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Wickliffe W. Walker

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Lieutenant Colonel Wickliffe "Wick" Walker (United States Army, retired) is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the John F. Kennedy School for Special Warfare, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. He represented the United States in international whitewater canoe competition at the World Championships of 1965, 1967, and 1971, and at the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich. A National Geographic Explorer and Fellow of the Explorers Club, he has led whitewater expeditions around the world, including to Bhutan in 1981 and to Tibet in 1998. His current narrative nonfiction project is Torrents As Yet Unknown: Daring Whitewater Ventures into the World's Great River Gorges.

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Torrents Update #10

March 2023 Update #10 “Hurtling to the Horizon Line – September 12”
This will be the tenth update on my journey writing Torrents As Yet Unknown: Daring Whitewater Ventures into the World’s Great River Gorges.
Cover reveal: Torrents finally has a cover, which I expect is an emotional milestone for any author. It’s starting to trickle out to all the book outlet sites now, yet another hint that Torrent Read more of this blog post »
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