Founder’s Corner
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The Route to Manaslu and Annapurna
The Route To Annapurna By Dr. Jack Wheeler Previously in our exploration of the greatest mountains of the Himalayas, we’ve learned the route to Everest, Lhotse, and Cho Oyo, and that to Makalu and [...]
Across The Sahara
Across The Sahara By Dr. Jack Wheeler All photos by Jack Wheeler A Trans-Sahara Expedition, crossing the remotest heart of the world’s largest desert, has always been one of the truly great explorations possible [...]
The Route to Makalu and Kanchenjunga
The Route to Makalu and Kanchenjunga By Dr. Jack Wheeler All photos by Jack Wheeler In our initial exploration of the highest summits of the Himalayas, we ended our Route to Everest [...]
The Route To Everest
The Route To Everest By Dr. Jack Wheeler All photos by Jack Wheeler Everyone has heard of The Himalayas and Mount Everest in particular. Yet most everyone has only a vague understanding [...]
The Route to Dhaulagiri and the Tibetan Kingdom of Lo
The Route to Dhaulagiri and the Tibetan Kingdom of Lo By Dr. Jack Wheeler All photos by Jack Wheeler In our exploration of the greatest mountains of the Himalayas, we’ve learned the [...]
The Route To Annapurna
The Route To Annapurna By Dr. Jack Wheeler All photos by Jack Wheeler For the past two weeks in our exploration of the greatest mountains of the Himalayas, we’ve learned the route to [...]
THE SEVEN PEARLS OF SHING
The Seven Pearls Of Shing By Dr. Jack Wheeler Ijust returned from an extraordinary exploration of Central Asia. I’ll be going into more depth of what we learned and experienced in Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, [...]
The Hidden Holy Land
The Hidden Holy Land By Dr. Jack Wheeler You could spend a lifetime in the Holy Land and not see it all, for under every rock there are 4,000 years of extraordinary history. [...]
The Land Of The Dragon’s Blood Tree
The Land Of The Dragon’s Blood Tree By Dr. Jack Wheeler This is the Dragon’s Blood Tree, Dracaena cinnabari. It can be found in only one place on earth, a remote island called a [...]
Beyond The Taj Mahal
Beyond The Taj Mahal By Dr. Jack Wheeler For good reason, India is called “the sub-continent” – a world unto itself, 5,000 years old, 1.3 billion people enclosed within an area 1/3rd the size [...]
The Hidden Arctic
The Hidden Arctic By Dr. Jack Wheeler For a few short months, the Arctic explodes with life during the summer. It’s an extraordinary experience to witness. The profusion of bird life is almost [...]
The Fascination Of China
The Fascination Of China By Dr. Jack Wheeler People are always interested in superlatives, so I’m often asked, “What’s the most interesting, the most fascinating place you’ve ever been to?” It’s not easy [...]
Hidden Central Asia
Hidden Central Asia By Dr. Jack Wheeler C entral 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 [...]
The Hidden Kingdom Of Lo
The Hidden Kingdom Of Lo By Dr. Jack Wheeler Lo Manthang, Kingdom of Lo, Upper Mustang, Nepal. In 1380, a Tibetan warrior Nyingma (Red Hat) lama named Amne Pal established his kingdom here beyond [...]
California In Europe
California In Europe By Dr. Jack Wheeler Both my wife, Rebel, and I grew up in California, so we know it when we see it – and we recognized it right away in [...]
To Everest and Beyond
To Everest and Beyond Himalaya Helicopter Expedition By Dr. Jack Wheeler Is seeing Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain at 29,032 feet, on your bucket list? Funny thing is, trekkers who spend two weeks [...]
Moroccan Magic
Moroccan Magic There is a magic in Morocco that few other countries on earth possess. Athwart Africa’s northwest corner at the Strait of Gibraltar, its north coast is the Mediterranean, its west coast [...]
Idyllic Isolation
Idyllic Isolation K anton Atoll, Phoenix Islands, Pacific Ocean. If you really want to get away from it all, you come here. Named after an American whaling ship that wrecked on the reef [...]
Living with Headhunters
Living with Headhunters Amazon Jungle, Oriente, Ecuador August 17, 1960 Winyáhei! Winyáhei! The going was rough, very rough. The towering jungle trees, interlocked above us, permitted only an occasional shaft of light to [...]
North Pole Skydive
North Pole Skydive It’s April 15, 1981. With the wind chill, it’s around 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. I’m sitting on my heels in the back of the Twin Otter and looking [...]
Values and Vision of the Wheeler Expeditions Family
Values and Vision of the Wheeler Expeditions Family For any enterprise in life, whether it be a business or a personal cause, values are invariably the cornerstone of any progress. Without strongly [...]
Knife Edge in the Sky
Knife Edge in the Sky It was a rainy Saturday morning in March. I was 14 years old and bored out of my mind with nothing to do. Stuck indoors, I stared through [...]
The French Ocean
The French 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 its two big brothers. The [...]
What Life Is All About
What Life Is All About Igrew up in a beige, prosaic suburb of Los Angeles named Glendale, California. I didn’t know much about the larger world until I read a book called "The [...]