Dispatches Exposure
52 OUTSIDE MAGAZINE
09/10.19Big Shots
A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHERS SHARE
THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES OF THEIR FAVORITE PICTURESKrystle Wright
In 2010, Wright wanted an aerial photo of a BASE jumper leaping from Moab’s 400-foot Castle-
ton Tower. She couldn’t afford to charter a helicopter, and the era of drones hadn’t yet begun. So
she enlisted the help of a few friends and a local motorized-parachute pilot. Wright formulated a
plan with jumpers Michael Tomchek and Mick Knurbin the night before and was in radio contact
with them just prior to her takeoff. But once in the air, the noise from the chute’s engine made
communication impossible. “It’s hilarious to look back on how chaotic it was,” says Wright. “It was
sheer luck that Michael leaped as we flew past the tower.” —EMILY REEDADVENTURE
2019