The explorers series has gone well this month and for next week I will be speaking to a fortune hunter for hire Billy Jamieson and a real life Indiana Jones Wade Davis. Billy Jamieson has a background in Amazonian tribal rituals. Bill has led 5 expositions to Ecuador and Peru and National Geographics has called upon his expertise for their documentaries. Bill has amassed a large collection of shrunken heads for the Schuar library and the largest collection of archival photos of the Schuar too. Bill has taken an interest in other cultures and collected early ethnographic material from the Native cultures of North America, South America, South Pacific, Dayak of Borneo, Naga of the Highlands of India and Batak of Sumatra. Billy Jamieson's interview will be Monday, February 22 at 10 AM CST.
Wade Davis is an an anthropologist and author of the book "The Wayfarers. Wade has had a long relationship as a National Geographics speaker. His career has lasted over 20 years. Wade has traveled to over 80 countries and believes there is much to learn from sacred of indigenous cultures. Wade will discuss the his travels and the urgency of losing 3500 languages and vanishing cultures in our lifetime. Wade's interview will be Tuesday, February 23 at 10 AM CST and will be in the archives.
How does one become an explorer? According to the Milbry Polk of Wings World Quest, you begin by indulging your impulses. One of the most powerful statements that Milbry made is that most explorers don't start until late in life around their forties and they don't all have degrees. The professionals that I have interviewed for this series have been but don't allow the excuse of not having a degree stop you from making a difference in the world.
For schedule of guest for this month "click" on the tab above for the Adrenaline Living Talk Show schedule for February.
I've included a clip of Wade Davis at Ted. I will have him on the Adrenaline Living Talk Show for an hour:
Pen Hadow has successfully trekked both poles and the first to trek from Canada to the South Pole. Pen spent over 73 days living in the extreme weather conditions of the Arctic with temperatures dipping as low as -104 F below zero. Pen and his team trekked more than 269 miles in the Arctic on expedition to monitor the effects of climate change on sea ice.
Dee Caffari is the first woman to sail non-stop around the world against the currents and winds. She sailed with little sleep, sometimes barely two hours. Dee Caffari is a Brit who received her Yachtmaster credentials from UKSA. Dee began her career with Formula as a Skipper and then went on to manage their fleet. Facts via Wikipedia.
Here is Dee explaining in her own words what tole the 3,000 mile non-stop journey took on her physically and mentally proving that you can do anything you set your mind to if you want something bad enough.
Anousheh Ansari is the first woman tourist in space and blogger from space. Ansari was born in Iran but later moved to the states as a teen. Ansari is an engineer and is the co-founder and chairperson of Prodea Systems. The Russian space program allows tourists to become passengers on their spaceships a program NASA has been contemplating for the many years now. The pricetag to become a space tourist is about three million dollars. Ansari said, "I hope to inspire everyone—especially young people, women, and young girls all over the world, and in Middle Eastern countries that do not provide women with the same opportunities as men—to not give up their dreams and to pursue them...It may seem impossible to them at times. But I believe they can realize their dreams if they keep it in their hearts, nurture it, and look for opportunities and make those opportunities happen." Facts and quote from Wikipedia.
See Ansari's live broadcast from space and judge for yourself it's inspiring for all women.
Amelia Earhart has always been an enigma for many people. Everyone has a different theory as to how she met her demise. Well, how her life ended will not be the focus of this article. I want to celebrate and rejoice in her entrepreneurial, adventurous spirit. According the the dictionary meaning the word explorer is defined as a person who investigate unknown regions. For Earhart, international aviation was that unknown territory. Earhart lived only thirty-nine years but with those thirty-nine years she lived so much more fully than the average person. Today we still talk about her spirit to transverse the unknown, her curiosity and her child-like faith that took her to parts of the planet that few others had every seen.
Few people don't realize that although Amelia grew up in a wealthy family her money was placed in a trust fund and Amelia didn't have access to it for several years. Amelia went to high school and later a two year college where she soon dropped out. How did Amelia get into aviation well, the story goes that Amelia went to an air field and fell in love with flying. A pilot was trying to have some fun with her and flew directly over her expecting to run but Amelia stood her ground and didn't flinch. In that single moment I knew all I needed to know about her character.
Amelia became determined to become a pilot so she worked as a trucker, stenographer, and a photographer to get enough money to take flight lessons and the rest as they say was history.
Some facts about Amelia that you might not have heard are that she was an editor for Cosmopolitan magazine for two years, she had a line of clothing, and luggage. Amelia was a seamstress who often sewed her own garmets. Everyone wanted to be like, dress like and look like Amelia. Amelia's famous bob was imitated by women around the world, most women in aviation cut their hair short for practical reasons. She was an author and spy. Amelia was a smart marketing machine who sat on the boards of many organizations. She was intelligent, resourceful, adventurous, a champion for women aviators, and had an uncanny business savvy. She didn't have the word "no" written in her vocabulary.
Amelia's adventures are legendary. She broke records for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, the North American continent, flew in the Powder Puff Derby an all female air flight contest among many other solo flights she took.
A new movie is coming out about this amazing woman and her contributions to aviation, business, government, fashion and she literary world. Source Wikipedia.
I'll be adding a new series called the explorers to Diva Maverick Mavens. Watching incredible people living an incredible life of adventure and exploring new and sometimes forbidden places is inspiring. Are explorers different from other people? In the videos, I have added to the website about explorers the only difference I have taken note of is that they are willing to take the challenge. Are you willing to take the challenge? Are you ready to swim the Arctic ocean or explore regions of the planet that no one has ever gone before, be one of the first civilians to explore space or traverse the depths of the oceans in search of new life forms. Explorers are extra-ordinary individuals and their stories deserve to be told.
