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In this episode of Whiskey and a Map, award winning journalist and author Jacques Leslie recounts his years as a war correspondent covering the wars in Vietnam and Cambodia and the Indira Gandhi crises in India.

 At the age of 24, Jacques Leslie became a Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent, and covered the war in Vietnam and Cambodia for two years. For that work he won the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for foreign correspondence and an Overseas Press Club citation. He began writing about environmental issues two decades ago, and won numerous awards including the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for the “elegant, beautiful prose” of his 2005 book on dams, Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment. Now a Los Angeles Times contributing opinion writer, he is working on a book about the Klamath River basin on the California-Oregon border.

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In this episode, we are joined by Danish adventurer, documentarian and speaker Rasmus Krath.  Rasmus ventures solo into some of the most dangerous places on the planet armed only with camera and the ability to connect with and gain the trust of the people who live there.   His adventures have taken him into active war zones of Afghanistan to meet local warlords and across lawless Somalia to interview pirates. His latest expedition takes him across the most dangerous jungle in the world- The Darien Gap of Central America- where he traveled with human smugglers and migrants to document their journey as they suffered the dangers of the jungle and the criminal gangs praying upon them.

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Are you prepared?  How far would you go and what risks would you accept to accomplish your goal?

In this episode, we rejoin join Cyril Derreumaux and his quest to solo kayak from California to Hawaii.  

Cyril is French born, American world traveler and adventurer. His exploits include backpacking around the world, setting a Guinness record for crossing the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii as part of a four-man rowing team, and then repeating that crossing over open ocean solo in a kayak.

Cyril shares with us his experience and philosophy in what it takes to accomplish seemingly impossible goals.

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Are you prepared?  How far would you go and what risks would you accept to accomplish your goal?

In this episode, we are joined by Cyril Derreumaux.  Cyril is French born, American world traveler and adventurer. His exploits include backpacking around the world, setting a Guinness record for crossing the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii as part of a four-man rowing team, and then repeating that crossing over open ocean solo in a kayak.

Cyril shares with us his experience and philosophy in what it takes to accomplish seemingly impossible goals.

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"Best Story of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Amazon."

Yossi Ghinsberg is an adventurer.  A wandering soul seeking not the prize of a conquest, but a connection with tribal cultures around the world.  He is a best-selling author, award winning speaker and was featured on the Discovery Channel.

After finishing his hitch with the Israeli navy, Yossi traveled to South America in search of his dream of finding the El Dorado and of befriending a lost Amazonian tribe.  He and three others set off into the uncharted jungle in the Madidi region of the Amazon.  The hardships of the jungle caused two of his fellow adventurers to split of and attempt to return to civilization.  They were never seen again.  A rafting accident on the Tuichi River left Yossi alone in this inhospitable place.  Attacked by insects (Yossi had to cut burrowing worms out of his forehead), stalked by jaguar, hungry and alone, Yossi fought to survive.  This epic story of adventure and survival is the basis of his best-selling book Lost in the Jungle and the movie Jungle.

This ordeal transformed him.  He learned that “The gift of life is not to be taken for granted.  Nothing is mundane, it is all a miracle.”  A philosophy expressed in his late friend Vesty Pakos’ war cry “Where is it? Where is it?  It is here! It is here!”  Yossi continues today traveling the world in his unique style seeking out tribal cultures-befriending the Bedouin, traveling through the Sahara, and living among the islanders on Carteret Island in Papua New Guinea.



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"Best Story of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Amazon."

Yossi Ghinsberg is an adventurer.  A wandering soul seeking not the prize of a conquest, but a connection with tribal cultures around the world.  He is a best-selling author, award winning speaker and was featured on the Discovery Channel.

After finishing his hitch with the Israeli navy, Yossi traveled to South America in search of his dream of finding the El Dorado and of befriending a lost Amazonian tribe.  He and three others set off into the uncharted jungle in the Madidi region of the Amazon.  The hardships of the jungle caused two of his fellow adventurers to split of and attempt to return to civilization.  They were never seen again.  A rafting accident on the Tuichi River left Yossi alone in this inhospitable place.  Attacked by insects (Yossi had to cut burrowing worms out of his forehead), stalked by jaguar, hungry and alone, Yossi fought to survive.  This epic story of adventure and survival is the basis of his best-selling book Lost in the Jungle and the movie Jungle.

This ordeal transformed him.  He learned that “The gift of life is not to be taken for granted.  Nothing is mundane, it is all a miracle.”  A philosophy expressed in his late friend Vesty Pakos’ war cry “Where is it? Where is it?  It is here! It is here!”  Yossi continues today traveling the world in his unique style seeking out tribal cultures-befriending the Bedouin, traveling through the Sahara, and living among the islanders on Carteret Island in Papua New Guinea.



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Leif Whittaker, son of Jim Whittaker who was the first American to summit Mt. Everest, grew up on a sail boat with his family sailing the Pacific.  Initially not interested in climbing, that all changed at age 15 when he and his older brother hiked 20 miles into the wilderness without their parents and climbed Mt. Olympus. Since then, he has traveled across the globe and climbed some of the world’s highest peaks, including Aconcagua, Mt. Vinson, Denali, and two ascents of Mt. Everest.

Leif worked for more than a decade as a Climbing Ranger for the U. S. Forest Service on Mt. Baker protecting it’s wilderness and engaging in emergency rescues. He is also a founding member and top coach for Evoke Endurance where he specializes in coaching mountaineers.   

His book, My Old Man and the Mountain, was published by Mountaineers Books in 2016 and won several awards.  One of the best true adventure books of 2016.

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 West Hansen is an ultra marathon canoe racer turned explorer to undertake paddling the Amazon from its source high in the Andes mountains to it's end at the Atlantic ocean.  A journey of almost 4,000 miles across the continent of South America.  West is a great story teller and he does not disappoint in this episode.

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West Hansen is an ultra marathon canoe racer turned explorer to undertake paddling the Amazon from its source high in the Andes mountains to it's end at the Atlantic ocean.  A journey of almost 4,000 miles across the continent of South America.  West is a great story teller and he does not disappoint in this episode.

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 In this episode of Whiskey and a Map, we are joined by Jennifer Thomson who shares her stories of the wonders of deep ocean exploration.  Waters lite up by a multitude of bioluminescent creatures, giant hammerhead sharks, translucent octopus are among the many experiences Jennifer shares in this episode.  In addition, she shares her advice and inspiration for anyone considering the life of an explorer.  

Jennifer Thompson ranks as one of the most inspiring of the next generation of explorers.  She is a Honorary Research Fellow, expedition scientist, scuba diver and illustrator; whom aspires to connect the space and marine sectors using scientific scuba diving and extreme exploration. Jennifer’s passion for scientific diving has taken her from the Bahamas to Thailand, from Mozambique, to the Maldives. However, her greatest scientific adventure to date, was spending 8 months immersed in the OceanX Red Sea Decade Expedition 2022, in conjunction with KAUST, National Geographic, and other institutions. 

Jennfer’s academic achievements include a Zoology degree (with first class honours) from the University of Manchester and a MSc in Marine Ecosystems Management from the University of St Andrews.  In addition, she achieved a Divemaster certification for PADI.

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