Dr. 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.
This article was published in the Escape Artist Weekly Newsletter on January 29, 2018. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please click here. If there is one place on more…
This article was published in the Escape Artist Weekly Newsletter on February 05, 2018. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please click here. Warsaw, Poland. Every time I come to this…
The Straits Of Gibraltar Ceuta, Spanish Morocco. The Greeks called them “The Pillars of Hercules,” pushed apart by their legendary hero to link the Atlantic with the Med on his…
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You couldn’t imagine a more peaceful place than Cambodia in 1961. Sure, the Vietnamese to the east had split into a Communist North and Free South after the French defeat…
This article was published in the Escape Artist Weekly Newsletter on November 20, 2017. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please click here. There is a magical island where everything…
San Marino In 1974, I took a year off from my doctoral studies and teaching philosophy at the University of Southern California at the suggestion of the Chairman of…
Wexford, Ireland. Ronald Reagan’s origins are even more humble than Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin. His great-grandfather, Michael O’Regan, was born in a hut of mud and slats in farmland…
Waitangi Bay, Chatham Island. If you want an ultimate of remote and rugged isolation constantly swept by storms and the gale-force winds of the Roaring Forties, here is where you…
This article was published in the Escape Artist Weekly Newsletter on December 11, 2017. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please click here. We’re going to talk today about the…