Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Reaching the Summit

Elite athlete, photographer and writer Jan Reynolds has an adventurous spirit that fuels extreme adventures — including four-month intensives with indigenous people in the world's most remote places for her children's book series, Vanishing Cultures. Whether crossing the Sahara Desert on camel or exploring a Himalayan salt-trade route, the native Vermonter captures compelling images that convey human similarities regardless of geographic and economic circumstances. Inspired by her experiences, Reynolds founded Good Fun-d to facilitate educational access worldwide. She hosts the Great Up and Over at the Trapp Family Nordic Center, where participants cross-country ski and snowshoe to benefit Tibetan refugees in India.