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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.

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Magical Madeira

None of us are getting younger – the arrow of time only flies in one direction. Before you know it, the adage is staring you in the face: “I thought getting…
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The Atlantic Paradise of Madeira

  At Wheeler Expeditions, we define an “expedition” as an adventure with a purpose, with a mission to be accomplished. We have hardcore adventure expeditions exploring the Gobi Desert or…
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The Route to Kanchenjunga

All photos by Jack Wheeler Last week, in our exploration of the highest summits of the Himalayas, we ended our Route to Everest at the Red Hat Tibetan Tengboche monastery.…
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The Cape Verde Escape Hatch

This is an experiment. The insanity engulfing Washington now is so overwhelming that I had to get far away from it. I wanted a place that very few people knew…
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The Route to Everest

All photos by Jack Wheeler Everyone has heard of the Himalayas and Mount Everest in particular. Yet most everyone has only a vague understanding of the most famous and highest…
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High Adventure

Are you up for a real adventure in your life? Not group tour stuff but the real deal, the genuine article, the Real McCoy. Ready? This is going to be…
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All of Africa

We’ve seen maps of Africa all our lives – but most people have little, if any, grasp of just how large Africa is.  On the map of the world we’ve…
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Islands of Mystery and Legend II

In the Spring of last year, 2018, we conducted our first Islands of Mystery and Legend. For those of you who weren’t able to join us then and requested a…
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Nesophilia

This article was published in the Escape Artist Weekly Newsletter on April 08, 2019. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please click here. All photos by Jack Wheeler Alright,…
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Magic in the Mundane – 18th Century France

  The Palace of Versailles Gather around, boys n’ girls, and let me tell you a story about moral debauchery during the greatest age of intellectuality mankind has ever known,…
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