Award-winning journalist Christopher Solomon has eaten blubber cut from a freshly-killed whale, been shot at by riot police in the WTO-crazed streets of Seattle, helicopter-skied from the back of a 200-foot mega-yacht, and chased sunken treasure within sight of New York’s Empire State Building. His ability to vividly sketch a scene and his passion for writing about passionate people, has led to frequent assignments from The New York Times, Outside, and Ski. His work has also appeared in the anthology Best American Travel Writing.