Kyle is an award-winning environmental photographer, filmmaker, and writer sponsored by The North Face and a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, Explorers Club, and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He is an annual jury member of China’s Outdoor Environmental Awards, recipient of an Outstanding Alumni Award from Peking University, runner-up for Adventure Photographer of the Year and Exploration of the Year in China, and a TV personality in China known for his work with forest rangers and conservation NGOs. As a mountain athlete, he holds speed records running across Mt. Kenya in Kenya and Mt. Minya Konka in China. Recently, he is a co-founder of the China Outdoors and Conservation Network, a non-profit dedicated to spreading visual stories supporting China’s wild lands conservation.