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Luigi WewegeDr. Jack Wheeler, dubbed the "Real Life Indiana Jones," by the Wall Street Journal, has been traveling and leading private expeditions for decades. As a professional adventurer, Jack made three "first contacts" by discovering tribes that had never been contacted by the outside world. He and his party led elephants over the Alps and retraced Hannibal's footsteps. He's a been a mountain climber since being the youngest American to climb the Matterhorn at age 14. His sky diving record was noted in the Guinness World Record as a record that cannot be broken was for the most northerly skydive at exactly 90 degrees North. In 2014 he completed a life goal of traveling to 197 countries (all 193 countries recognized by the U.N. and four that are not: Taiwan, Kosovo, North Korea, and Somaliland.) As a geopolitical consultant, he speaks and writes on how the history, geography, culture, religion, and political events are changing our world dynamically. He enjoys writing to share his experiences with his readers. His proudest accomplishment is his two sons.

A moment only the Serengeti can offer.
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A Serengeti Dream Season

Southern Birthing Grounds Just about everyone with adventure in their soul dreams of experiencing an Africa safari.  But Africa is a very big place. You see, the average person has…
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The Partridge in the Pear Tree

An oldie but a goodie from the past! We’re in full Christmas Season with all the familiar carols we’ve heard all our lives being played in every crowded shopping mall.…
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Exploring Outer Mongolia

All photos by Jack Wheeler The first time I went to Mongolia was in 1963. I was 19 and by myself. It was a colony of the Soviet Union back…
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The Road To Mandalay – A Journey Through Burma

  Burma is a hidden country. Sandwiched between India, China, and Thailand, along with a bit of Bangladesh and Laos, it is essentially the drainage basin of the Irawaddy River,…
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Authentic Italy

Authentic Italy My wife, Rebel, and I were having dinner with Italian friends in Rome recently, who asked, “Why not a Wheeler Expedition in Italy?” I answered, “We’d love to,…
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The Route to Annapurna

  All photos by Jack Wheeler   For the past two weeks, in our exploration of the greatest mountains of the Himalayas, we’ve learned the route to Everest, Lhotse, and…
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Across the Sahara

A Trans-Sahara Expedition, crossing the remotest heart of the world’s largest desert, has always been one of the truly great explorations possible on our planet.   Unfortunately, it’s far too…
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The Most Magical Atlantic Paradise of All

  There is a magical island where everything grows – forests of fir, cedar, and sycamore trees along with forests of giant tropical tree ferns, fields of corn, fields of…
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The Atlantic Paradise of Faial

Last week, we explored The Atlantic Paradise of Madeira. Now we venture further out into the Atlantic to another paradisiacal island called Faial (fee-ahl). During the Middle Ages, there were…
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The Route to Dhaulagiri

All photos by Jack Wheeler For the past three weeks, in our exploration of the greatest mountains of the Himalayas, we’ve learned the route to Everest, Lhotse, and Cho Oyu,…
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