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Richard Wiese (born July 13, 1959) is an explorer. He is the author of the guidebook, Born to Explore: How to Be a Backyard Adventurer. In 2002 he was the youngest man to become president of the Explorers Club. Wiese is also the host and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television series Born to Explore with Richard Wiese™, which debuted September 3, 2011 and airs weekly on ABC. Its third season of half-hour episodes premiered October 5, 2013. ==Personal life== Richard Wiese was born in Long Island, New York. His father, Richard Wiese, Sr., was the first man to solo the Pacific Ocean in an aircraft. Wiese grew up traveling and exploring with his father. Wiese's first substantial adventure was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 11. Wiese has since then led many other explorations and projects. As a decathlete at St. Anthony's High School in Smithtown, New York, he set a new Long Island record for the javelin. Wiese graduated from Brown University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Biology, and spent his college years modeling for Ford. He also studied Applied Physiology at Columbia University and completed the USDA Graduate Program in Meteorology. Wiese lives in Weston, Connecticut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Wiese」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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