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How often does one get an opportunity to help a cheetah start a new life back in the wild? While at CCF Laurie Marker asked if I wanted to help relocate “Chester.” And unite him with his 4 brothers. How could one say no to that? What CCF does is help cheetahs get ready to […]

As the Southern California Chapter Chair of the Explorers Club I have the privilege of meeting some amazing people.  One of those amazing people is Dr. Laurie Marker who runs the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia.  I met Laurie a couple of years ago at an Explorers Club function in New York and then my […]

As we continued to make our way up north we saw two Himba women sitting by the side of the road with their children selling some jewelry. Himba women wear little clothing, and elegantly decorate their hair. But what is really distinctive is that they have a red tinge to their skin. The reason is […]

As part of our entourage on our trip we had with us a brother and sister team from the Herero tribe – Boas and Sonya. Boas was very informative and helpful in translating for us. However, three times a day it was Sonya who brought a smile to our faces. Every morning Sonya would put […]

Usually the best adventures come when you least expect them and when something did not go as planned. On the 3rd day of our Namibian trip we drove up to an area known as Wereldsend (Afrikans for end of the world). Our car got us there but as it was moved just a few yards […]

After finally getting some rest and attending a conference with Namibian Tour Operators it was now time to go see what Namibia looked like (or at least part of it). Namibia is vast (bigger than England and France combined) but only has 2.4 million people in it. Our area of exploration was the northwest coast, […]

Greetings – I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and are getting ready for what I believe will be a wonderful and exciting 2012. I have just returned from a 3-week trip to Africa where I visited Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya. As always, I had an incredible time filled with adventure, meeting great people and wonderful […]

Sometimes an opportunity presents itself and you just have to go for it.  A few weeks ago I received a text from one of my good friends, Dave Gunn, who is a true outdoorsman.  The message was “I have news call me no matter what time it is.”  My first reaction was that something terrible […]