Tristan Kennedy is a British feature writer based in the Italian Dolomites. He specializes in stories about adventure, outdoor sports, and the climate crisis.
His work has appeared regularly in newspapers including The Financial Times and The Telegraph as well as magazines like WIRED, VICE, Red Bulletin and of course Outside.
Born in Malaysia, he developed a love of mountain sports and culture while growing up in Kazakhstan and, later, working seasonal jobs in the French Alps. He’s covered two Winter Olympics, and reported from destinations including Nepal, Bhutan, North Korea and Svalbard. Despite years of effort, he’s not nearly as good at climbing, mountain biking, or splitboarding as he would like.
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When Eberhard Jurgalski determined that Reinhold Messner narrowly missed a key summit, he told the world. He’s still dealing with the fallout.
Produced by two self-proclaimed “harbingers of queer chaos” and premiering in London, it’s the most delightfully surreal courtroom drama you’ll see this year
After the enormous earthquake in February, one group of Turkish mountaineers headed east, to help in any way they could