Episode 7, season 2

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Jim Davidson is a high-altitude climber who has spent a life-time climbing peaks around the world.

Raised in Massachusetts, he worked in the family business as an industrial painter of high-voltage electrical towers. Early on, the mountains called him.

He moved to Colorado to attend college and to climb its big mountains.

Jim earned a bachelors and Master’s degrees in environmental engineering and has worked cleaning up oil and gasoline spills.

His climbing career has taken him to Alaska, Argentina, Bolivia and Tibet. He received commendations twice by the U.S. National Park Service for assisting on remote mountain rescues.

Jim was on Mount Everest during the tragic earthquake in 2015, then returned in 2017 to reach the summit.

He is an award-winning author and he has appeared on National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel and Discovery.

  
Follow Jim on his website and blog at speakingofadventure.com 

In this interview, Wayne recounts his experiences  exploring New Guinea, dying in the Amazon and the challenges of working  in the South Pole.

Wayne White is a throw back to the golden age  of exploration.  Reminiscent of Sir Richard Burton, his solo expeditions  using only local support include travels through the jungles and swamps  of New Guinea, the Amazon and Africa.  His latest adventure was as the  Winter Manager of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station.  

Wayne  is US Marine veteran and holds a BA in geography and an MPH in  environmental health science from Tulane’s school of Public Health and  Tropical Medicine.  He has worked in remote assignments all over the  globe as a Defense Department contractor.

Follow Wayne via his Facebook page 

  Peter Rowe is an award-winning adventure film maker and member of the  Explorer’s club.  He is best known for hit TV series “Angry Planet”  which he filmed in thirty different countries on all seven continents.   He has produced documentaries on locations in over forty countries.  In  this interview, Peter shares some of his exploits traveling the world  filming in exotic and wild lands.

Peter has paid a dear price in  this pursuit.  While on expedition filming at the rim of an active and  poisonous volcano, his vocal cords were damaged leaving him with a  strained and husky voice.  His voice may be challenged, but his words  and experiences are a pleasure to hear.

See more of Peter’s work at Peterrowe.tv and visit him on his Facebook page.

 Robert C. Robinson recounts his search for the truth behind the Bigfoot  legends in the swamps of Florida and other wild places.    
He is a  U.S. military veteran having served with the famous 82nd Airborne for  21 years as a military police officer.  Drawing on his military and  police skills, Robert researches the historical roots of the legend from  Native American traditions and early pioneer encounters to  investigating modern eyewitness accounts.    
Police detective  turned crypto investigator, Robert's investigations and research are  compelling.  Leading expeditions into swamps filled with alligators,  panthers, large snakes and perhaps as yet unknown creatures, he is  searching for the truth behind the legends. You will come away from this  interview with a new appreciation of the legend of Bigfoot and an  understanding that science may not have solved all the mysteries still  out there in the wild places. 

  Janey McGill is an explorer, writer and photographer. She is part of  the newest generation of explorers leading physically, culturally and  socially challenging expeditions around the globe.  Janey is a military  veteran serving 4 years as a soldier with the Honourable Artillery  Company. 
In this interview, Janey recounts her expedition across  Arabia’s infamous desert, the Rub’ al Khali, known in the west as the  Empty Quarter.  A vast desert wilderness of which much remains  unexplored.  A land of searing heat and frigid nights, and home to a  friendly and generous people.  Along the way she encounters the  mysterious Jinn.  Spirits that have been part of the Arab culture for  thousands of years.  She also discusses the challenges of expedition  leadership and the hard lessons she is learning along the way.  


  Janey's website and blog is at JaneyMcgill.com

  Rod MacDonald is an undersea explorer, historical shipwreck hunter and  best selling diving author with 12 books to his name.   He is a pioneer  in technical deep sea diving developing techniques and using cutting  edge technology that opened up shipwrecks previously beyond the reach of  divers.   Rod is a member of the Explorer's Club, Rod shares his  passion for underwater exploration and the preservation of naval  history. 

 In this podcast episode, Amos Rodriguez recounts his youth growing up  in the violence of El Salvador’s civil war, his travels throughout  Central and North America learning primitive survival skills and the  spiritual practices of the Native Americans, and his search for meaning.
Amos  Rodriguez grew up in El Salvador during its civil war.  As a young  child he saw family and friends become victims of torture and death  squads.  At wars end, Amos traveled throughout Central America where he  experienced the cultures of the Maya and other indigenous peoples.  His  natural curiosity about other people and their cultures grew.  Making  his way to the United States and attending college there, he was  introduced to primitive survival skills.  Making many trips into the  wilderness, he honed these skills and developed deeper connections to  nature, himself and his spirit.  He met and befriended the Oglala Lakota  of South Dakota who taught him the practice of the vision quest.  This  spiritual journey led him to the Lakota Sundance Ceremony.  A grueling  4-day ceremonial dance performed without food or water and culminating  with a flesh offering to the spirits.  This journey healed the early  wounds and has given Amos clarity of his purpose in this life.


Amos teaches primitive skills at the White Pine Wilderness Academy.  https://whitepinewilderness.com


Follow Amos on his Facebook page:   amosrodriguezsurvival