Life I

<n>The North Face</n>'s <n>The Oval Intention</n> tent in Peru, 1982. Photo by <n>Galen Rowell</n>.

Behind the scenes at <n>Angkor Wat</n> with <n>Maggie Cheung</n> and <n>Tony Leung Chiu-wai</n> for <n>Wong Kar-wai</n>'s film <n>In the Mood for Love</n>.

A still from <n>René Clément</n>'s 1960 film <n>Purple Noon</n> with <n>Alain Delon</n> and <n>Marie Laforêt</n>.

Surfer and photographer <n>George Greenough</n>.

A vintage advertisement for the outdoor brand <n>Patagonia</n>.

A freediver swims with a vertically sleeping <n>Sperm Whale</n>.

Cover of the <n>Patagonia</n> Mail Order Catalog from Fall 1987.

Photographer <n>James ARThur Foto</n> and his wife on their 17th anniversary.

Snowboarder <n>Ryland Bell</n> in Alaska for the <n>Patagonia</n> Winter 2007 catalog. Photo by <n>Tyler Roemer</n>.

Photograph <n>Traversée Midi-Plan</n> by <n>Pierre Tairraz</n>.

The cover of <n>The North Face</n>'s Spring 1992 catalog.

South African mountaineer <n>Sibusiso Vilane</n>, the first black man to complete the Three Poles Challenge.

Photo by <n>HOMER HELIOS</n> of a surfer at <n>Santa Teresa Beach</n>.

<n>Ryan Valasek</n> on assignment for <n>National Geographic</n> at <n>The Devils Thumb</n>, Alaska. Photo by <n>Renan Ozturk</n>.

Camp 1 on <n>Mount Cho Oyu</n> in 2006. Photo by <n>Jamie McGuinness</n>.

<n>Yvon Chouinard</n> on a trip to the <n>Patagonia</n> region in 1968. Photo by <n>Chris Tompkins</n>.

Surfers at <n>Noosa Heads</n>, 1976. From <n>Nat Young</n>'s book, <n>Church of the Open Sky</n>.

Photograph by <n>Henri Cartier-Bresson</n>.

A self-portrait of mountaineer <n>Sibusiso Vilane</n> on Denali's West Buttress.

Climbers <n>David Lama</n> and <n>Peter Ortner</n> on the approach to <n>Cerro Torre</n>. Photo by <n>Corey Rich</n>.

<n>Sam Hawk</n> at Velzyland, photographed by <n>Alan Rich</n>.

Traveller <n>Long-Nong Huang</n> in an ice cave.