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Mike Sielski

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Born in New Brunswick, N.J., and raised just outside Philadelphia, Mike Sielski (1975-) is the author of "Fading Echoes: A True Story of Rivalry and Brotherhood from the Football Field to the Fields of Honor." In 2005, he co-authored the book "How to Be Like Jackie Robinson: Life Lessons from Baseball's Greatest Hero" with Pat Williams. A 1997 graduate of La Salle University and a 1998 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Sielski has been the sports columnist for Calkins Media, a chain of daily newspapers in suburban Philadelphia, since 2003.

Cory Richards

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Cory Richards is an internationally renowned photographer, filmmaker, and author of the memoir . He is the first and only American to climb one of the world's 8000m peaks in winter. His documentation of the climb and aftermath of the experience was made into the award-winning documentary COLD and appeared on the cover of the 125th anniversary issue of . Richards is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Photographer Fellow, and a two-time recipient of an Explorers Grant. He has photographed twelve feature assignments for the magazine. He has an active speaking career, in which he speaks about conservation,...