Going to extremes

摘要

He's never happierthan when shinning hundreds of metres up a rope to study lizards in the high canopy, skiing over glaciers lookingfor ice worms, or paddlingfor dear life on a pack raft down lethal white water-just forthe hell of it. Roman Dial is one of an elite breed, an "extreme" scientist who combines a passion for dangerous sports with a love of difficult biology. Eleanor Case caught up with him between trips.