Oct 8, 2025
Adventure photographer Dan Milner has spent three decades
turning a bike into a passport. From North Korea to Afghanistan,
from camping among polar bears in Svalbard to being buried by a
10-day Alaskan blizzard, his career has been about chasing risk,
chasing stories, and suffering for the photo. During this episode
we get into the infamous 1994 MBUK self-timer 'selfie' that started
it all, smuggling bikes onto gondolas in flip-flops, why real risk
changes as you age, the strange normality of Pyongyang, bivvying
through a typhoon with minders in polythene raincoats, and the wild
beauty of Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor.
Dan also opens up about leaving Chamonix after 24 years for a
biodiversity project on the Isle of Skye, the demise of magazines
versus short form content, mentoring the next generation, and where
AI does (and doesn’t) fit into adventure storytelling.
We hope you enjoy the fascinating look into one of the world's most
respected adventure photographers.
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