Richard Wiese is a highly respected outdoorsmen and explorer. In 2002, he became the youngest president in The Explorers Club hundred-year history. As an explorer and respected field scientist , Richard has traveled to all seven continents.He hosted many nationally seen television shows, most recently Exploration with Richard Wiese, which can be viewed around the world. He has just completed filming a special series in Ethiopia with the BBC and Discovery called Hell on Earth about the hottest place on earth. He is also an award winning journalist and authored Born to Explore: How to Be a Backyard Adventurer.

As an explorer and respected field scientist , Richard has traveled to all seven continents. He has tagged jaguars in the Yucatan jungles, expedition leader to the Northern Territory of Australia to look for basis of the Aboriginal myth of the Rainbow Serpent, team member of the largest medical expedition ever conducted 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.