Brandon Wilson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brandon Wilson
Occupation	Explorer
Date Of Birth	Oct 2, 1953(1953-10-02)
Age	71
Birthplace	Sewickley
Country	United States
Birth City	Sewickley
Horoscope	Capricorn

Brandon Wilson Biography

Brandon Wilson is one of the most popular and richest Explorer who was born on October 2, 1953 in Sewickley, Sewickley, United States. Wilson’s short stories and photos from trekking the Alps and Tibet were included in the travel anthology “The Walkabout Chronicles: Epic Journeys by Foot” (ISBN 978-1533269744), 2016. He also provided the Introduction, along with an essay entitled “Metamorphosis of a Pilgrim,” and photos to the travel anthology “The Pilgrimage Chronicles: Embrace the Quest” (ISBN 978-0692967881), Sacred World Explorations, 2017.

In 1986, following a year spent circling the world, Wilson relocated to Hawaii where he joined Peck Sims Mueller (NWAyer) in Honolulu as vp/senior writer/producer, winning eight AdFed awards and two International Television Awards, until 1989, when he began Wilson & Associates, Inc., a writing/marketing consultancy specializing in the travel industry. Over the next fifteen years, he continued travel adventure writing for newspapers, magazines and the Internet, winning an Adventurebase writing contest in 2000, while his photographs won awards from National Geographic Traveler in 1998 and 1999, and Islands magazine in 1999.

Then in 1992, after training at high elevations in Vail, Colorado, Wilson and his wife became the first Western couple to walk an ancient 1,000-km pilgrimage path from Lhasa, Tibet to Kathmandu, Nepal with their Tibetan horse named Sadhu. Their story of courage and survival is interwoven with the tale of their Tibetan hosts’ struggle to survive Chinese occupation in the IPPY (Independent Publisher) award-winning non-fiction book, Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith, published by Pilgrim’s Tales in 2004. At its release, the book garnered positive reviews from Library Journal, Midwest Book Review and others.

Wilson continued making trekking journeys over the next decade, hiking four other historic pilgrimage trails: the 500-mile Camino de Santiago twice across Spain (1999, 2005); the Via de la Plata (2007), the 9th century, 1150-mile Via Francigena from England to Rome (he is the first American to complete this route, per the Association Via Francigena (Rome)) (2000, 2002), and the 400-mile St. Olav’s Way across Norway (2004 and 2014).

In 1981, Wilson relocated to Utqiagvik, Alaska, an Inupiat village on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, where he served as the assistant to the Eskimo mayor and wrote about life in the Arctic for Alaskan newspapers, including the Tundra Times, Northland News and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. After moving to Anchorage, Alaska in 1983, he directed promotions for the Anchorage Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and continued contributing to statewide newspapers.

Brandon Wilson Net Worth

Brandon Wilson is one of the richest Explorer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brandon Wilson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Brandon Wilson (born October 2, 1953) is known as an author of non-fiction travel narratives and explorer.

Born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, son of Dr. Edgar and Mary Beth (Tuttle) Wilson is the eldest of 3 children. By the age of fourteen, he was contributing articles to two local newspapers (Coraopolis Record and Moon Bulletin) and was published in two national high school anthologies. He was also an avid outdoorsman and active in the Boy Scouts of America, earning the Eagle Scout award (1967) with bronze, gold, and silver palms, and was accepted into the Order of the Arrow attaining the Brotherhood level. After attending Sewickley Academy and Moon Area High School where he was selected an Allegheny County (PA) Exceptionally Able Youth, he graduated the later. He then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, matriculating with a BA degree (double major in communications and dramatic arts). Wilson then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC. He is a Quaker and proponent of peace and human rights, two causes frequently appearing in his writings.

He married Cheryl Ann Keefe, a television producer from El Segundo, California, in 1989. Together, they continued exploring nearly one hundred countries and were in Eastern Europe during the fall of 1989 to chronicle the downfall of the Berlin Wall. The following year, they began a 17-country trans-African overland safari from London to Cape Town, South Africa, recounted in his non-fiction book, Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa, published by Pilgrim’s Tales in 2005.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Brandon Wilson Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Brandon Ranked on the list of most popular Explorer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brandon Wilson celebrates birthday on October 2 of every year.

Who is number 40 for the Bengals?

No. 40 – Cincinnati Bengals
Born:| July 27, 1994 Shreveport, Louisiana
Height:| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:| 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information

Who does kickoffs for Bengals?

Ranked by Kickoff Returns Brandon Wilson is the Cincinnati Bengals active leader in kickoff returns with 58.

What is the roster for the Cincinnati Bengals?

Players

How much do practice squad players make in the NFL?

Practice squad players make $11,500 per week or $207,000 for 18 weeks. Veteran players with over two years of experience will make a minimum of $15,400 per week or $277,200 for 18 weeks, and a maximum of $19,900 per week or $358,200.

Who did the front flip touchdown?

In Week 16 of the 2011 season, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Jerome Simpson did a full front flip over Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington, landing on his feet in the end zone for a touchdown.