Ted Hesser

@garrettmadison1 peering down from Camp 2 on Ama Dablam (20,000 ft), at sunset. • We are back in Kathmandu, down from the mountain safe and sound. Looking forward to sharing more images soon. • For now I’ll just say that climbing Ama Dablam was a long-held dream of mine, and I’m very thankful to have had a shot at it. @boldbravebeautifullife made this all come together. We met at a coffee shop and one week later were flying to Nepal ! Crazy how life can move like that sometimes. Check out Jenn’s feed to see more from this trip. • The climb was very difficult - more so than expected. In fact everyone I’ve spoken with who’s climbed Ama Dablam and Everest says that summit day on Ama is substantially more difficult than Everest. Partly because ppl use oxygen on Everest, and not on Ama. And partially because Ama is very steep technical snow, ice and rock the whole way (vs Everest being essentially a high altitude hike from the south side). Our climbing Sherpa Aang Pherba also said that Ama is more technical than K2, which he’s been on three times. So there you have it. I didn’t really know any of this beforehand. But now I know. Ama Dablam is a serious mountain ! Thankful our team all summited, and safely descended. No injuries or deaths or frostbite. Hurray for a successful expedition. And now time to fly home to be with Martina and Zeus !

Land before time.

Totality. From another time, another place, another dimension. Hope everyone enjoyed the cosmic show. This is available as a print, link in profile.

A short cut from my latest for @streetphilosophersociety — a new foundation from @bradkeywell & @shakasenghor , spotlighting modern-day philosophers. We aired the longer piece at @summit yesterday. Grateful to @emilyslade and @reprise_post , @versuscreative for the collaboration.

Sharing the full length video of my latest project for @streetphilosophersociety . Was an honor to direct / shoot this brand launch video with the incredibly talented and wise @shakasenghor @bradkeywell1 & @emilyslade . In collab with @reprise_post @versuscreative .

@m_synnott has chased the world’s greatest mysteries—from the lost Franklin expedition in the Arctic to the search for Sandy Irvine’s body high on Everest. In this excerpt from our long-form podcast, we dive into the meaning of exploration in the modern age. Full episode up on the Ted Hesser Podcast on all platforms.

New longform podcast up with @m_synnott . Check it out over on the Ted Hesser Podcast, available on all platforms. Deep dive into the Franklin Mystery, the Northwest passage, and the Golden Age of Exploration.

Proud to have produced this brand video for Lilac Solutions, a next-gen lithium extraction company tackling one of the biggest challenges in clean energy. Most people don’t realize that traditional lithium extraction is wreaking havoc on land and water resources — and simply won’t scale to lithium deposits the world over. Enter Lilac: backed by $300M+ in funding, they’ve demonstrated a game-changing method that extracts lithium from brine without depleting water resources. Their process returns the water to its original chemical composition (minus lithium, plus a trace of salt). Scalable, sustainable, and a huge step forward for the energy transition. 🎥 @johnrodosky crushed the edit 📸 @realsimonfraser joined me for a few epic shoot days at the Great Salt Lake If you’re in tech or business and need high-quality brand storytelling, let’s talk—I’m looking for more projects in this space!

Just shipped this one off as as a print. Into the storm on Denali. @plp_mcafee leading the way.

An iconic campsite. Camp 2 on Ama Dablam. Can’t beat the views but it’s a little crowded by the loo.

Going experimental in a snowstorm up high on Aconcagua :) - kinda dig the abstraction. Would prob be cool as large format wall art.

Cerro Mercedaruo, seen from up high on Aconcagua in the Central Andes last week. Had a few epic sunsets while camped out up there through a storm cycle. This peak is just a few hundred meters shorter than Aconcagua, but is barely known or climbed. Would love to plan another trip there some day.