’m
taking things close to the
limit. At those times, I work
very intensively and give
myself pep talks to gain
fresh motivation.
“What do I actually say to
myself? ‘You’ve got this.
Embrace the challenge. Enjoy
it. You’ll definitely get on top
of this situation.’ ”
Wyder running cross-country. For motivation
during particularly tough challenges, she tells herself,
“You’ve got this. Enjoy it!”
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Ben
Stokes
Cricketer, 28, GBR.
The ICC Cricketer of the Year led England
to World Cup victory in 2019.
The all-rounder
“Sport is never the most important
thing going on in the world; there’s
always a bigger thing happening to
other people,” says the cricket star
of a summer that’s shaping up
markedly differently from 2019’s,
when he snatched a last-second
World Cup triumph and scored what
has been called “the greatest Test
innings of all-time.” The all-rounder
is now applying his adaptability on
the pitch to a life at home as well:
“I’m a PE teacher for my kids—45
minutes a day.” He has also joined
the F1 season via an online simulator.
“I came in last,” he says of his debut.
“But I’ve always learned from bad
experiences; they make me a better
player.” And he has taken up a new
hobby: “Understanding stocks and
shares. History has shown us that
every time everything drops, it
always comes back up.”
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Games developer, 55, JPN.
For Nintendo, Eguchi worked on Super
Mario World, Star Fox and Wii Sports, but
his most famous game is Animal Crossing.
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Diver and conservationist, 22, PYF.
The French Polynesian founded Coral
Gardeners—a project to restore and
conserve coral reefs—four years ago.
Katsuya
Eguchi
Titouan
Bernicot
NINTENDO, BEN ONO TOM GUISE, PATRICIA OUDIT
Company Man
On March 27, panic shook the
world: the Nintendo Switch was
sold out. A week earlier, a new
Switch game, Animal Crossing:
New Horizons, had been
launched alongside a limited
edition of the console featuring
images of its characters. Now
you could only buy one on
eBay, at twice its retail price.
The game’s popularity,
prompted by people seeking
distraction while stuck at home,
also connected on a deeper
level. Your character lives on an
island where they can pick fruit,
fish, decorate their house,
and—most vitally—go to other
players’ islands, with time
zones and seasons matching
their location. It’s a tonic for
those missing the company of
friends and family they can no
longer visit.
Released in 2001, Eguchi’s
original game was inspired by
his experiences of moving
more than 300 miles to work at
Nintendo’s Kyoto office as a
21-year-old: “I’d left my family
and friends behind. Being able
to talk and play with them was
important.” He devised
gameplay that later, when he
was a father, let his children
know he’d visited while they
slept: “The kids could play it
after school and I could play
when I got home at night; be a
part of what they were doing
while I wasn’t around.”
The game has struck a
chord with celebrities, with
the likes of Chrissy Teigen and
Brie Larson posting their
Animal Crossing musings on
social media. As British
comedian Stephen Fry reflects,
“Is it a metaphor for life itself?
I hope not, for I may have
pitched my tent ill-advisedly.”
animal-crossing.com
Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch. It’s all
about “family, friendship and community,” says Eguchi.
Reef relief: Bernicot is saving the underwater world.
The Coral Campaigner
Today, 40 percent of coral reefs are gone. But
Titouan Bernicot fights on to regenerate and save
the remaining 60 percent. It’s essential.
“Half of the earth’s oxygen comes from the
oceans, and the coral reefs are the lungs,” he says.
“We must protect the reefs if we want to continue
breathing. The chief aim of my Coral Gardeners
project is to educate the public about the
importance of the coral reefs by spreading the word
in schools and online campaigns. Our program is
original: We’re asking people around the world to
adopt a reef. I planted my first coral when I was 16
and saw it triple in volume and swarm with crabs—
all in the space of just a few months!
“If we do this at scale, our lagoons will be
reborn. Bringing the coral reefs back to their
former splendor might seem utopian—some
think the reefs are finished—but I want to dream
up ways of saving them. Some corals are incredibly
tough and resilient—like the Red Sea reefs, which
are highly resistant to extreme heat.
“Deep-sea corals are another cause for optimism
as scientists examine how they reproduce and
produce larvae to reseed the shallow-water reefs
that are more vulnerable to the effects of global
warming. If we drastically reduce our carbon
footprint in the future, there is still hope.”
coralgardeners.org
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Trials rider, 36, AUT.
The multiple world champion has
buckled many a bike with his riding
style—but not for long.
Tom
Öhler
How to fix your
bike—in the kitchen
Is your chain rusty? Are your wheels wobbly
and losing air? Here’s how to knock your bike
back into shape using things you already have
in the kitchen cupboard.
1
INNER TUBE
Tire-changing spoons
You have to remove that stubborn tire to change
the inner tube. Here is the easy trick to do it
Lay a wheel on the floor and press
down on the middle of the tire. Place
two spoon ends between the rim and
tire, a hand’s width apart.
2
Press down on both spoons at once.
The tire should pop off the rim.
If this doesn’t happen, try again
with the spoons a bit further apart.
CHAIN
Anti-rust candles
Paraffin prevents a squeaky chain and makes
for smooth gear changes
3
Turn the wheel upright, then press
the tire off all the way round. Now you
can remove the punctured inner tube.
2
You have to remove the rear
wheel. Turn the bike upside
down and open the quick
release lever.
3
4
Having reattached the
rear wheel, be sure to
wipe away any excess
wax with a cloth.
And you’re done!
1
Scrub the chain with
a cloth to get rid of
any dirt and oil.
Candles contain paraffin, a component of many bike chain
lubricants. As it hangs loose in the frame, pass the chain through
a saucepan of premelted wax.
SPOKES
Anti-wobble butter knife
Centering a bent wheel is less arduous
than you might think
Increase the spoke tension at
unmarked spots, turning the screws
clockwise with a butter knife.
“WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE,
YOU’LL FIND EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO GET MOVING AGAIN
IN THE KITCHEN.“
3
1
Remove the tire and
the rim tape beneath.
(You can usually take
off the tape with your
bare hands.)
2
Tape a pen to the
frame so that it just
touches the rim.
Turn the wheel to
see where the rim
doesn’t get marked
by the pen.
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38
Rewinside
Video game streamer, 27, GER.
Sebastian Meyer, aka Rewinside, keeps
millions of young people entertained. But
he can help when times are tough, too.
“MY FANS MIGHT
JOKE AROUND WHEN
WE CHAT, BUT THEY
CAN ALSO SAY
WHAT MOVES THEM.
RECENTLY THEY HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THEIR
FEARS, WHICH HAS
HELPED. I’VE BEEN UP
STREAMING TILL 4 A.M.”
Rewinside’s fans watch him play and comment on games
on his channel: twitch.tv/rewinside. In the online chat,
they can swap ideas with him and each other.
39
Will
Claye
Track and field athlete/musician, 28, USA.
After winning three Olympic medals (two
in 2012, one in 2016), Claye added a
second career as a rapper.
“Dreams Don’t Die”
The Olympian pens a song dedicated to
athletes around the world who qualified to
compete in the postponed Summer Games.
It’s like a million scenarios in my cranium
20/20 vision all I see is packing the stadium
Pride in my chest, steam in soul, medal round my neck
They gon’ see around the globe
Four years straight my eyes been on the prize
Medal on my neck, see tears in my mamma’s eyes
It’s a lesson when dealing with Father Time
I know it’s coming, the dream is never denied
Dreams don’t die, they multiply over time
As long as you keep in mind to never settle your grind
Some see a 6, I flip it and see a 9
That’s 3 more shots in my chamber I get to fire
Tap in with the squad ’n’ tell ’em don’t get complacent
Get it how you get it, we trappin’ up out the basement
Mamba mentality fueling the separation
The grind beats talent, when talent don’t hit the day shift
Buildin’ up a spaceship, Elon Musk
Diamonds grow under pressure, we don’t bust
When they hit my line I’ll be taking it to the sky,
Ain’t nothing on site that we gon’ leave untouched
Dreams don’t die, they just multiply
I’m built tough, I can’t stop my grind
To watch Claye’s
music video,
scan this
barcode.
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Hang-gliding athlete, 48, GER.
The five-time hang-gliding world champion
says that a bird’s-eye view helps her in
a ground-level crisis.
Corinna
Schwiegershausen
A different
point of view
“If I get into danger while hanggliding,
I keep emotion out of
the picture as much as possible.
What helps me is processing the
facts, making a plan and putting
it into effect. I’ve come through
a lot of crises. I got thrown
by a camel in Jordan and broke a
hip. Getting injured in the desert
teaches you how to ask for help—
first from a female tourist who
happened to be a medic, and later
from my team doctors. I have
flying to thank for the most
beautiful moments in my life but
also the worst. My fiancé crashed
and died shortly before I planned
to move to Australia to live with
him. I learned that life has a
plan B for you, and you can be
happy with that. I feel like a little
fly when I’m high up in the sky.
The quiet in the air, just living in
the here and now—many people
have forgotten how to do that.”
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Charli XCX
Singer, 27, GBR.
Discovered after posting songs to MySpace
in 2008, the Los Angeles-based star has
written, sung and produced worldwide hits.
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Resilience trainer, 47, GER.
Wallert was kidnapped by terrorists while
on a diving vacation in Malaysia in 2000.
He now uses the experience in his work.
Marc
Wallert
MARCUS COOPER/WARNER MUSIC, PRIVATARCHIV WALLERT PETER PRASCHL, TOM GUISE
“I’M MAKING IT
USING ONLY THE
TOOLS I HAVE AT
MY FINGERTIPS,
INDICATIVE OF
THE TIMES WE’RE
IN. WE CAN MAKE
A SICK ALBUM.”
Charli XCX announces to 1,000 fans—via Zoom on
April 6—that she has postponed her current project
and will create a new album “from scratch, [using]
things in my house, people I can reach online,” with
fan input on everything from lyrics and beats to
album art. “I want to open the entire process to all
of you.” How I’m Feeling Now debuts on May 15.
“How I survived
140 days in captivity”
Marc Wallert lived through
more than four months
of being held captive by
terrorists alongside his
parents and other tourists.
Here he explains how
he coped with such an
extreme situation.
I embraced the challenge
“My first thought after we
were kidnapped was that
we’d still be free if we
hadn’t decided not to go
on the night dive. It was a
human but pointless way
of thinking. You can’t turn
back time, but you can
make the most of a
situation. You need energy
for that and shouldn’t
waste it.”
I kept a happy ending
in my mind
“When times were hard,
I imagined a positive
outcome and thought of
myself sitting in a café
back home, drinking a
cappuccino. That gave me
emotional strength.”
Jungle camp: Wallert in captivity
in Malaysia in 2000.
I kept busy
“When you’re forced to
sit around waiting, there’s
nothing more useful than
doing stuff. We built rain
shelters in the jungle or
wrote down what was
happening to us.”
I helped others
“Swapping ideas, consoling
others or just having fun
will make any situation
more bearable. I looked
after my mother, who was
sick. That gave me the
motivation to carry on.
People needed me, after all.”
I saw opportunities
“Every crisis also gives
you the opportunity to
recalibrate your life. I asked
myself, ‘Who am I? What
do I still want to do with
my life? What can I do
without?’ It taught me to
value my life more.”
Marc Wallert’s book, Stark
durch Krisen [Tough in a
Crisis], is out now.
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Manager of RB Leipzig pro soccer team, 32, GER.
Although his playing career was cut short due to knee
injuries, Nagelsmann found his stride as a coach.
Julian
Nagelsmann
At 28, Nagelsmann was at
the helm of Hoffenheim
(above). Now he’s the
manager at RB Leipzig (left).
Game Theories
The pro soccer coach on taking
responsibility, tackling issues head-on
and the language he’s careful to avoid.
the red bulletin: You were 20 when your
dream of becoming a pro soccer player was
shattered. How did you deal with that?
julian nagelsmann: Making bold and clear
decisions has always helped me. Back then, I
decided to draw a line under things after multiple
injuries. I didn’t want to wait for a doctor to have to
make the decision for me.
So you started training to be a coach and, at 28,
became the youngest manager in the Bundesliga
[German pro league]. Have you always taken
active control of your life?
I realized early that I would have to tackle things
head-on if I wanted to get anywhere. I’ve gradually
been taking more and more responsibility for myself
ever since I was young, like moving by myself to
Munich when I was still young or quitting business
administration studies to pursue sports science
instead. Or, ultimately, to take the opportunity to
become a Bundesliga manager when it arose at such
a young age.
As the manager you bear a lot of responsibility for
other people. How do you handle the pressure?
I prepare well and give it my all. That way I have
nothing to reproach myself for. It’s also important
for me not to think I’m infallible and openly admit
when I’ve made a mistake. I’m always aware that
even though there’s a lot of pressure on me to
succeed, my life wouldn’t be fundamentally altered
if I were to cease to be a Bundesliga manager
tomorrow. I’ve learned that I can always go after
new goals.
As a leader, how do you deal with a crisis?
Firstly, analyze how we got here and then work on
the specific problems instead of concerning myself
with the situation for too long. When I took over at
Hoffenheim at age 28, they were fighting to avoid
relegation [dropping to a lower division]. But I
never called it that. Instead, I focused on giving the
players specific things they could improve on so that
we could escape that fate. Thankfully, it worked.
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Kayaker, 24, GER.
The Heidelberg native is used to taming
wild waters, but the toughest test he’s
ever faced was being robbed in 2018.
Adrian
Mattern
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Skier, 26, GER.
After his amazing 2018 World Cup win at the
Hahnenkamm Downhill, Dressen suffered a
bad fall. Help came from unexpected allies.
Thomas
Dressen
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When I lost all my gear
except this cable ...
“I was in Chile on a kayaking
adventure when thieves cleaned out
my car: cameras, laptop, phone —
everything was gone except for my
charging cable. As a professional
sportsman, I live off my videos.
But without any of my equipment,
I couldn’t produce any. It was a
disaster. But then I said to myself,
‘Look what you’ve already achieved
—you’ve made it out of Heidelberg
and become a professional kayaker.’
This positive look back gave me
courage. I’d worked on building
sites and as a bouncer before, so
I did that again until I could afford
new stuff. Within a few months,
I was back out on the water.”
“MY RIVALS’
WORDS GAVE ME
THE STRENGTH I
NEEDED FOR MY
COMEBACK.”
Dressen had to miss a season after a
crash at Beaver Creek in 2018. “Lots of
my rivals wrote to me while I was still in
the hospital,” he says. “Reading about
how they had dealt with similar
situations gave me strength.” The
following season he finished second
in downhill at the World Cup.
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Rally driver, 46, FRA.
46 47
Despres won the Dakar Rally five times
on a motorbike, then switched to cars.
He has known Mike Horn for 12 years.
Cyril
Despres
Adventurer, 53, RSA.
The world-famous Horn has been around
the globe dozens of times, but until this
year he’d never done the Dakar Rally.
Mike
Horn
Last October Horn was cutting
across the ice in the Arctic (left)
when he agreed by text to join
Despres in the Dakar Rally.
The Art of Getting
Back on Your Feet
After barely escaping a tough Arctic trip,
Mike Horn jumped into the Dakar Rally.
Cyril Despres tells a story of resilience.
“It’s the end of October 2019, and I don’t have a codriver
for the Dakar Rally. Immediately, I think to
myself that Mike is the only person who could do
this on the spur of the moment. When I manage
to get through to him in early December, he’s in a
tough spot, backing up and cutting across the ice
on an expedition to the Arctic [from which he was
subsequently rescued]. But he says yes there and
then. The idea of the desert really motivates him,
because he always wants to learn new things.
“I pick him up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at 6 a.m.
on January 3. By 11 a.m., he’s on my right in the
buggy where we’ll be spending 12 hours a day in just
two days’ time. Physically, Mike has just been through
one of his toughest-ever expeditions. He still hasn’t
recovered, or seen the sun in four months. He’s very
thin and covered in blisters. Despite his exhaustion,
he sleeps under the stars in zero temperatures, and
takes in two months’ worth of data in 48 hours. In
the car, his energy makes me excel and go faster.
“When we’re forced to retire from Dakar 2020 to
give our engine to the Red Bull Motorsports team,
he reacts quickly and positively. I remember a very
emotional moment when one of the young drivers
who’d given up hope of finishing in a good position
was almost in tears. Mike told him that the most
important thing was how quickly he got back on his
feet. He always has incisive things to say, and when
he sensed the team was tired he made a speech: “If
we hang on for two more minutes and make one
mistake fewer, we’ll be stronger.” There’s one thing
I’ll take away from this Dakar Rally spent by his
side: Mike isn’t a superman; he’s superhuman.”
Instagram: @cyril_despres; @mikehornexplorer
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Freeride snowboarder/wingsuiter, 39, SUI.
Lausanne-born Fasnacht knows a thing or
two about patience—she waited six years
to achieve one dream.
Géraldine
Fasnacht
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Zuna
Rapper, 26, GER.
Music has always been a source of
strength, even on Zuna’s hardest journey.
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WOLFGANG WIESER, DAVID MAYER, SIMON SCHREYER
Waiting for Verbier
No slope could ever be too steep
for her, and it always had to be
quick. In 1995, Fasnacht wanted
to compete in the Xtreme Verbier,
Switzerland’s wildest freeride event,
but the organizers wouldn’t let her.
At 15, she was too young and the
competition too dangerous. She was
bitterly disappointed but remained
resolute. “I trained hard, competed
in a lot of events and won most of
them,” she says. Six years later, in
the autumn of 2001, her phone rang.
It was Verbier calling. Géraldine
went on to win the event, and it
became the start of her life as a
professional snowboarder.
She snowboards in the deep,
too. Géraldine Fasnacht on
the move in Verbier.
50 Cent inspired Zuna to forge a career of his own.
HOW RAP HELPED A
REFUGEE FIND HIS CALLING
Ghassan Ramlawi—better
known now as Zuna, one of
Germany’s most high-profile
rappers—was 15 when his
family fled Lebanon. They
were turned back at borders
many times. Their odyssey
through Africa, France,
Belgium, Switzerland and
Germany finally ended in
Dresden, where they were
given leave to remain. What
gave Ramlawi strength
during this time? “I listened
to 50 Cent on headphones
whenever I could,” he says.
“Knowing that someone
had worked his way up from
the very bottom to achieve
50
success gave me hope. I
couldn’t wait to take control
of my life in the same way.”
Soon after arriving in
Dresden, he met Granit
Musa and Ali Rihilati, and
later Yassine Baybah. The
four now make up one of
Germany’s most successful
rap crews, the KMN Gang.
Three songs that kept Zuna
going during his family’s flight:
“21 Questions” – 50 Cent (2003)
“Hate It or Love It” – The Game
feat. 50 Cent (2005)
“Changes” – 2Pac (1998)
Extreme skier/ski mountaineer, 47, USA.
The Colorado native is now captain
of the North Face Athlete Team. And,
surprisingly, she’s scared of heights.
Hilaree
Nelson
“Whenever I’m on a steep, exposed mountainside
somewhere in the world and I’m at risk of suffering
an attack of vertigo, I’ll deploy the following tactic:
I just don’t look down. Visually speaking, I’ll focus
fully on the relevant meter-and-a-half that is right
in front of me. The effect is a bit like putting on
invisible blinkers.”
In 2017, Nelson skied down the Peak of Evil in the Indian Himalayas.
Then, in 2018, she descended the 27,940-foot Lhotse through its
dreaded couloir.
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Skateboarder, 30, USA.
The three-time X Games gold medalist is
also the creator of the Sheckler Foundation.
Ryan
Sheckler
WFH like a pro
Skateboarder Ryan Sheckler has
adapted to self-isolation with
home workouts and by skating the
furniture—like his coffee table.
“My training program has changed
weekly, as the recommendations
have. First I was in the gym, training
by myself and wiping down all the
equipment. Then I moved to doing
more training at my house and the
skatepark, plus surfing. Now they’ve
put up chain-link fences to block all
access to the beaches, so it looks like
I’ll be focusing the majority of my
time at home. When this all started,
I definitely hit up a lot of the local
spots we were barred from skating
normally. I hit a few of the places on
my bucket list, for sure. You can’t
blame me, really—the parking lots
and buildings were empty. Now I’m
laying low and social distancing. I
have a lot of respect for the people
who are out there on the front lines
battling this virus.
It’s been a lot of fun creating
skate spots around my house with
my furniture. I skated my coffee
table recently; there was a push-up
challenge and a kickflip challenge
going on Instagram, and I just upped
the fun by skating the furniture in my
house. Totally spontaneous, for sure.
The coffee table actually looks great,
all things considered. I see a lot more
of that in my future.
After last year’s 10th Anniversary
Skate for a Cause tour, I was looking
forward to expanding my foundation’s
reach. I have a lot of ideas, and now,
with this pandemic, there will be so
many more areas where we can help.”
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David
Hunt
Video game streamer, 35, USA.
Better known as GrandPOObear, Hunt is one of
the world’s best, most theatrical speedrunners.
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Professional cyclist, 37, AUT.
In 2018, Strasser rode across the Americas
in a record-breaking time. Now he’s hosting
Instagram workouts set to music by Stelar.
Michael
Strasser
DJ and producer, 45, AUT.
Stelar, aka Marcus Füreder, is co-creator of
the electro-swing genre. In 2018, he topped
the U.S. electronic charts with “The Sun.”
Parov
Stelar
Get in the Game
A popular streamer reveals how you, too,
can find instant community online.
Sound Strategy
Michael Strasser cycled 14,000 miles from Alaska
to Patagonia in 84 days, 11 hours and 50 minutes.
What kept him going through 60 mph gales in Peru?
Music and constructive words, sometimes from the
same person, as the chat excerpt below shows:
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After Hunt was seriously
injured snowboarding, he
wondered how he would
replace his favorite sport.
A lengthy recovery period
meant long hours at home
alone. One day, a friend
invited Hunt to watch
him play Halo via an
online stream. To Hunt’s
surprise, he was hooked
immediately.
Instant friends
“It’s like suddenly having
a lot more friends.
Whatever your passion
is—whether it’s video
games or shit-talking
Harry Potter or One
Direction pornographic
fan fiction. There may be
only 50 people in the
world who like what you
like, but they’re there on
the internet! That’s
what’s great.”
Find your people
“Let’s say you’re really
interested in Fortnite. Go
on Twitch in that category
and look for people that
you think look cool. It’s
like, ‘I’d probably hang
out with that person.’ You
can kind of tell, right?
Then, if you enjoy them,
see who they interact
with. With a lot of my
favorite streamers, I’ve
found them because
they’re my friends’
favorite streamers.”
Start your own stream
“Nobody’s that great at
anything right when they
start. It’s really hard to
play a video game and talk
to 2,000 people at the
same time. Especially in
gaming, you need to be a
part of the community.
You can’t just be your own
community at first. The
first 10 viewers, those are
the hardest viewers to get.
Get into it to have fun.”
Be yourself
“Don’t feel like you need
to be like someone else.
You’re always better off
appealing to your niche.
It’s impossible to please
everyone. I don’t know if
you have ever been on the
internet, but it’s not the
nicest, most rational
place! Understand what
niche you’re in and rock
out that niche. And enjoy
it. Chances are, if you’re
having a good time, so are
other people.”
Dear Michael, this is Marcus. You probably know
me better as Parov Stelar. I hear that you have
really thrilling, exciting times ahead of you.
So first off, my deepest respect. I think it’s
wonderful that there are still people who show
others all the things that are possible.
It reminds me of when I was starting out in
music. Everyone was always telling me all the
things that were wrong with the music business.
But I think you’re a fighter, too. And if you really
want something enough, you’ll achieve it. So,
with that in mind, I wish you all the best for the
adventure you have planned. And if my music
gives you the strength to go the extra mile here
and there, then of course I’m delighted to hear
that, too. Good luck!
Thanks, Marcus! Your words have motivated
me through 11 countries now. Hi from Peru!
Oh, and by the way, Mambo Rap alone on loop
kept me going for 1,200mi.
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Professional cyclist, 38, USA.
The world champion and Olympic
medalist has made a career as a
highly versatile mountain biker.
Jill
Kintner
True Colors
In addition to her talents on two wheels, Jill Kintner
has a background as an illustrator. As people began
self-isolating around the world, Kintner started
sharing adult coloring posters to print and download
at home. At right, relax and get creative with a
coloring sample from her latest Red Bull project,
Bandit Hill, a short film that combines her fanciful
animated creatures with live action of Kintner racing
through a crowded forest. jillkintner.com
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Professional cyclist, 24, USA.
In just a few years of competing at an
elite level, Courtney has already won
national and world championships.
Kate
Courtney
Finding Hope
In an essay for The Wall Street
Journal, the cyclist shared her
views on Olympic postponement.
The following is an excerpt:
Some moments, I am
overwhelmed by love
and connection, grateful
for the opportunity to create
and learn in a world that
has slowed to take a deep
breath. Other times, I feel
heartbroken and discouraged
by a timeline that demands
constant reworking and
mounting fear over just about
everything. But as my mind
rages against the possibilities,
my heart whispers tiny
messages of hope. All will be
revealed. This too shall pass.
While we wait patiently for
the revealing and the passing,
the best thing I think we can
do is to be kind to each
other—and gentle with
ourselves.
There have been silver
linings. Amid the social
isolation, I have never felt
more connected. I am in
touch with people around
the world coping with this
crisis. The cycling community
feels strong and united.
Recently, I planned to ride in
the opposite direction as a
training partner and friend—
just so we could wave at each
other as we passed by. We
stood on opposite sides of the
road and shared our fears,
our struggles to stay
motivated and a desperate
desire for riding to feel
normal again. I’ve found
myself laughing
uncontrollably at “dinner”
with my parents over
FaceTime. I’ve traded
workouts on social media
and shared rides on virtual
platforms. Everyone is
reaching out generously with
their gifts. Moments of grace
like these remind me that we
are all in this together.
The Olympics are a
celebration of the human
spirit. They are about striving
in the face of uncertainty,
about relentless competition
and global unity. They are a
test of resilience, an
opportunity to grow and
transform by doing hard
things. This is a hard thing.
For now, my only solid
plan is to look inward, keep
my head down and focus on
taking the next right step. I
have to keep believing that,
on the other side, I will stand
on that Olympic start line.
Hope and heartbreak can live
side by side.
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P.K.
Subban
Ice hockey defenseman, 31, CAN.
Subban currently plays for the New
Jersey Devils. He won a gold medal with
Team Canada at the 2014 Olympics.
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Lindsey
Vonn
Retired alpine skier, 35, USA.
As the greatest female alpine skier of all
time, Vonn counts three Olympic medals
among her many accomplishments.
“It will light us up again”
When the IOC announced that
the Tokyo 2020 Games would be
postponed until next year, retired
alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn and
professional hockey player P.K.
Subban, both former Olympians,
together delivered a message of
encouragement. This is an excerpt
from that conversation:
lindsey: The Olympic spirit is
something that is really incredible
and can have a major impact on the
world. It will light us up again, just
not this summer. I wish the athletes
all the best and for everyone to stay
healthy, so wash your hands, practice
social distancing, and we’re looking
forward to cheering on the athletes
next year.
p.k.: It’s tough for those athletes
who have trained over the years
preparing for it. It’s gonna happen,
and it sucks, but obviously we’re
thinking of bigger things. We’re
thinking of all the families, kids
and people out of work, people
who are sick.
COURTESY OF LINDSEY VONN NORA O’DONNELL
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Rock climber, 27, USA.
DiGiulian is a world and three-time
national champion. Fun fact: The first
climber emoji was based on her likeness.
Sasha
DiGiulian
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Ice hockey forward, 30, USA.
As an Olympian, Knight won silver in 2010
and 2014, and gold in 2018, for Team USA.
She’s also an eight-time world champ.
Hilary
Knight
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“I WANT TO REMIND
YOU ALL THAT MOTHER
NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER. [NOW] IS
A GOOD TIME FOR ALL
OF US TO REFLECT ON
HOW WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD AS A SOCIETY
AND BE MORE
RESPONSIBLE TOWARD
OUR ENVIRONMENT.
NOTHING IS A GIVEN,
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY
CLEAR NOW MORE
THAN EVER.”
Show of Force
How Olympic hockey players used
their binge-watching of Netflix’s Love
Is Blind to create a workout game.
Since its premiere earlier this year, the Netflix reality series
Love Is Blind has become an addictive guilty pleasure to
binge-watch while the world is on hold. But for Olympic
hockey players and Team USA teammates Hilary Knight and
Hannah Brandt, it was an opportunity to create an at-home
workout challenge while wearing their Myzone fitness
trackers. Here’s their creative way to get off the couch:
1. Choose an episode of Love Is Blind.
2. Body work: When a cast member says “I love
you,” do 10 push-ups, sit-ups or V-ups.
3. Cardio: For the rest of the episode, jump in
place, do imaginary jump rope or air squats.
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Rapper and songwriter, 27, USA.
New Jersey’s Brittany Dickinson is known
for her edgy flow and positive message.
pineappleCITI
Triumph in tragedy
“In 2016, I gave up my
teaching job in order to
pursue music full time. I
released my first album,
my single went viral,
everything was going
crazy. Then my car crashed
into a tree. When I woke up
in the hospital, I knew
instantly that my life was
changed: I wasn’t able to
walk [for two years], which
meant I couldn’t perform
my music. I was devastated.
When my label suggested
to write songs for other
artists, I thought of it as a
step down. But I realized
that it was an opportunity
to channel my talent
during a time when my
career was on hold. One of
my first songwriting jobs
was for [R&B singer] Kelly
Rowland. I was more into
rap, but I took it on as a
challenge. I remember
writing this song for her
and singing it in the studio
as she walked in. She was
like, ‘This sounds great.
You should sing more.’
Her just saying that
changed my perspective.
I started working on my
singing. You can hear the
confidence that Kelly gave
me on my new single,
“Recognize.” There’s
always triumph through
tragedy. What seemed like
a temporary fix helped me
with my own career.”
redbullrecords.com
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Breakdancer, 39, FRA.
Junior Bosila Banya could barely run as a child. Today, the
French-Congolese is one of the world’s best breakdancers.
B-Boy
Junior
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“I learned how to play
to my strengths”
The breakdancer didn’t have an easy
childhood. But his philosophy helped him
turn his disability into a superpower.
“I contracted polio when I was 3 years old.
The difference between me and the other kids
became evident when I realized that I couldn’t
run as fast as them. But I’ve never given in. I
focused on sports like table tennis and boxing,
and when I played soccer I was the goalkeeper.
Whenever people would make me feel like I
couldn’t do something, I worked extra hard to
prove them wrong. I have always tried to turn
my disability into an advantage.
“The best example is dancing. When I was
little, I would dance along to Michael Jackson
videos. To compensate for moves I couldn’t do,
I came up with my own mix of gymnastics and
martial arts; moves I could do on my hands.
When I was 12, I saw some street dancers on
TV, and, to my surprise, their moves were
quite similar to mine. I realized that I’d been
breakdancing before I even knew what it was.
From then on, I trained really hard; I had found
my thing. Soon, kids stopped seeing me as
the little guy who was disabled—I became the
guy with the crazy moves. Sure enough, two
breakdance teachers discovered my talent
and took me under their wings.
“What has always helped me through
difficult times is my way of thinking. I try to
think about what I have and what I want,
instead of what I don’t have and what I miss.”
Instagram: @bboyjuniorofficiel
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Beekeeper and inventor, 40, AUS.
Anderson lives near Byron Bay in
New South Wales, where he still
makes prototypes in his garden.
Cedar
Anderson
Plan Bee
How one Australian inventor’s
backyard creation has revolutionized
modern apiculture.
“One of the most dangerous things to our
world is believing that somebody else is
going to fix it,” says Cedar Anderson. The
Australian started fixing problems at age 8,
when he built a go-kart to drive to school.
Today he drives a car he adapted to run on
used vegetable oil, or he flies to work using
a self-built electric paramotor. But most
notably, this belief is what led him to invent
a revolutionary beehive.
“As a kid, I didn’t have TV, so we’d go
into the workshop and make stuff,” says
Anderson, who was raised in a New South
Wales community built around nature and
sustainability. “We were pretty poor, so we
had to be inventive. We were encouraged to
just have a go. So when I found harvesting
honey was an incredible amount of hot,
heavy, messy work, and that you can’t help
but squash a bunch of bees in the process,
I thought there had to be a better way.”
After 10 years of working on the problem
with his beekeeper father, Stuart, he found
a solution: the Flow Hive. The honeycomb
cells in each frame split vertically instead of
horizontally, so honey can be extracted by
turning a tap, causing the bees zero stress.
“It was wild,” says Anderson. “One day
we’re inventing and living in a shed; the
next, we’ve launched a crowd-funder that
hit $1 million worth of orders in two hours!”
Today there are more than 75,000 Flow
Hives being used in 130 countries, and the
invention has attracted tens of thousands
of new beekeepers to the trade. “Agriculture
and honeybees go hand in hand,” says
Anderson. “A single hive can pollinate 50
million flowers a day. No other species can
achieve that. For us, it’s this sense of being
able to have a positive impact on the world.”
Despite his success, Anderson remains
a true backyard inventor. “I think many of
us have great ideas,” he says, “but only a
few of us really act on them. One essential
trait is stubborn persistence, and that’s
something I carry. I don’t give up easily.”
Above: The Flow Hive is laser-cut from sustainable woods, including western
red cedar and araucaria (bees not included). Right: Honey man Cedar Anderson
FLOW RACHAEL SIGEE
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Former professional rugby player, 31, GBR.
Paralyzed from the neck down by a diving
accident in 2017, Jackson amazed doctors
as he battled to regain significant mobility.
Ed
Jackson
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Katie
Ormerod
Snowboarder, 22, GBR.
In 2018, Ormerod broke her right heel bone
in two during training. After 18 months of
tough recovery, she’s back winning medals.
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The Power of Positivity
Since becoming
quadriplegic in 2017,
Jackson has kept a daily
diary chronicling the
highs and lows of his
incredible journey. From
a starting point of almost
total paralysis, intense
focus and tireless work has
meant he’s now not only
able to walk but has climbed
mountains, including
Snowdon and Mera Peak in
aid of his charity, M2M. This
is from day 289 of his diary:
“It didn’t take me long to
realize humor is a great way
to lighten even the darkest
times. It’s hard to explain,
but most rugby players will
understand when I say that
there’s something
incredibly comforting
about getting abused by
your mates. It’s one of
those strange things that
you get so accustomed to,
September 2018: Jackson climbs
Mont Buet, near the French/Swiss
border, to raise money for Restart
Rugby, a charity for injured players.
you actually miss it when
it’s gone.
“It didn’t take long for the
piss-taking to start. The
first present I was brought
in the hospital by one of my
mates—who knew full well
I couldn’t move from the
neck down—was some
juggling balls. He dropped
them on my chest and said,
‘Here you go, pal. I thought
seeing as you’re gonna be in
here a while, you might as
well learn a new skill.’ Some
may call that insensitive;
I thought it was hilarious.
In fact, it was the best I’d
felt since the accident. It
was a bit of normality.
“From that day, I realized
the importance of being able
to laugh through all the crap
—a skill I carry forward to
this day. And I’ve still got the
juggling balls: They helped
improve my grip strength,
so I had the last laugh!”
In March this year, Ormerod was
crowned World Cup slopestyle
champion—the first British
snowboarder to win the title.
“The dark times made
me a better athlete”
“Recovering from that
injury was the toughest
time I’ve ever faced.
[Ormerod was injured
when she came off a rail
too early, just three days
before she was due to
compete in the Winter
Olympics in Pyeongchang.]
I remember it like it was
yesterday. I couldn’t move
from my sofa for three
months. I wasn’t sure I’d
ever snowboard again.
I couldn’t walk, I was in
constant pain, and I
needed seven operations.
“There were such dark
days. I just kept reminding
myself that it’s OK to feel
down sometimes, that
I’m human, and that I was
going through something
I’d never faced before.
Even when it all felt
impossible, I had to tell
myself that I would get
back on my snowboard.
I wouldn’t have believed
it back then, but going
through that dark time
has made me a better
athlete today.
“My whole mindset
changed. Before my
injury, I was very resultsfocused;
now I just feel
thankful to be able to get
on a board, to be up in the
mountains. Now I know
that if I do the best run I
can, the results will come.
“That mindset is what
helped me win the overall
World Cup title this year,
which was just the best
feeling ever. This was by
far the best season of my
whole career. Knowing
what I went through to
get here makes it even
more special.”
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With Guitarist, his band 52, GBR. Radiohead, guitarist
With O’Brien, Radiohead, 52, has performed O’Brien has in played stadiums all
in over stadiums the world. worldwide—but His place of inspiration,
his place
of though, inspiration is far from is far the from sound the crowds. of the crowd
Ed
O’Brien
“Birds are
like naturalborn
opera
singers”
Whenever he’s
feeling empty and
exhausted, the
Radiohead guitarist
finds happiness
in birdsong.
“In 1998, I wasn’t happy with the way things
were going with the band. We were touring
[multiplatinum-selling third album] OK
Computer and it was simply too much. I was
exhausted, depressed and I drank too much.
I couldn’t cope with the sudden success and
all the media exposure.
“When I returned home, I found solitude in
long walks in nature. It was the best way to get
my head clear and to overcome that darkness.
And listening to birds and watching them was
part of it. My granddad loved bird-watching. One
of my earliest memories is being on holiday in
Cornwall and him having his binoculars and
showing us birds. He marveled at them. I didn’t
really appreciate it that much when I was younger,
but the older I get, the more I marvel at them,
too. One of the things I love most is being amid
nature, among the trees, with all the bird life.
“It’s fantastic, the sounds they’re able to make,
considering the size of their bodies. The vocal
range some of them have—they’re like naturalborn
opera singers. And to hear them perform in
that blue hour of the early morning when they’re
competing with each other to find a mating
partner—that’s really beautiful. It’s got such a
happy, vital, uplifting vibe. It’s life-assuring to
us as humans; it’s good for our psyche. It makes
us realize that we’re alive and that there’s all that
beauty right on our doorstep. They represent
freedom and independence, big time.
“Wales [where O’Brien wrote the music for
his debut solo album, Earth, out now] is bird
heaven. The bird population there is so varied
it’s unbelievable. There are chaffinches,
yellowhammers, goldcrests, kingfishers,
swallows and species you wouldn’t find
anywhere else in the world. I particularly love
the aquatic warblers. They’re extremely rare,
but they’re wonderful creatures, and their
singing is phenomenal. It’s a real thrill to
watch them do their thing.”
Listen to Birdsong Radio at rspb.org.uk
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Musician, 71, GBR.
Eno is the man who launched Roxy Music,
inspired David Bowie, reinvented Coldplay
and pioneered ambient music.
Brian
Eno
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Singer, 29, USA.
After chart-topping success at an early age,
JoJo fell out with her record label and was
barred from releasing music for 10 years.
JoJo
SHAMIL TANNA, SOME WONDERFUL OLD THINGS/ALAMY, WARNER MUSIC FLORIAN OBKIRCHER
“Repetition allows your
brain to be inventive”
In 1975, music visionary Brian Eno and artist Peter
Schmidt published Oblique Strategies—a box of 113
cards that aimed to help artists break creative block.
The likes of David Bowie, R.E.M. and Coldplay have used
Oblique Strategies to explore new avenues of creativity.
One of the cards reads “Repetition is a form of change,”
and explains how to find inspiration when life feels like
a loop; how to focus when life seems stagnant.
“Repetition allows your brain to become inventive. It
allows you to become a composer,” Eno says.
“There’s a 1959 essay by [cybernetician] Warren
McCulloch titled What the Frog’s Eye Tells the Frog’s
Brain. What was discovered is that the frog’s eye stays
totally still. Stare at something and gradually what
you’re looking at will disappear, because the rods and
cones in your eye saturate and you no longer see the
thing. That’s how a frog’s eye works. The frog sits
there, saturates, and then, when a fly passes, that’s
the only thing it sees. When you get absorbed in a loop,
you focus on details you wouldn’t otherwise notice.
So if life feels like a loop, don’t despair. Repetition
is a useful exercise. It is what people who do mantras
discovered many thousands of years before I did!”
In the late ’70s,
David Bowie used
Oblique Strategies to
create his legendary
“Berlin Trilogy” of albums,
including Heroes.
Joanna “JoJo” Levesque’s 2004
debut, “ Leave (Get Out),” hit No. 1
on Billboard’s Mainstream Top 40
chart when she was only 13.
“Life is a marathon”
“For 10 years, I didn’t own my own
voice. It was horrible. How do you get
through those times? There’s no easy
way. You’ll have good and bad days,
but it’s important to have a support
system that will see you through it,
even when you’re not seeing a next
chapter. I would focus on what I could
control and take one step at a time,
remembering life is a marathon. It’s
like on the treadmill: You run your ass
off for three minutes, slow down for
the next two. In those two minutes, you
recover and prepare yourself so you
can face the next sprint fully charged.”
JoJo’s new album, Good to Know, is out now on her own record
label, Clover Music; iamjojoofficial.com
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Rosalía
Singer, 26, ESP.
Rosalía’s mix of flamenco and urban sounds
has won widespread acclaim, and her
willpower has inspired her many fans.
Meeting a
future star
The Red Bulletin writer Marco Payan
remembers his interview with the then
up-and-coming singer in early 2019:
“By the time I left, I was changed. Her
answers had a more significant impact
on me than her six Grammys. She’s
stuck to her rules all along: hard work,
intuition, vision. She had such clarity
on what she wanted to achieve. Rosalía
backed up what she told me with her
determination and actions, even after
she became internationally famous.
‘There’s no plan B,’ she told me. ‘I gave
my life to music. I’m not playing
around—I’ve been serious since the
beginning.’ ” Weeks later, she was on
her way to becoming a star.
Instagram: @rosalia.vt
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The Aces
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Cristal
Ramirez
Lead vocalist/guitarist, 24.
Cristal started her first
band with her sister Alisa
when she was only 8
years old.
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Alisa
Ramirez
Drummer, 22.
Alisa directed their music
video for “Daydream,” the
first single from upcoming
album Under My Influence.
72
Katie
Henderson
Guitarist, 24.
Katie was the last member
to join the Aces, in 2008.
She’s also the band’s tech
and studio whiz.
73
McKenna
Petty
Bassist, 24.
Like the other members,
McKenna grew up in Utah.
Cristal calls her their
“yoga/cooking/social
media guru”
Indie-pop band, USA.
The Aces‘ 2016 debut, When My Heart Felt
Volcanic, was described by music mag NME
as “nothing less than bloody brilliant.”
“ ‘Let it happen’ is my mantra”
When she started out in music,
the Aces’ Cristal Ramirez found
inspiration in a rock song. “I’ve
always been a massive fan of
Paramore and [vocalist] Hayley
Williams,” she says, “and
I listened to one of their songs,
‘Last Hope,’ a lot when it came
out in 2013. I was on the brink of
graduation from high school, and
I was determined to pursue a
music career, but of course there
were doubts: ‘Am I doing the right
thing?’ It was ‘Last Hope’ that
inspired me to follow my dream.
“I love the chorus: ‘Gotta let
it happen, so let it happen’—
I find it really powerful. She’s
admitting she isn’t in a great place,
but you’ve got to be calm and let
things play out. It’s that idea of
‘focus on the things you can
control and don’t waste your
energy on the things you can’t.’
It’s like a little mantra in that sense.
“It has been a companion
over the years whenever I need
motivation in times of change. It
helped me when we moved to L.A.
and hadn’t yet signed our record
deal. It comforts me, because it
reminds me of joyful times, and
times of self-discovery that were
important for me.”
The Aces’ new album, Under
My Influence, is out on June 12
on Red Bull Records;
theacesofficial.com
Paramore’s self-titled fourth
album, which features “Last
Hope,” was certified platinum.
RED BULL RECORDS FLORIAN OBKIRCHER
The Aces:
(from left)
Cristal, Katie,
Alisa and
McKenna
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Canoeist, 25, AUT.
While her Olympic debut is on hold, the 2018
European slalom-canoeing champion has
been taking some tips from her brother.
75
Épée fencer, 32, SUI.
Heinzer has been in the top 10 of his sport
since 2009. His Swiss team won gold at
the World Fencing Championships in 2018.
Viktoria
Wolffhardt
Max
Heinzer
Sporting siblings: Viktoria
and Maxi Wolffhardt do the
Koala Challenge, a climbing
and strength exercise.
All in the Family
“Making my Olympic dream come
true will have to wait. Right now
I’m working out at home instead
of doing my usual training. But it
gives me time to prepare and try
out new things, like training with
my brother. Maxi is a handball
player, so he trains differently: He
does coordination exercises with
a ball, stabilizes his neck, works
on strengthening his legs and
does long stretches. How is that
beneficial to me? No idea! Only
Tokyo will tell. But there’s no
harm in trying something new.”
“My silent partner
improves my game”
Whenever Max Heinzer grabs his
épée at his home in the Swiss village
of Küssnacht, near Lucerne, his
sparring partner is always en garde.
That’s because his opponent is an
artificial arm attached to a wall and
holding a fencing sword of its own.
This one-limbed adversary has
been doing Heinzer an invaluable
service since 2011. “I knocked it
together after I got injured, so that
I could train at home, too,” he says.
“It’s a chromium steel skeleton
covered in insulation material,
foam and plastic wrap, hanging from
a height-adjustable shower rod.”
Given the current situation, Heinzer
is especially indebted to his patient
training partner. “He’s my toughest
opponent,” says the champion fencer.
Fine swordsmen: Heinzer training at home.
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Yachtsman, 40, AUS.
Spithill dreamed of an America’s Cup win
from the age of 4. At 30, he became the
youngest skipper to take the trophy.
James
Spithill
Spithill’s Luna Rossa team loses the mast of its AC75 foiling monohull in choppy waters during America’s Cup training off the
coast of Marina di Capitana, Sardinia. Thankfully, there was no major damage to the mast and no injury to the crew.
BRETT HEMMINGS/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, LUNA ROSSA/CARLO BORLENGHI RUTH MORGAN
“Champion teams
are able to respond
to tough times”
Victory is everything to the two-time
America’s Cup winner. But to get there
he’s learned how to embrace failure, too.
“Sport is rewarding and fulfilling in so many ways,”
says yachtsman Jimmy Spithill. “One of the best
things it can teach you is to get back up again after
a tough setback. The America’s Cup has been the
most brutal yet honest platform for me. There’s
no second place—the podium isn’t celebrated.
Anything short of victory is failure.
“That pressure pushes engineering, design and
construction to the limit, to breaking point. The
fact is, if you don’t have a few setbacks along the
way it’s likely you’re not pushing the envelope.
“In this environment, you don’t get to really
know someone when you’re winning; you learn what
they’re made of in tough times. You see who’s able to
be honest and learn from it and, more importantly,
grow stronger. That’s where leaders are made: They
use it as an education and an opportunity to make
themselves better people and teammates.
“I’ve seen it in every campaign I’ve done,
famously during the San Francisco round of the
America’s Cup [in 2013, when Spithill’s Oracle
Team USA staged an incredible comeback, winning
eight consecutive races to go from 8-1 down to a
9-8 series win]. I’ve seen it during this current
America’s Cup campaign, when structural failures
meant [current team] Luna Rossa dropping the
mast and ripping the front of the boat off. In both
cases, our mistakes didn’t make us weaker or cost us
the trophy; it brought us together, forced us to learn.
It made us stronger as a team. Champions and
champion teams are able to respond to tough times.
“Right now, the entire planet has a real fight on its
hands. If we look at lessons learned from sport, we
can use this as an opportunity to be candid, honest,
and come back stronger and smarter for the future.”
lunarossachallenge.com
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Soccer player, 28, BRA.
The striker for French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-
Germain and the Brazilian national team is seen
as one of the best soccer players in the world.
Neymar Jr.
Inbox: RISING TO THE CHALLENGE ISSUE
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Thoughts in these times
The Red Bulletin
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
Friday, 10 April, 2020 at 09:57
From
a friend
in Brazil
As everyone
across the world
experiences a
shared moment
in time, a special
email landed in
our inbox.
Olá
Se eu pensar só em mim e na minha equipe, o PSG, pergunto a você: Tinha momento mais
inadequado para os campeonatos pararem ?? Mas acho que agora é hora da gente cuidar do
planeta, de salvar vidas. É hora dos especialistas e governantes tomarem as decisões mais
corretas possíveis para salvar o maior número de vidas. Os dirigentes de clubes e federações terão
as respostas adequadas para esta questão. Eu vou continuar treinando, todos os dias, esperando
o retorno aos gramados porque eu sei que o esporte voltará. O esporte é muito importante na
vida de cada ser humano e voltará ainda mais forte, tenho certeza.
Eu passei um bom tempo em reclusão, isolamento em razão das lesões que sofri em 2018 e 2019.
Foram momentos muito difíceis mas que me deram um aprendizado muito grande relacionado a
manter foco, me recompor e recuperar a autoconfiança. Então este momento, individualmente, eu
conheço bem e sei exatamente o que fazer para pra manter a cabeça boa. A grande diferença é
que agora não e uma questão individual. Essa pandemia parou o mundo e não sabemos quando
nem como as coisas ficarão depois que isso tudo passar. Não é só uma questão de “manter o
foco”, mas de preocupação com as nossas famílias, com as pessoas que amamos e com o planeta.
Vamos ficar em casa, cuidando uns dos outros e esperar esse momento passer
São três cães, o Poker, o Flush e o Truco. São meus zagueiros neste período.
Hahahahhaha
Eles moram no Brasil e é muito bom passar esse período com eles, sempre gostei muito
de cachorros. E não tem muita técnica pra treinar com eles não, é só jogar à bola e correr q eles
vêm todos juntos pra me desarmar...
E vou te falar, eles dão trabalho pra mim.... hahahahah
Eu que tenho que melhorar pra enfrentá-los. Hahahahhahahahah
TRANSLATION:
Valeu, um abraço
Neymar Jr
Hello,
If I were thinking only of myself and my team, PSG, I’d ask you: has there ever been a more
inappropriate time for the championships to stop? But I think that now is the time for us
to take care of the planet, to save lives. It’s time for experts and government officials to
make the most correct decisions possible to save as many lives as possible. Club and
federation officers will have the appropriate answers to this question. I’ll continue
training every day, waiting to go back to the pitch, because I know the sport will come
back. Sports are very important in the life of every human being, and I’m sure that sports
will come back even stronger.
I was injured in 2018-19, so I spent a long time in seclusion, isolation. It was a difficult time
for me, but I was able to learn a lot about staying focused, healing, and regaining selfconfidence.
So, personally speaking, I know what’s happening now very well, and I know
exactly what to do to keep my head on straight. The big difference is that it’s not an
individual issue now. This pandemic has stopped the world and we don’t know how things
will be after all this is over. We don’t even know when it will be over. It’s not just a matter
of “staying focused” but of concern for our families, the people we love and the planet.
Let’s all stay at home, taking care of each other and waiting for this moment to pass.
I have three dogs, Poker, Flush and Truco. They’re my opponents these days.
Hahahahhaha! They live in Brazil, and it’s so great to spend this time with them. I’ve
always loved dogs. There’s not much to do with technique when I train with them.
I just play ball and run around and they all come together to steal the ball. And I’m
telling you, they make me work... hahahahah!
I’ll have to improve to face them! Hahahahhahahahah!
Cheers, take care
Neymar Jr
Neymar Jr. with his current “practice
squad” at his home near Rio de Janeiro.
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Soccer player, 21, GBR.
The Liverpool and England ace is considered
to be one of the best right-backs in the world.
Trent
Alexander-Arnold
79
Ryan
Pessoa
Esports athlete, 22, GBR.
The 2018 FIFA world No. 1 on Xbox is signed
to Manchester City’s esports team.
GREG COLEMAN/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, MARK ROE/RED BULL CONTENT POOL TOM GUISE
commentaryV
Match
With the Premier League temporarily frozen
and the FIFA esports season canceled, two
stars of the respective soccer worlds logged
on for a game of Friday-night FIFA.
We mere mortals may not be able to jog
out onto the hallowed turf at Anfield,
but we can all play as Liverpool’s number
66—Trent Alexander-Arnold—in FIFA, a
video game that meticulously maps the
skills of real-life soccer stars. But does
Trent think the game does him justice?
Ryan Pessoa found out as he interrogated
the Champions League-winning right-back
during their live match-up on Twitch. The
final tally? Two wins to Pessoa and a draw.
But how did Trent score on answers?
ryan pessoa: Who is faster in real life,
you or [Liverpool midfielder] Alex
Oxlade-Chamberlain?
trent alexander-arnold: I am. He got
the injury that took a bit off his pace.
Did FIFA do you dirty with your pace?
Yeah, massively. That’s the one attribute
[player stat that influences performance]
I was gutted about. Maybe passing, too.
Who are you isolating with?
It’s just me and my mum. I have two dogs
and they’re keeping us sane.
Same with me. It must be different for
you, because you’re used to being out
training and playing most days, but it’s
my job to just sit here and play games.
My life hasn’t changed too much either.
I’m always just chilling at home or trying
to recover from games.
Would you say that you’re good at
playing FIFA?
I spend a lot of my time in hotels—two
or three nights per week—and play FIFA
maybe five or six hours a week. I’m
decent for an amateur. I’m quite good
at defending, quite patient.
You see, your skills do transfer from
real life to the game.
We had a FIFA tournament a few years
ago at England, and [Eric] Dier won that
one. He’s decent.
What was going through your head
when you took that quick corner
[which led to the winning goal against
Barcelona in the Champions League]?
Er, take the corner quickly? Ha! No, I just
spotted an opportunity. I saw they weren’t
switched on. It was just in the moment—
seeing an opportunity and taking it.
twitch.tv/ryanpessoa_
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Tennis player, 26, AUT.
Thiem is currently third in the ATP world
rankings, having lived the highs and lows
of his sport since the age of 6.
Dominic
Thiem
Master of the curve
Tennis ace Dominic Thiem uses his 2020
Australian Open final against Novak Djokovic
to explain how he deals with mental pressure.
Narrow loss: Thiem and Djokovic
2
3
4
1
“Losing the first set
hurts. And it hurts even
more against a great
player like Djokovic.
The break at the end
of the set helps. I take
a few deep breaths
and analyze: It was
close, and I’m still in
this. I immediately feel
momentum. I can’t
change the conditions.
But I can make the most
of the slightest thing
and latch onto it.”
1
First set Second set Third set Fourth set Fifth set After the match
2
“Now I’ve got Djokovic
where I want him. He’s
berating himself, not
playing well. This is
when I have to stay
calm, play with full
concentration and
keep him in the same
situation for as long as
I can. I try to behave as
calmly as possible when
he makes errors, even
more than when I do.
I don’t want to get him
riled up.”
3
“I’ve been in the zone
for the last set. No
noticeable dips in level.
All just tennis. I might
play the odd bad game
or make a mess of two
or three points, but
none of that bothers
me. I know what my
strengths are, and
they’ve got me this far.
You forget errors
quickly. I’m just looking
for my opportunity to
win the next point.”
4
“I’ve been on court for
more than three hours.
It’s really lonely down
here. Thankfully, I can
always turn to my box.
My coach and family are
there. I see faces and
people I trust, who have
faith in me. Their energy
gives me an enormous
boost. The worse things
are going, the more
often I look up at them.
Then everything’s
better again.”
5
5
“That’s it. I’ve lost.
And now? There’s
a feeling of total
emptiness. The trophy
presentation. Press
conferences. Duties.
None of it nice. I feel
awful for five days.
But then I can put it
all into perspective:
I played incredibly
against the eight-time
champion. And there
will definitely be
another opportunity ...”
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Fanny
Smith
Elite freeskier, 27, SUI.
What does the professional freeskier do
when forced to take time off at home?
She preps skis for her friends, of course.
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Climber, 34, USA.
In 2017, Honnold became the first human to
climb El Capitan—the 7,569-foot-high face
in Yosemite National Park—without a rope.
Alex
Honnold
“THE CRUCIAL
QUESTION IS NOT HOW
TO CLIMB WITHOUT
FEAR, BUT HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT WHEN
IT CREEPS INTO YOUR
NERVE ENDINGS.”
Honnold’s strategy to overcome fear
consists of methodically breaking down
a problem into sections, then working on
each part diligently until he feels safe.
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Singer, 25, FRA.
The soul star is spreading positive vibes
by releasing a new song and iPhone video
every Friday on Instagram: @danitsa_m
Smith enjoys working on skis, sharpening
the edges and waxing the running surfaces.
Danitsa
RAINER HOSCH, STELLA KNUCHEL WOLFGANG WIESER, SIMON SCHREYER
QUOTATION FROM THE MOVIE FREE SOLO
Premium service
Fanny Smith is in her garage and she’s in a good
mood. She’s prepping skis, one pair after another.
First she does her family’s skis, then those of her
friends. She’s already done more than 20 pairs.
If the weather is good, Smith works outdoors. If it’s
bad, she does it in the garage. Once she’s done, she
puts the skis outside the door to be collected.
The freestyle skier, who won overall gold at last
year’s World Cup and silver this year, is using the
break to keep her hand in as much as possible (and
her champion-level service is free, of course). There’s
an added glimmer of hope—the wax Smith uses to
protect skis during the off-season can be stripped off
whole, to get skiers on the slopes quickly when the
next season begins. “It’s a sign I’m betting on
everything being totally back to normal by then.”
fanny-smith.com
Saturday
Song selection
Sunday
Working with a producer on the
Remix or original composition
Monday
Rehearsal + moodboard for the
music video with my art directors
Tuesday
Recording in my brother’s home
studio + mixing
Wednesday
Shooting the mini music video on
the Iphone with my sister
Thursday
Editing
Friday
WEEKLY PLANNER
Release of the mini music video
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Rally raid biker, 33, AUT.
The 2018 Dakar Rally winner has a motto:
“Don’t play the hero. Try to be one.” For him,
planning and attention to detail are key.
Matthias
Walkner
The power
of small things
“Hurtling over dunes at full speed
may look dangerous, but we train
for it. What’s far deadlier is
sloppy thinking, like not following
the roadbook instructions, or
getting lost, or failing to wash
your hands, or showering in the
bivouac with your mouth open
(and swallowing contaminated
water). That will throw you and
your body off course. It’s the
small, unremarkable things that
can either screw the whole thing
up or help you succeed.”
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Climber, 34, AUT.
A successful competitive climber before
her retirement in 2013, Eiter was the first
woman to conquer a 9b route (in 2017).
Angy
Eiter
The joy of listening
to your body
Eiter in Kiparissi, Greece, in 2015. The climber christened
this route “Gloom of Triumph.”
“Food science wasn’t really
part of my training at the start
of my career. The wisdom at
that time was: the lighter you
are, the better you’ll climb.
I wanted success, so I kept
eating less and less. I halved
my intake, and it got to the
stage where I was hardly
eating at all. I had slipped
into anorexia.
“When my trainer realized
what was going on, he
snapped and forbade me
from any more climbing until
I was eating normally again.
I couldn’t understand his
reaction—I had always had
these skinny models paraded
in front of me, and now I had
to feed myself up.
“I unraveled that knot
when I realized that starving
myself hadn’t made me a
better climber. I was failing
to build up the muscle mass
that was required to perform
complex climbing moves;
I was no longer mentally
resilient and couldn’t
concentrate that well.
“When I put a bit of weight
back on and noticed I’d gotten
stronger, my sense of selfworth
improved, too. I was
lucky my entourage reacted
to my losing weight so early.
“My message is: pay
attention. Listen to the signals
your body is sending—it’s
trying to get through to you.
If it rings, pick up.”
PHILIPP CARL RIEDL/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, KFOTO-KOCO MONCADA/KTM,
BERNHARD HÖRTNAGL/ASP/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, LUKA FONDA/RED BULL CONTENT POOL
WERNER JESSNER, SIMON SCHREYER
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Dan
Atherton
Downhill MTB rider, 38, GBR.
The eldest sibling is a downhill
racing pioneer who never tires
of digging challenging new trails.
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Gee
Atherton
Downhill MTB rider, 35, GBR.
The two-time world champion
and multiple World Cup winner
has tried rally driving, too.
Rachel
Atherton
Downhill MTB rider, 32, GBR.
Winner of six World Cups and
five world championships, Rachel
is a downhill racing legend.
Stronger
together
Clockwise from
front: Rachel, Dan
and Gee Atherton
DAN WILTON RUTH MORGAN
It’s no coincidence the sibling stars of
downhill MTB live close by in Wales, belong
to the same racing team and have launched
a bike company together. It’s knowing
they’ve got each other, says Rachel
Atherton, that’s helped them reach new
heights. “Growing up with siblings who do
the same sport, I’ve never been alone in it.
There’s always been competitiveness, which
has pushed us in the best way. When I was
still a kid, Dan told me, ‘You could be the
best in the world if you put in the time and
effort.’ That’s given me my whole career,
having their faith. Knowing that your family
loves you no matter what allows you to
really try; if you fail, you’re not defined by it.
In this age of social media, having that real
connection with people means a lot, maybe
more than ever. Facebook and Instagram,
that stuff’s not real. My family, my team, are
the people who really see me. They’re there
whether I win or lose.”
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Andreas
Breitfeld
Biohacker, 46, GER.
Breitfeld knows how to hack your body to improve
your health, fitness and performance.
How to
outsmart stress
Seeing red: Breitfeld bathed
in infrared light.
Difficult situations can take our brains back
500 million years, according to Germany’s
top biohacker. But these simple everyday
hacks keep him present.
“Stress triggers danger warnings in the oldest
part—from an evolutionary point of view—of
our brain: our 500-million-year-old reptilian
brain,” explains Andreas Breitfeld. “And it’s not
called that for nothing: We’re neither smart nor
creative in our reptilian brains. Up there, it’s all
about bare survival: breathing, heartbeat,
digestion, hunger, reproduction—and fear.”
He says the reptilian brain isn’t all that smart,
but in exceptional situations it becomes the boss.
“There’s nothing wrong with that in principle,
but it’s important that we can also effectively
immobilize the little crocodile in our head.
That way we’ll think better, sleep more deeply,
recover more quickly and get to grips more
easily with pathogens of whatever sort. Adopt
a few hacks. It’s not rocket science.”
Write a diary in the evening
An insanely powerful tool. A way to get a head
start digesting the experiences and emotions of
the day. It helps your brain take better advantage
of your deep sleep and REM phases for recovery.
Turn off your Wi-Fi at night
Sleep strengthens our immune system, makes
us more resistant to stress, repairs cells, heals
wounds and transforms what we’ve learned over
the course of the day into knowledge. My sleep
is sacred. The basics when it comes to improving
your sleep are: a cool and pitch-black bedroom,
and turning off the bloody Wi-Fi at night! Sleep
deprivation is a real stressor.
No phone first thing in the morning
The first half hour of the day is analog: no
mobile phone, no computer, no news, just light,
air and the cool of morning. I have a large glass
of filtered water, look up at the sky and feel the
elements. Let the crocodile in your head sleep in
and it’ll be more chill the whole day.
Cuddle
Another way to relieve stress in the mornings is
to bathe in oxytocin. Oxytocin is the so-called
cuddle hormone and works as an antagonist to
stress hormones. If you live with your family,
start the day with some TLC. (It’ll work with
a cat, too.) But if you don’t have family or a pet
close by, get an echobell [a handset that emits
sounds and vibrations]. Those things work!
Meditation and infrared light
Nothing brings greater structure to my thoughts
than daily meditation. I also take advantage of
the time I’m meditating to shine infrared light on
myself. I use professional devices (currently, I’m
using devices available from theflexbeam.com),
but even a simple infrared lamp will activate
your cells and boost your energy level.
Stay hydrated
Drinking water—filtered, of course—is a must.
You need 0.3 liters (10 oz) per 10 kg (~20 lbs) of
your body weight.
Go outside
Fresh air is always better than recycled air,
and natural light is always better than the
artificial version.
Breathe through your nose
Your mouth is there for talking, eating and
kissing. But for breathing you have your nose.
Breathing through your nose will change your
life for the better.
breitfeld-biohacking.com
ANDREAS BREITFELD STEFAN WAGNER
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Air Zermatt
“Give every
idea a shot”
A Swiss helicopter rescue
team on an extraordinary
mission. How a young girl
was rescued after an intense
13-hour battle.
The crevasse in the rock in the
Swiss municipality of Riederalp was
just 8 inches wide. But on this day
in October 2017 it had swallowed up
a 2-year-old girl who had tripped
while playing. It took almost 13
hours to get her out, safe and sound.
“An unforgettable experience for
everyone who was there,” says
Philipp Venetz, medical director of
helicopter rescue team Air Zermatt.
Air Zermatt was founded on April 1,
1968. To date, more than 50,000
helicopter rescues have been carried
out by its highly trained crew.
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Philipp
Venetz
Doctor, 44, SUI.
“The rescued girl bore
almost no sign of injury,”
says Venetz, the team’s
medical director.
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Dominik
Imhof
Flight paramedic, 28, SUI.
This is one mission Imhof
says he will never forget:
“It sent shivers down
my spine.”
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Michèle
Imhasly
Transport paramedic,
40, SUI. Imhasly runs
the Air Zermatt Training
Center and has
documented the mission.
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Stephan
Dreesen
Pilot, 47, SUI.
Dreesen’s team were
there in no time:
“We tried every idea to
carry out the rescue.”
TERO REPO, PASCAL GERTSCHEN, CHRISTIAN PFAMMATTER WOLFGANG WIESER
Over the course of those hours,
they tried everything to rescue her
from about 20 feet down in the
crevasse. “We gave every idea a
shot,” pilot Stephan Dreesen says.
That included a suggestion from
experienced paramedic Michèle
Imhasly to have the 2-year-old
rescued by another secured child.
But it turned out they couldn’t put
that plan into effect—the gap in the
rock was too narrow.
In the end, the rescue workers dug
an emergency exit with picks,
shovels and a mechanical digger.
Experts finally split the one last
rock separating them from the child.
At 2 a.m. it was all over and the little
girl was flown by helicopter to a
hospital in the Swiss capital of Bern.
Air Zermatt on one
of its spectacular
missions against
the backdrop of
the Matterhorn.
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Mavi
Phoenix
Musician, 24, AUT.
Having made his name as a female rapper,
Phoenix has lived as a trans man since 2019.
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Adventurer and businessman, 81, USA.
Avid climber Chouinard fashioned his
first pitons in 1957 and founded outdoorclothing
brand Patagonia 16 years later.
Yvon
Chouinard
Living my truth
“I should have been a man. I’ve known
that for a long time. But there was
always this thought that I’m a woman
and there’s nothing that could be done
about it. I made the decision to start
living as a man when I was recording
my album. Everything was going
haywire at the time, and I was being
totally creative. No one around me had
a clue what was going on. YouTube
videos by trans men helped me. Just
seeing them as normal, healthy, happy
people took a lot of the fear away. I still
need to have a good think about how
to proceed. Hormone treatment would
change my appearance and voice.
That’s the real crunch. But I’m glad to
have taken the first step.”
Mavi Phoenix’s long-awaited debut album, Boys Toys, is out
now on LLT Records; maviphoenix.com
“There’s not really
any difference
between a pessimist
who says ‘It’s no use.
There’s nothing we can
do,’ and an optimist
who says ‘We don’t
need to do anything.
It will all come good
by itself.’ In both
instances, nothing
ends up happening,
whereas the best
treatment for
depression is activity.”
Patagonia founder
Yvon Chouinard as
a young man, working
at his Little Giant
forge hammer. He
would go on to sell the
pitons he made here
out of the trunk of his
car in Yosemite.
MAŠA STANIC, GETTY IMAGES, IMAGO/AURORA FOTOS SEBASTIAN FASTHUBER
YVON CHOUINARD QUOTATION FROM THE BOOK “SOME STORIES: LESSONS FROM THE
EDGE OF BUSINESS AND SPORT”, PATAGONIA PUBLISHING
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Mike
McCastle
Strongman, 32, USA.
McCastle holds the world record for the number
of pull-ups done in one day: 5,804. And he was
wearing a 30-pound pack at the time.
How to Work Out in
Your Living Room
Strongman Mike McCastle is working
out at home now, too. With a few simple
tricks, he has turned his lounge into
a gym. One clever motivational trick:
Do each exercise for a specific person.
CAMERON BAIRD, GETTY PREMIUM WERNER JESSNER
“WHEN THE GOING
GETS TOUGH, I THINK
OF MYSELF TAKING
ON SOMEONE ELSE’S
HARDSHIP.”
Triceps
extension
What you need
Bedsheet, door frame
How you do it
Tie a knot in the end of
the sheet and wedge it in
the door. Grip the sheet
and hold it above your
head. Stand on tiptoes
with your heels against
the door panel. Now
bend both arms, bring
them behind your head
and then stretch them
out again. Remember to
keep your back straight.
What it does
Works triceps, shoulder
girdle and body tension
Reps
15 to 20; perform
multiple sets
Suitcase
hammer curls
What you need
Towel, heavy suitcase
(30 to 50 lbs)
How you do it
Thread the towel
through the suitcase
handle, then grip the
ends from below.
Keeping a straight back,
raise both arms to chest
height, then let them
drop all the way down.
What it does
Strengthens shoulder
girdle and arms and
shapes biceps
Reps
15 to 20; perform
multiple sets. If you like,
increase the weight
between sets
Back
extension
What you need
Chair, cushion
How you do it
Put the cushion on the
backrest of the chair.
Lean on the chair with
your hips and put your
feet against a wall. Fold
your arms in front of
your chest. Slowly bend
forward until your upper
body is at a 45-degree
angle, then straighten
again, tensing your
buttocks. Don’t forget to
keep breathing calmly.
What it does
Strengthens lower back
Reps
At least 15; perform
two to three sets
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Marcel
Hirscher
Alpine skier, 31, AUT.
Hirscher retired in 2019 with eight World Cup titles, two
Olympic gold medals and seven world championships.
“Now I’m all about less,
not more”
After the whirlwind success of his ski career,
Marcel Hirscher reflects on adjusting to civilian
life and finding new ways to recalibrate.
Words DANIEL WINKLER
Photography FELIX KRÜGER
the oddballs. I was. They’ve found a
pace they can work at, which they’re
going to have to keep up their whole
lives. As an athlete, I only had to
live with the tempo I’d set myself for
10 years. You can’t run your whole
working life at a sprint. No one
can survive that. It was a learning
process to see that it wasn’t a very
good idea to try to transpose elite
sport 1:1 into daily life. Unless you
want to make a huge effort to be the
best at something.
Are you now recalibrating your
day-to-day routine?
I’m right in the middle of that
process now. Maybe only at the
very beginning of it, actually. It’s
probably going to take a lot of time
for what I’ve trained my whole life
to do to change. Which is a type
of training in itself, only now I’m
giving myself a bit more time for it.
It’s midday. I’ve been working in the
garden since 7:30 in the morning
and I notice that it’s a glorious day.
I think to myself, you don’t have to
get it all done today. In the past I
always lived by the motto not to put
off till tomorrow what you could
do today. Let’s do another two runs
because who knows what might
happen tomorrow! Let’s test the
boots out today because who knows
what might happen tomorrow! That
was right for sport but isn’t much
good for everyday life. I still have to
learn that.
the red bulletin: As a
sportsman, you were always
asked this, but at times like these
it seems more appropriate than
ever: How are you doing?
marcel hirscher: I’m good.
Everyone’s healthy. So very good.
Structure and making to-do lists
are very important right now.
Does that apply in your case, too?
Not anymore, really. I was a
walking to-do list while I was a pro
athlete. It all had to be systematic.
I proceeded step by step in my
quest to reach the desired goal.
I’m extremely happy that that’s
no longer what it’s all about. It
worked for 10 years. No question.
But it doesn’t have to be that way
anymore, because now I’m all about
less, not more.
Is it working?
It was terrible to start with. It really
was very, very hard, especially
because as an athlete you think
you’ve got to make the most of
every single day. But in my daily
routine now there’s no justification
for that approach. And over time it
can get pretty tough.
Tough for whom?
First and foremost for the people I
come into contact with on a daily
basis. Service providers, tradesmen,
workers, people just doing their
jobs. I soon noticed in my dealings
with them that they weren’t actually
There were learning curves
when you were an athlete, too,
like when you broke your ankle
in August 2017.
At first the injury came as a relief.
The downtime was so bitter, so
painful, so devastating, just as much
as it was about recovery. And there
were plenty of tough moments
during those weeks of rehabilitation.
But ultimately it was a gift. It meant
I could ski at that level for another
two years. Otherwise I would have
had to retire earlier.
That doesn’t sound like
downtime—more like a reboot.
It was six weeks where I could
finally slow down physically. I don’t
mean I did nothing, but the level
of intensity was different and I
couldn’t take the strain anymore.
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But soon enough my inner clock
started ticking again. I can’t say
I was patient. At that point, I’d won
six World Cup titles in a row. That
was a blessing and a curse at the
same time. The pressure had already
increased after I won my second
overall World Cup. Every year
I won another trophy, the greater
the pressure got and the more
unattainable the next goal seemed.
It didn’t matter me knowing it was
doable. It always became more of a
mega-undertaking. Overall victory
suddenly stopped being a burden
after I broke my ankle. But the clock
was ticking, and then there was the
Olympics to think about, too.
Did you feel people’s appreciation
for you, regardless of your results?
Now I feel it more than ever. I’ve
never been more aware of it than
I am now. That appreciation from
others never changed, but my level
of receptiveness to it has. Now
I’m aware of it and can accept it.
I always found that difficult when
I was competing because victory
today means absolutely nothing
tomorrow in the world of ski
racing. I always thought things had
to be better.
So do you really have to burn
the candle at both ends to be
successful?
That was my approach, at any
rate. I wanted to be right up at the
top for another two or three years
“Every new
day means
development.
Constancy is
boring.”
rather than take it easy and be
further down the field. It was either
my third or fourth overall World
Cup win. Of the 21 days before
the finals, we were out racing on
the piste for 18 of them. The other
three days were travel days. It
didn’t really matter if I keeled over
after the World Cup finals.
So have you sort of slammed
on the brakes internally since
you retired in 2019? Do you still
feel a sense of shock at being a
retiree?
[Laughs.] I can understand any
retiree who feels they’re lacking
something, especially if that’s a
sense of structure and content.
But once you find those and reintegrate
them in your life, it’s
a pleasure. I was very happy to
discover ski-touring last winter.
The night before I pack everything
in readiness for the next day, and
then I wake up early all excited and
happy because I know that soon I’ll
be heading off to the mountains.
The nicest thing about ski-touring
is that you can take a more
individual line on the way up and
back down than in the summer.
That was a turnaround. I noticed
I was passionate, fascinated and
enthusiastic about it.
Let’s go back to the Hirscher
roots, to the young boy growing
up in a mountain hut at an
altitude of 5,000 feet.
My peaceful childhood. That’s
the tranquility I like to look back
on. It’s a privilege being able to
enjoy nature. When my life was at
its most stressful, I once had over
100 telephone calls in a single day.
I happened to count them somehow
and I was horrified. They weren’t
long conversations. They would
have been about things that were
relevant during the skiing season.
Logistics, who’s fetching what,
who’s bringing this or that. And
then all of a sudden there were
days when nobody would ring. As
cool and handy as a mobile phone
is, I now know what a gift it is if it
doesn’t ring for a couple of days.
To start with you might think
something’s a bit off, but you’re not
actually missing out on anything.
That was the main change for me
in my first year of retirement from
the sport.
“You can’t run
your whole
working life
at a sprint.“
Since October 2018 there’s been
another taskmaster in your life.
What is Marcel Hirscher the
father learning from his son?
Patience is definitely a mission in
life when you have children. I did
say after he was born that the real
adventure was only starting now—
and that’s turned out to be spot on.
Everything’s been lovely so far, but
now it’s really getting interesting.
Now it all counts!
What does?
The realization that every new day
means development. Constancy is
boring.
What do you dream of?
I hope the takeaway from all
the madness we’re currently
experiencing will be us drawing
the right conclusions and gaining
insight for how to make positive
change.
What would you say today to the
driven racer Marcel from back
then?
Do you want to be successful right
off the bat or could you accept a
couple of overall World Cup wins
fewer? I’ve often thought now that
it would have been good to have
taken a break, to have lifted my foot
off the pedal. But would I have won
eight overall World Cup victories if
I had?
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Adventurer and photographer, 52, SUI.
Leads exclusive expeditions for small
groups to challenging destinations,
including the North Pole.
Thomas
Ulrich
Living on
thin ice
Marooned on an ice floe for four
days, the adventurer learned that
there’s strength in staying calm.
The man fighting through icy seas in a bright
orange waterproof suit in the picture below is
Thomas Ulrich. He’s an old hand when it comes to
adventures in the Arctic, and he’s understood that
strength only comes from staying calm. That’s
exactly why he’s still alive now. The story, which
shapes him to this day, takes us back to 2006, when
Ulrich wanted to make a solo trip across the Arctic
from Russia to Canada. He set off and found
himself for a week at the Arctic Cape—a forbidding
place. “I lost patience. An error.” Plus, the ice that
year was thin, in some places just 6 inches thick.
Within just a few miles, the expedition had turned
into a disaster. A storm pushed the ice sheet up
against the land and it broke. “A crack appeared a
meter away from my tent, and then on the other
side there was another, and then a third and a
fourth,” Ulrich recalls. He was marooned on the
Top: Saying goodbye to his companion Christine Kopp
at Cape Arktitscheski in the Arctic Ocean. From there,
it was another 615 miles to the North Pole. Above: The
tent where Ulrich held out for four days before being
rescued. In this picture, the ice is still intact. It later
broke up into small floes.
floe for four days. At first he panicked, but then the
sea, bobbing up and down, provided an almost
meditative calm. He had a revelation. “Life may not
be secure, but change doesn’t have to mean
catastrophe.” By the time a helicopter came to
rescue him, he had learned—literally—how to
walk on thin ice. “I now know how to stay calm in a
crisis. Upheaval hasn’t made me panic since then.”
THOMAS ULRICH, ULI WIESMEIER WOLFGANG WIESER
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Skateboarder, 31, GER.
Scholz is famous for his amazing videos. But
before he could show the world his talents, he
had to deal with the fallout of a misdiagnosis.
Vladik
Scholz
LORENZ HOLDER/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, JONATHAN MEHRING/RED BULL CONTENT POOL MARC DECKERT
Flying high: Street skater Scholz has made a name for himself with his elegant style.
“I decided to see the
positive in small things.
And everything suddenly
got going again“
When living on the breadline and not
off kickflips, Scholz’s biggest trick
was learning to think differently.
“I tore a ligament in my left foot when I was 23.
Normally that takes a couple of months to heal, but
the doctor missed some cartilage damage, the joint
became inflamed and I was going to be out for who
knew how long. My then sponsor backed out and I
was living off 300 euros a month. But I found that
your body’s driving force kicks in most when you’re
at rock bottom. Within a few weeks, something was
stirring inside me, and I decided to see the positive in
small things. Going up and down stairs on crutches?
A good workout. I enrolled at university. I read books.
One year and three operations later, I started fresh.
The last video material I had helped me secure new
sponsors, and all of a sudden I was back on the road
and shooting videos. Everything got going again.”
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Photographer, 50, FRA.
Beyond his work as the photo editor for the French
sports newspaper L’Equipe, Seguin is widely known
for capturing breathtaking images underwater.
Franck
Seguin
Beauty is truth
“We all have the responsibility to take care of the creation that we inherited,” says
Seguin when asked to explain his underwater work. “This is not our property—we will
have to hand it off to future generations. As a person and a photographer, I modestly try
to testify to others about the beauty of the world to make them want to protect it.”
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