Kyle Obermann 欧阳凯
@KyleExplores
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🏔🐼 photographer @ILCP | 📸📝 @NatGeo @bioGraphic @BBC @nytimestravel 澎湃新闻、三联生活、中国国家地理等 | @PKU1898 alumni award
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The world associates China with the urban metropolis at the risk of forgetting its wild and wildlife. It's the earth's 4th most biodiverse nation.
The first piece from my new column with
@thechinaproj
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Snow leopard spotted down in the town of Yushu, Qinghai Province!Pretty insane, some are wondering if it has to do with all the lockdowns and lack of people on the streets.
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Incredible shot of a
#snowleopard
from my friend Puwajia at almost 5000m on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai Province. Incredible to see how good Tibetans are getting at putting up camera traps around their home. Much better than me!
@snowleopards
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The winning shot of this year’s mammals category of the China wildlife photography awards is incredible!!
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After months of research and years of travel, excited to finally publish this story with
@NatGeo
A deep thanks to all the Chinese NGOs and ranger friends who took me to these incredible places.
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Rangers caught a Tibetan blue bear and her cubs emerging from hibernation on video today in China's newly created Sanjiangyuan Nat. Park! Pretty amazing and wouldn't want to be anywhere closer than that.
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Wolves have a turbulent history in China: from being the target of state-promoted extermination to becoming a protected species this year. China just more than doubled its number of protected species. My newest story out here with
@supchinanews
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There's no travel guide in existence that does justice to western Sichuan. For the sake of these places I rather hope it stays that way.
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Hey Austin, how about that light show tonight? Sound on!
@KXAN_Weather
@AustinWeather
@NWSSanAntonio
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One morning in Qinghai: Tibetan herders use this home for their summer and fall yak pastures before the snow really comes in. In their off-time, they work to monitor climate change's effects on the glaciers of Amnye Machen, the holy mountain towering above their doorstep.
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On 7 day patrol with rangers in Sichuan. Found one old bullet casing on day 3 and one wire trap on day 5. Views were incredible. Glad to be working with folks who appreciated them at least as much as I did!
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Wow! Just discovered my photo is the home page of the new Giant Panda National Park website. I've had many of my photos surprisingly show up in strange corners in China without my consent or credit but this is one of the better ones at least...
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5 days tracking China's recently discovered (and last) Skywalker gibbons inside of China's most spectacular forest (imho). In case you missed it, read and see more here with
@bioGraphic
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240,000 views in 24hrs: the outpouring of energy for US China climate collaboration online after the trailer is incredible and inspiring!!!
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The good writer in me was supposed to work on a pitch yesterday afternoon until the rebellious adventure photographer looked out the window and took control. No regrets!
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My team and I are so excited to receive this funding for a project that has been in my dreams for years and years. China’s wilderness needs to be known and protected. Thanks so much to everyone. Big things are coming!! 🙏
"The China Outdoors Collective is a platform that brings Chinese landscape conservation photographers together to give them the power and the tools to use their photography to tell Chinese stories" —
@KyleExplores
, co-founder of China Outdoors Collective:
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If someone tries to tell you Shanghai is better than Beijing they don't like the outdoors. Period. Please don't start about Moganshan either.
Shot for Outdoor magazine in the winter of 2018.
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Some screenshots from episode 4 of my 中文 docuseries about US-China climate collaboration and net zero! Editing editing editing and hopefully out soon!
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Honored to join
@outofedenwalk
remotely through photographs of China's Hengduan Mountains with
@NatGeo
and a great edit by
@pritheeva
. These mountains and stories are so enchanting, both today and how they shaped so much of southwest China's history.
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Traveling to Lijiang and NOT following the guidebooks: 10/10 would recommend.
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FINALLY, after returning from Asia to the US, this year-long project is out: US-China Journey to Net Zero! 187 minutes of content showcasing how US companies, communities, and individuals are involved in climate action and engaging with China! Enjoy the trailer!
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Some days at work are better than others. Unreal views running around Mt. Fuji this weekend - my first time to see this incredible peak from the ground!
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Spent the first day of 2022 breathing in an old growth forest. Definitely one of the better ways to spend Jan 1!
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Tibetans release a wolf caught in a fence up on the Tibetan Plateau yesterday. Amazing to see humans be merciful to nature... need more do this!
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Sichuan: Almost 6000m elv. gain in 24km 😮 Anyone know what’s the record here, anything greater than this in Nepal?
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Can confirm that the SinoVac goes down better with immediate post-jab dim sum. (also that I was the only foreigner getting it (can’t wait to check on my Chengdu apartment after 1.5yrs))
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In the spirit of China's 植树节, here are some photos from an Ant Forest nature reserve in Sichuan Province. That's a 5,588m beauty poking out there in pic 3!
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China’s first 5 national parks are official! Sanjiangyuan, Giant Panda, Northeast Tiger and Leopard, Hainian Rainforest, and Mt. Wuyi all made the first cut!
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About to complain Boston weather but then Tibetan friends sent me this.
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After way too many hours of searching online, finally found that
#China
has a usable, public map up of all national-level nature reserves in the country (as of May!). There's a lot more on here too, there goes the rest of the weekend!
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This is why I miss living over there. Friends in Chengdu just paraglided 8400m over Sichuan’s tallest peak (7556m) some 250km outside the city!!! Y’all still debating about Beijing vs. Shanghai? 🙄
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For a long time I kept this in a closet afraid to get it old or dirty. It’s one of my most prized possessions from one of my favorite years (2015) that I worked very hard to earn running with Chinese teammates. But I can say it now feels better to wear it and remember!
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Some of my photos of China’s last 200 Skywalker gibbons were used in a Children’s museum this weekend in Chongqing. Although still not being able to be there hurts a lot, seeing this warms my heart up a bit. Even if we can’t be there, the work never stops. 💚
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“A very small percentage of people I know online or offline who are talking about camping grasp the true spirit of it. Most people are just there to take photos"
The gulf between camping and glamping is a very, very wide one. Nice reporting
@SiyuanMeng9
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From 2017 one freezing night on 香山 when fireworks hadn't been totally banned in Beijing for CNY. 祝大家新年快乐，家人安康，工作顺利，万事如意！
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The graves of glaciers - scree and debris along ancient moraines are the only telltale signs of where the last glacier in Nyenpo Yurtse Qinghai used to exist. Now the glacier, covered in brown dust, is only a fraction of what it once was at 17,000ft.
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Stumbled on this work photo of us on the Tibetan Plateau after surveying the last glacier in Nyenpo Yurtse before the pandemic. Those days were so special.
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There’s lots of reasons to love this Chinese New Year. Personally I’m a big fan of the epic yak videos I get sent!!! Happy year of the yak everybody!
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Talk about China these days is all about the next Cold War, Huawei, or COVID - which is probably valid - but China’s also making its own epic version of the Appalachian trail in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Gansu. I swear it’s more uplifting news.
@supchinanews
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Tibetan grassroots-led pasture restoration in Qinghai.
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@StephenMcDonell
Okay but the woman on the other end deserves a medal for patience. I’m sure her life is a lot harder than this guy’s!
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Bold claim: Sichuan basin is looking better than anywhere else in China today. Photo courtesy of Luo Guojian.
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The first three episodes of US-China Journey to Net Zero funded by the
@StateDept
comes out this week in China. The Chinese online support in full 国庆节 🇨🇳 pride for the series is so hopeful and encouraging to see. Collaboration must be and is possible.
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Well, this is new. When China Daily reporters have been reading too many Beatitudes lately.
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To all those “China hands” and everyone else - name these quintessential peaks!!
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"Chyna" the person behind these subtitles needs an award
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In a Chinese forest far, far away... Finally got paid to photograph and describe the last 150 of
@HamillHimself
's arboreal ancestors! Pretty excited this piece is finally out!!
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A few days ago this massive glacial collapse occurred on Sichuan’s highest peak. 3min long apparently - just terrifying!
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Tibetan fox in
#China
's new Qilian Mountains National Park gettin' camera curious. Photos courtesy of friends over at Eco-Bridge Continental, a Chinese NGO.
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Eileen Gu just absolutely crushed it and her raw joy is so wonderful and inspiring to see!!
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Happy to back doing what I love in the states! Some bts of our first few days shooting our new series about US-China climate action & cooperation
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From my rooftop in Brooklyn this morning - last Lunar eclipse NYC will see until 2025
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This year, China’s 10 first national parks become official. They’re much biggger and different than anything in the west (and much more than just pandas). See more in my newest story:
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Successfully negotiated a 7% raise while renewing an annual client contract to account for last year’s insane inflation! An idea I’m pretty I got from
@wudanyan
’s past tweets about freelancing. Thanks!!
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Two locations within a day's drive of each other on the Tibetan Plateau. The glacier on the left is rapidly shrinking and the dunes on the right are rapidly expanding. What we're losing here, everywhere, is invaluable.
#ClimateChange
#China
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China's wild will blow your mind!
#SomewhereOnlyWeKnow
: Pack you gear and escape from the concrete jungle. Nature will amaze you wherever whenever you start to explore. 🚣♀️🧗♂️🚵♂️
Drift your mind in the wonderland located at Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, SW China's Sichuan Province.🗻(Photo:
@KyleExplores
)
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horrible new from China’s ultra marathon community this morning... 21 out of 171 runners have passed from hypothermia after a sudden storm in a Gansu race. The entirety of China’s ultra community is in shock and not sure how this will affect future races in the county.
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Fighting boredom with taking the same ‘ol shot is the best tool I know for improving.
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China’s tallest tree!! 😍 any guesses as to where it is? (This is also a great mag fyi)
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China’s first woman to summit Everest with no Oxygen!
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Following up on Chinese camping… there may not be very many English resources out there for people in China, but this one deserves a prize!
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My newest out with
@NatGeo
. In the last 30 years China has completely reversed the panda’s situation. Now, conservationists are pointing out the need for a whole ecosystems approach. Thanks to
@cdellamore
and
@AlexandraMoreo
for working with me on this!
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Footage released by 三联生活周刊 of the Gansu race from the race official videographers. The disorganization of the race and lack of communication is horrifying.
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New episode is out! Who’s down to walk 2300km from Dali, Yunnan to Hezuo, Gansu?
Thru-trails are not your average hike— they can span thousands of miles and go deep into the wild.
Our Nature Contributor Kyle Obermann explores China’s thru-trail that links some of the world’s most beautiful backpacking routes.
@KyleExplores
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Just some Chinese tourists in Yunnan sending a 17er on New Year's Day.
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First article of my new Conservation China series with
@supchinanews
is out now, featuring nomads documenting climate change in their backyard on the slopes of Amnye Machen (6,282m) on the Tibetan Plateau.
#China
#ClimateChange
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New video story out about journey with China's last Skywalker gibbons and their protectors.
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1 year and counting since I’ve been able to water my house plants in Chengdu, but as long as I’m not there so excited that Chinese National Geography invited a ranger from Sichuan to receive my award in Bilibili’s inaugural wildlife film competition for 1st place in short films!
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Useless China trivia flex: Hubei is two provinces from everywhere.
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Drive from Austin to Dallas: 211 miles.
Drive from Chengdu to Kangding: 203 miles.
Weekend getaways in China: beyond the smog.
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2 yrs ago I went up onto the last glacier in Nyenpo Yurtse, Qinghai
#China
with a local Tibetan conservation group to mark the glacier's retreat with
@thenorthface
. Wonder how it's doing now?
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This is 1 complete day in my quarantine life! Lots of fun! The part with hip-hop is the middle is online dance class.
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Ever seen a
#panda
swim across a flooding river? This video from Wanglang NR has been making the rounds recently online in China.
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#China
's first 10 pilot national parks are under independent review due to be completed by October - and the final park list announced by year's end!
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If Trump really bans wechat how will I play the daily mountain peak guessing challenge in our 500-strong chat group?
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Exciting to see this today in China. Even though my work has crushed by Covid, grit is still getting me through day by day. Check out
@angeladuckw
’s book on that topic. Who else is surviving day by day on perseverance?
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Messages like these are beautiful and give me so much hope for the internet ☺️
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Too much screen time recently… really looking forward to some summertime mountain meditation 🧘♂️
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the internet can be a good place the internet can be a good place the internet can be a good place the internet can be a good place we can all get along - small rays of light!
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Tell me I’m not the only one with too many unknown wechat contacts from who knows when/where sending generic CNY wishes.
In other news, this really goes to show how tough CNY 2020 was for so many in China.
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When the wolves stopped following us, that’s when the bears started 🤣 miss this!
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Very excited to become an ambassador for
@KeyConservation
. This project and app has the potential to be game-changing for small conservation groups and young people who have the means to contribute time and skills rather than just $$$
Want to know more about what we are building over here at Key Conservation? Check out our video and stay tuned for some exciting developments!
#KeyApp
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I swear kayaking opportunities on the Tibetan Plateau are underrated.
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China’s new national park on the border of Russia focusing on protecting Siberian tiger and Amur leopard habitat is now under the final stages of review for it to become an official park. Results of the review are scheduled to come out after Aug. 15.
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It's 2019 and I finally made it onto twitter. 我是不是太土了？Who can name these three peaks and the mountain range they belong to?
#China
#ExploreToConserve
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My hero Yu Jiahua has been recognized by the
@ExplorersClub
inaugural "The Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World that the World Needs to Know About"! This great-grandfather saved takins from local extinction. It was such an inspiration to patrol with him 2yrs ago.
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Papouli is 99 today. We talked about the climate crisis, China’s Covid protocols, Taiwan and US-China relations. I asked how he keeps so up to date. He replied, “this is the only I stuff I care about anymore.” In love with his unfailing concern and engagement with the world. ❤️🙏
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Wow, an avalanche hit the tourist-heavy Yubeng village in Yunnan yesterday. Thankfully, seems most people were okay.
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What happens when you use WeChat location data to map China's wilderness? 72% of China becomes wilderness area. Perhaps a bit optimistic, but a very cool project
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Yunnan just outlawed camping and filming in national forests. Not sure how this affects
#China
’s outdoor communities because there’s no map!
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