54 OUTSIDE MAGAZINE
Beau Kahler
Professional climbers are not
models, which is why Kahler has
become accustomed to direct-
ing his subjects in order to get
interesting images. But during a
three-day trip to Nevada’s Red
Rock Canyon National Conser-
vation Area in 2016, climber Nina
Williams scurried up the highball
boulder Plumber’s Crack on a
whim. “It wasn’t planned at all,”
Kahler says. “Just a candid, re-
laxed moment. You can get that
with Nina. She does everything
so naturally.” —E.R.Dispatches Exposure
09/10.19