Jimmy Chin calls both New York City and Jackson Hole home these days, but he鈥檚 rarely in either locale. He spends much of his time traveling the world for photo and film assignments and climbing expeditions. His 2015 feature-length documentary, , won the audience choice award at the Sundance Film Festival, and last June he shot Alex Honnold鈥檚 free solo of El Capitan.聽We caught up with Chin in between trips to ask him what he keeps on his bedside table.
Memoir

鈥淚鈥檓 about to read Tommy Caldwell鈥檚 book, . It鈥檚 been sitting on my bed stand for a while and I have every intention of reading it. I just haven鈥檛 been home in two months.鈥
Insulated Mug

鈥淚f I鈥檓 home, I like to drink a nice cup of tea from a while I鈥檓 reading before I go to bed.鈥
Phone

鈥淢测 is my alarm.聽It鈥檚 always there.鈥
Laptop

鈥淚 know I shouldn鈥檛 do this, but I鈥檓 often either reading the news or hammering emails on my before I go to bed.鈥
Noise-Canceling Headphones

鈥淚 travel with my on all the time and watch movies with them if I get the chance聽before falling asleep.鈥
Movies

鈥淚 watch a lot of documentaries聽to see what鈥檚 out there. I watch most of my narrative films on planes or in theaters. And yes, I still go to the movies. The latest narrative film I watched was , a dark comedy directed by Ruben Ostland. It was a really amazing and sometimes awful film to watch.鈥
Magazines
鈥淚 keep a stack of recent issues of the , , , and yes, magazine by my bed, waiting to be read.鈥