Biography of Roger Hill
Written by Roger Hill
Roger lives just east of Denver Colorado in the heart of the high plains where tornadoes and supercells rule. He has been chasing for nearly 25 years. He has seen and videotaped over 440 tornadoes in his chasing career as of this writing. He spends an average of 120 days between March and October chasing, operating tours, and shooting video for various media outlets. He also chases tropical cyclones and has documented many hurricanes including Charley, Jeanne, Katrina, Rita, Ike, Gustav and even Super Typhoon Krosa in Taiwan. He has also been a probe driver for various National Severe Storms Laboratory projects and teaches severe weather classes. Roger owns a variety of equipment for still photography such as the Canon 5d, and 5d Mark II. Roger is also proud to have Sony as his sponsor and has several professional camcorders including the amazing
Z7U, Z1U and the A1U.
He has been contracted by The Weather Channel for the past 15 years to shoot and edit video of everything from tornadoes to floods to blizzards and hailstorms. He has also done much work for The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, National Geographic, The Travel Channel, NOVA, the History Channel, BBC and many more. He is also coauthor of the book Hunting
Nature's Fury. Roger is co-owner of Silver Lining Storm Chase Tours, the nations' largest storm chasing tour company. Roger loves the outdoors and is also an avid bowler where he holds a 220 average.
Roger’s wife Caryn is also an acclaimed storm chaser. She drives Van 1 during tours and chases on her own when not on tour. Her most recent intercept was the awesome LaGrange, WY tornadic supercell on June 5, 2009. She has over 95 tornadoes under her belt and countless hours on the road driving in adverse weather conditions. Caryn raises and shows quarter horses in her spare time and was a finalist at the largest quarter horse show in the world, the 2009 American Quarter Horse Congress. Roger and Caryn have been married over 6 years and enjoy spending time with each other chasing, showing horses, on the bowling lanes or just enjoying the outdoors.
Z7U, Z1U and the A1U.
He has been contracted by The Weather Channel for the past 15 years to shoot and edit video of everything from tornadoes to floods to blizzards and hailstorms. He has also done much work for The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, National Geographic, The Travel Channel, NOVA, the History Channel, BBC and many more. He is also coauthor of the book Hunting
Nature's Fury. Roger is co-owner of Silver Lining Storm Chase Tours, the nations' largest storm chasing tour company. Roger loves the outdoors and is also an avid bowler where he holds a 220 average.
Roger’s wife Caryn is also an acclaimed storm chaser. She drives Van 1 during tours and chases on her own when not on tour. Her most recent intercept was the awesome LaGrange, WY tornadic supercell on June 5, 2009. She has over 95 tornadoes under her belt and countless hours on the road driving in adverse weather conditions. Caryn raises and shows quarter horses in her spare time and was a finalist at the largest quarter horse show in the world, the 2009 American Quarter Horse Congress. Roger and Caryn have been married over 6 years and enjoy spending time with each other chasing, showing horses, on the bowling lanes or just enjoying the outdoors.
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