Richard Bangs – författare

This large-format, comprehensive book offers the itineraries of a lifetime forexplorers and adrenaline junkies alike, from navigating class-five rapidsthrough the Grand Canyon to tubing the glow worm caves of New Zealand toparasailing over the hills of Cartagena. Written by the father of adventuretravel, Expedia founder Richard Bangs, and featuring more than 300 vividphotographs, each of the 100 itineraries in this inspirational guide reveals theplanet's best destinations for hikers, skiers, divers, rafters, and more. Featuringmore than 20 top-ten lists covering everything from the world's best hikingtrails to the top wildlife parks, you'll also learn everything you need to know forthe ultimate epic journey: what to pack, when to go, and what to do. Blendingadventure with cultural experiences--for example, a safari through Madagascaror visiting the ruins of Buddhist temples after sea kayaking the warm waters ofVietnam--this one-of-a-kind collection will lead you to new heights of exploration.

In 1973 Richard Bangs founded Sobek Expeditions, the original and now the largest adventure travel company in the world, with over a million clients guided since its beginning. But this is not just a story of an unusual company, one that profoundly transformed the way we travel and experience the world. It presents true stories, both perilous and awe-inspiring from the full array of adventure travel: trekking, climbing, sailing, diving, adventure cruising, kayaking, back-country skiing, mountaineering, biking, cultural immersions, canyoneering, and more. Sobek pioneered scores of adventures, from trekking in the Himalayas, to cruising the Galapagos and Antarctica, to first descents of some 80 rivers around the world. The author personally led 35 first river descents, capsizing on six continents (a unique, albeit, dubious distinction), and organized and led the first trips into North Korea, Libya, Yemen, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, New Guinea, Iran, and even China back in 1978. Its clients have included Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mick Jagger, Barry Diller and even a pre-op Caitlyn Jenner. It is the shadow company behind National Geographic Adventures, New York Times Active Journeys, and Smithsonian Expeditions. This book traces 50 years of adventure travel and how it has evolved through times of war and peace, terrorism, the rise if the internet, the pandemic and the first virtual expeditions,