Alpine climber Cory Richards scales great heights to become a NatGeo photographer

Richards speaking at The Cooler Earth Sustainability Summit held in Kuala Lumpur recently. Behind him is the selfie that he took after coming out alive from an avalanche. The image was featured on the cover of National Geographic. — CIMB Malaysia

Apparently, you can take a selfie and it can get you on the cover of National Geographic, extreme adventurer Cory Richards said with a straight face.

The audience before him broke out in a chorus of laughter.