seasn four episode four
Steve Elkins The search for the lost City of the Monkey God and other tales of adventure.
Steve Elkins is an award winning cinematographer and explorer. He is a fellow of the Explorer's Club and member of the Adventurer's Club.
In this episode, Steve recounts the search for the lost and fabled "White City" known to the indigenous people as the City of the Monkey God. Reputed to contain much wealth, but also cursed. It lay hidden somewhere in the jungles of Honduras. Over hundreds of years, adventurers and explorers have searched and died seeking this legendary city. It's secrets lost to time and the jungle, until Steve and his team took on the challenge.
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Lost City of the Monkey God
Season four Episode three
Matthew Marriott. Carrying on the legacy of British Exploration.
Matthew Marriott is a fellow of the Royal Geographic society and a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
His expeditions include walking across the Queensland, Australia tropical rain forest area, documenting the Cassowary and learning about the Djiru Aboriginal people and language. He traversed a transect of the Sahara from Eastern Morocco to the Algerian border on camel. Marriott retraced his great great grandfather's Challenger expedition to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
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Season four episode two
James Dorsey: Mongolian shamans, tribal customs of Papua New Guinea and the witch markets
James Dorsey returns with more stories from his lifetime of adventure. James talks about his trip through China encountering Mongolian shaman and the stone carvings of Genghis Khan. He then takes us south to the island of Papua New Guinea and his encounter with the infamous tribe known as the mud men. From there to the witch markets of South American then to encounters with whales. This is a long form text area designed for your content that you can fill up with as many words as your heart desires. You can write articles, long mission statements, company policies, executive profiles, company awards/distinctions, office locations, shareholder reports, whitepapers, media mentions and other pieces of content that don’t fit into a shorter, more succinct space.
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Season four episode One
Brent Bishop: Climbing in true mountaineer's style and other tales of adventure.
Whiskey and a Map podcast opens it's 4th season with Brent Bishop: A mountaineer and explorer, Brent has climbed the highest peaks around the world. In the process, he has encountered Chechen mafia, murderous Papuans and killing avalanches.
In this episode we get to sit down with world class climber Brent Bishop who shares these experiences and more.
Brent Bishop, the son of the late legendary climber Barry Bishop, began climbing as a child with his father on the east coast and in the Rocky Mountains. When he was young, his parents moved to and worked in Nepal. Living among the Sherpa people, Brent developed close ties and personal friendships with many of them that continue today.
In 1994 he became the first American legacy to follow in his father’s footsteps and summit Mt. Everest. He reached the summit again in 2002 with the National Geographic Mt. Everest Expedition that marked the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest.
An accomplished climber and explorer in his own right, Brent has climbed and guided expeditions throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Asia and the Antarctic. Brent has accomplished difficult first ascents and pioneered new routes up established peaks.
His climbing and environmental work earned him awards from the prestigious Explorer’s Club and the American Alpine Club.
Brent has a deep love of climbing and of the people and their cultures who live in these remote areas.