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Welcome to the homepage of Explorer Richard C. Wiese.

In 2002, Richard Wiese became the youngest president in The Explorers Club’s hundred-year history. He has hosted many nationally seen television shows, most recently Exploration with Richard Wiese, which can be viewed in around the world.

As an explorer, Richard has traveled to all seven continents. He has tagged jaguars in the Yucatan jungles, captured crocodiles and handled venomous snakes in Australia, participated in medical research on Mt. Everest, achieved the first ascent of an unclimbed mountain in Alaska and discovered 29 new life forms on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and cross country skied to the North Pole.

By invitation of King Mohammad VI, Richard was the U.S. representative to the Moussem de Tan Tan, a gathering of 45,000 nomadic Arabs in Morocco, and was honored at the 2005 Boy Scout National Jamboree, where he addressed 90,000 people and had a camp named after him.

As a journalist, he has received numerous honors, including an Emmy, a Genesis Award, an Associated Press Folio Award and a Golden Halo Award. His articles have appeared in many national publications.

Wild Encounter with World Explorer Richard Wiese

Recent appearance on CBS Late Night with Craig Ferguson

Coming soon: "Born to Explore" with Harper Collins

Coming soon: Richard Wiese and the BBC : "Hottest place on earth"

We invite you to learn more about Richard, his television show, photography, and explorations to the far reaches of the earth.

 

*Currently former President of The Explorers Club

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