Corey Rich

Biography

Corey Rich is a visual storyteller focusing on the outdoor lifestyle. He captures both still photographs and videos for the creation of multimedia projects for editorial and commercial clients. His editorial work includes assignments for National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times Magazine. Commercial clients include Anheuser-Busch, Apple, Nike, and The North Face. His first book is My Favorite Place: Great Athletes in the Great Outdoors (Chronicle, 2006).

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ESSAYS / Summer 2012

China’s Little Yosemite

By Mark Jenkins ,  Photography by Corey Rich

Foreigners are not allowed in newly opened Keketuohai National Geological Park. But, drawn by a hundred 1000-foot granite domes that rise above the coniferous forests and the gushing, emerald-green Irytish River, how could we stay away?

The impossibly smooth granite-dome walls of Keketuohai had, to the local people’s and climbing team member’s knowledge, never before been scaled. Photo by Corey Rich.