“The very heart of geography—the search for our sense of
place and self in the world—is constituted by the
practice of looking and is, in effect, a study of images.”

(Aitken and Zonn, 1994: 7)

Bicycling the Laos-China Railway

Upper Mustang, Nepal

The Ladakhi Himalaya

Boten Border Zone

Kham and Amdo Tibet

Dolakha, Nepal

Xinjiang

The Kashmir Valley

Cambodia

China & Infrastructure

Bicycling Taiwan

Film.

The following are projects on which I’ve assisted or advised.

Kids and bikes; wherever you are in the world, they go together. The chaotic streets of Kathmandu may not seem like a typical breeding ground for world-class mountain bikers, but then again nothing is typical about Rajesh (RJ) Magar. Since learning to ride on a beat-up clunker, to becoming the four-time National Champion at age 21, RJ’s story is one of boundless childhood dreaming and unstoppable determination, forged from junkyard scraps and tested on the rugged trails of the mighty Himalaya. A BeAlive Original Director: Joey Schusler Co-Directors: Ben Page & Aidan Haley Producers: Mandil Pradhan & Joey Schusler Cinematography: Joey Schusler & Ben Page Editor: Aidan Haley Assistant Editor: Ben Page Sound Engineer: Keith White Audio Art Direction: Good Fortune Collective Motion Design: Shotgun Infinity Colorist: Dylan Hageman Location Support: H&I Adventures Language Coordinator: Jessica DiCarlo Nepali Translations: Mandil Pradhan, Richa Shakya, Yukta Bajracharya, Shristi Shrestha Supported By: Yeti Cycles, Fox Shox, Outdoor Research, Enve Composites, Smith Optics, Clif Bar, Maxxis Tires, and H&I Adventures Music: “Big Om of Tibet” Tibetan Monks, Traditional “Reshamm”, Nepathya “Atmos VI”, A Winged Victory for the Sullen “Taal Ko Pani”, Nepathya “Daydream (feat. Ashwin Srinivasan)”, Nitin Sawhney “Mountain Song”, Assaraimasko Dabdabhelio “Mountain High”, Bipul Chettri

The chaotic streets of Kathmandu may not seem like a typical breeding ground for world-class mountain bikers, but then again nothing is typical about Rajesh (RJ) Magar. Since learning to ride on a beat-up clunker, to becoming the four-time National Champion at age 21, RJ’s story is one of boundless childhood dreaming and unstoppable determination, forged from junkyard scraps and tested on the rugged trails of the mighty Himalaya.

Director: Joey Schusler. Co-Directors: Ben Page & Aidan Haley
Producers: Mandil Pradhan & Joey Schusler. Cinematography: Joey Schusler & Ben Page
Editor: Aidan Haley, Assistant Editor: Ben Page
Sound Engineer: Keith White Audio Art. Direction: Good Fortune Collective Motion
Design: Shotgun Infinity Colorist: Dylan Hageman Location Support: H&I Adventures
Language Coordinator: Jessica DiCarlo
Translation: Mandil Pradhan, Richa Shakya, Yukta Bajracharya, Shristi Shrestha
Supported By: Yeti Cycles, Fox Shox, Outdoor Research, Enve Composites, Smith Optics, Clif Bar, Maxxis Tires, and H&I Adventures
Music: “Big Om of Tibet” Tibetan Monks, Traditional “Reshamm”, Nepathya “Atmos VI”, A Winged Victory for the Sullen “Taal Ko Pani”, Nepathya “Daydream (feat. Ashwin Srinivasan)”, Nitin Sawhney “Mountain Song”, Assaraimasko Dabdabhelio “Mountain High”, Bipul Chettri

High in the Himalayan hinterlands of southwest China, three majestic mountains soar above sprawling floodplains that spill into the country’s sweltering lowlands. Over the centuries, various Dalai Lamas have ordained these towering peaks as sacred, and the Tibetan people who inhabit this isolated region revere them as granite gods. A pilgrimage around the base of these 19,000-foot-high giants is considered a holy undertaking, and those lucky enough to finish this arduous circuit—known as the ‘Yading Kora’—hope the effort will purify a lifetime of negative karma. Inspired by this time-honored rite of passage, three adventurers set out to complete this kora on mountain bikes, carrying everything they need to survive the 10-day mission themselves. Featuring Brice Minnigh as 'Lǐ Hóngqí' Sam Seward as 'Xióngmāo Bǎobǎo' Joey Schusler as ‘Zhǔxí' A film by Joey Schusler Written by Brice Minnigh Cinematography by Joey Schusler and Brice Minnigh Editing by Aidan Haley Sound by Ridgeline Sound Color by Dylan Hageman Art by Good Fortune Collective VFX by Shotgun Infinity & Solid Alpha Media Partner Bike Magazine Supported By Yeti Cycles, Thule, SRAM, RockShox, ENVE, Smith Optics, Outdoor Research, Big Agnes Tibetan Narration Dorje Yashi Mandarin Narration Brice Minnigh Language Coordinator Jessica Dicarlo Camera Tracking Chris Jimmo China Logistics Alex Tang Music Tibetan Singing Bowls Tibetan Singing Bowls Another Ballad for Heavy Lids Starts of the Lid Scene 1: Prologue in Heaven Opéra du Sichuan Mansion Door Written by Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Rayland Baxter, Christopher Boosahda, Patrick O'Connor, Jonathan Shaw Performed by Shakey Graves Courtesy of Dualtone Records and Words & Music, A Division of Big Deal Music, LLC

Director: Joey Schusler
Writer: Brice Minnigh
Cinematography: Joey Schusler & Brice Minnigh
Editor: Aidan Haley
Sound: Ridgeline Sound, Color: Dylan Hageman
Art: Good Fortune Collective; VFX: Shotgun Infinity & Solid Alpha Media
Partner: Bike Magazine, Support: Yeti Cycles, Thule, SRAM, RockShox, ENVE, Smith Optics, Outdoor Research, Big Agnes
Language Coordinator: Jessica DiCarlo, Tibetan Narration: Dorje Tashi, Mandarin Narration: Brice Minnigh
Camera Tracking: Chris Jimmo, China Logistics: Alex Tang
Music: Tibetan Singing Bowls Another Ballad for Heavy Lids Starts of the Lid Scene 1: Prologue in Heaven Opéra du Sichuan Mansion Door Written by Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Rayland Baxter, Christopher Boosahda, Patrick O'Connor, Jonathan Shaw Performed by Shakey Graves Courtesy of Dualtone Records and Words & Music, A Division of Big Deal Music, LLC

“The very heart of geography—the search for our sense of place and self in the world—is constituted by the practice of looking and is, in effect, a study of images.”