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Richard Wiese Richard is an explorer, outdoorsmen and respected field scientist and journalist. He has travelled to all seven continents, has tagged jaguars in the Yucatan jungles, led an expedition to the Northern Territory of Australia to probe the Aboriginal myth of the Rainbow Serpent, was a team member of the largest medical expedition ever conducted on Mt. Everest, achieved the first ascent of an unclimbed mountain in Alaska, discovered 29 new life forms on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and cross country skied to the North Pole. Most recently, Richard travelled to the hottest place on earth - Ethiopia, to extract fragments of DNA from molten lava to look for evidence of microbial life in conditions never thought able to support life. Hardly surprising that in 2002, Richard became the youngest president of The Explorers Club’s hundred-year history.

Hardly surprising that in 2002, Richard became the youngest president of The Explorers Club’s hundred-year history. Richard’s Kilimanjaro climbs have been featured in The NY Times, Travel and Leisure and Men’s Journal, which called the climb one of the 100 greatest adventures. In a cover story in Esquire magazine, Richard was identified as one of “Ten Tough Bastards”. His first ascent on Kilimanjaro was at the age of 11 with father. Richard’s television journey has been equally thrilling. He hosted a daily live show from England called Earth & Space, specialising in extreme weather, volcanoes, earthquakes, space and oceanography. His series Exploration with Richard Wiese continues to be syndicated around the world and he has just completed filming a special series with the BBC and Discovery called Hell on Earth. Richard is well known as a great storyteller, MC and key-note speaker and has been honoured to speak at the United Nations, The Royal Geographic Summit, the Bohemian Grove, the Congress of Argentina, the Icelandic Whitehouse, the University of Miami School of Engineering, the World Adventures Travel Summit and Abercrombie and Kent’s Friends of Conservation events. In 2006, he was honoured at the Boy Scout National Jamboree, where he addressed 90,000 people and had a camp named after him. As a journalist, Richard has received numerous honours, including an Emmy, a Genesis Award, an Associated Press Folio Award and a Golden Halo Award. His articles have appeared in many national publications. His book entitled Born To Explore (Harper Collins) is released in May 2009. ‘He is a good old fashioned American Adventurer’ – Craig Ferguson, the Late Late Show. ‘Wiese is one tough bastard’ – Esquire magazine www.richardwiese.com

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