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Jack Wheeler

Dr. Jack Wheeler, dubbed the "Real Life Indiana Jones," by the Wall Street Journal, has been traveling and leading private expeditions for decades. As a professional adventurer, Jack made three "first contacts" by discovering tribes that had never been contacted by the outside world. He and his party led elephants over the Alps and retraced Hannibal's footsteps. He's a been a mountain climber since being the youngest American to climb the Matterhorn at age 14. His sky diving record was noted in the Guinness World Record as a record that cannot be broken was for the most northerly skydive at exactly 90 degrees North. In 2014 he completed a life goal of traveling to 197 countries (all 193 countries recognized by the U.N. and four that are not: Taiwan, Kosovo, North Korea, and Somaliland.) As a geopolitical consultant, he speaks and writes on how the history, geography, culture, religion, and political events are changing our world dynamically. He enjoys writing to share his experiences with his readers. His proudest accomplishment is his two sons.
Contact him at: jack@wheelerexpeditions.com.

Living Overseas

The Lesson of Thanksgiving – America’s First Thanksgiving

Jack Wheeler Nov 19, 2018
America’s First Thanksgiving – Plymouth Rock 1623 This coming Thursday, November 22, is Thanksgiving in America. The celebration of a bountiful Autumn harvest is an ancient…
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Living Overseas

Magic in the Mundane – 18th Century France

Jack Wheeler Nov 5, 2018
The Palace of Versailles Gather around, boys n' girls, and let me tell you a story about moral debauchery during the greatest age of intellectuality mankind has ever known,…
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Living Overseas

Afghanistan – The Doormat of Empires

Jack Wheeler Oct 29, 2018
Afghanistan - The Doormat of Empires I first traveled through Afghanistan in 1963 at age 19. You could go anywhere. I met guys who bicycled from Herat to Mazar-i-Sharif to Kabul with…
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Living Overseas

The Pamir Knot

Jack Wheeler Oct 22, 2018
All photos by Jack Wheeler The Pamir Knot of Eastern Tajikistan, the Wakhan of Afghanistan, and Northern Pakistan. Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan. About 55 million years ago, the giant…
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Living Overseas

Persian Hope

Jack Wheeler Sep 24, 2018
Fresco of a Persian woman, Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan, early 1600s. Shiraz, Iran. “Where are you from?” the Iranian man asked me. With a big smile, I happily answered,…
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Living Overseas

The Saracen Tower – Almafi Coast

Jack Wheeler Sep 17, 2018
Ahh, Amalfi. Is there a more wonderful place on earth to spend a week in September with your family than here? In a villa with a view like this? The Amalfi Coast on the…
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Living Overseas

Himalayan 75

Jack Wheeler Sep 10, 2018
All photos by Jack Wheeler Western Cwm of Everest at 7,000m/23,000ft, Everest to left, Lhotse straight ahead. Well, this is sobering – at least for me. Two months from now, I turn 75.…
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Living Overseas

Ice Palaces and Jungle Tribes

Jack Wheeler Sep 3, 2018
No one lives in this fabulous palace. Nor is this a city at night. Both are phantasmagorical sculptures of translucent ice. There are scores more like it here, each…
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Living Overseas

Idyllic Isolation

Jack Wheeler Aug 20, 2018
  Kanton Atoll, Phoenix Islands, Pacific Ocean. Okay, Escape Artists. If you really want to get away from it all, you come here. Named after an American whaling ship that wrecked…
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Living Overseas

The Island of FUBAR

Jack Wheeler Aug 13, 2018
All photos by Jack Wheeler. Nauru. Welcome to the world’s smallest country – a tiny isolated rock in a remote part of the Pacific, right on the Equator, 8.1 square miles with 9,300…
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Living Overseas

The French Ocean

Jack Wheeler Jul 30, 2018
Saint-Denis, Réunion, France, Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is the world's third-largest (after the Pacific and Atlantic, larger than the fourth, the Arctic) and far less known than…
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Living Overseas

Smugglers’ Paradise

Jack Wheeler Jul 23, 2018
This article was published in the Escape Artist Weekly Newsletter on July 23, 2018. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please click here. This is a story about 21st …
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Living Overseas

The Museum of Barbarism on the Island of Love

Jack Wheeler Jul 16, 2018
Paphos, Cyprus. Let’s begin our story with Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love, who was born here. Then we’ll talk about Audrey Hepburn, Lazarus, Richard the Lionheart,…
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Living Overseas

The Fascination of China Part IV – Remotest China

Jack Wheeler Jun 25, 2018
I took this picture flying in a motorized hang glider over the Lop Nor Desert of Chinese Turkestan in 2008. For most people, the image that first comes to their minds about China is…
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Living Overseas

The Fascination of China (Part III) – Chinese China

Jack Wheeler Jun 18, 2018
Chinese China? Hey, Jack, isn’t all of China Chinese? Nope, far, far from it. Non-Chinese China is two-thirds bigger than Chinese China. In Part I, we talked about the far south of…
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Living Overseas

The Fascination of China (Part 2) – Inner Mongolia and the Gobi Desert

Jack Wheeler Jun 11, 2018
The Fascination of China (Part 2) – Inner Mongolia and the Gobi Desert Last week, we talked about China’s far south – the unknown wonders of the Yunnan Province. This week, we look at…
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Living Overseas

The Fascination Of China

Jack Wheeler Jun 4, 2018
Hani Rice Terraces - Yunnan, China People are always interested in superlatives, so I’m often asked, “What’s the most interesting, the most fascinating place you’ve ever…
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Living Overseas

Where Orwell’s 1984 is Real – North Korea

Jack Wheeler May 28, 2018
Where Orwell’s 1984 is Real As of today (May 28), it looks like the Trump-Kim Summit will still take place in Singapore on June 12. Peace between North and South Korea would be an…
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Living Overseas

HIDDEN CENTRAL ASIA

Jack Wheeler May 14, 2018
The Registan - Samarkand Central Asia.  The very words evoke the ultimate in the remote, the exotic, the unknown full of wonders. Here you will find the ancient cities of the Silk…
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Living Overseas

Experience Portugal

Jack Wheeler Apr 16, 2018
Experience Portugal Portugal has been in the limelight for several years now, topping many lists for being a “must-see destination.” It’s true. There is so much to see, do, and…
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