Seven Gables, Sierras, CA

MERU co-director, Jimmy Chin, has combined a life of art and adventure as a photographer, documentary filmmaker and a 14-year veteran of The North Face Athlete Team. His photography has been featured in National Geographic and Outside Magazine, he has shot and directed numerous documentary and commercial projects, and he has made notable first ascents around the world and skied first descents in the Himalayas. He has a degree in Asian Studies from Carleton College in Minnesota. He now splits his time between Jackson Hole, Wyoming and New York City with his co-director and wife, Chai Vasarhelyi, and their daughter Marina.