Past Programs

December 14, 2023- 2023 President's Holiday Party<hr>December 7, 2023- You Can Wear Your Good Watch in Istria and Slavonia with Bill Altaffer<hr>November 30, 2023- The Art Of Living Dangerously with Richard Bangs<hr>November 16, 2023- Visiting Syria in 2023 with Reymundo Perez<hr>November 9, 2023- Embracing Discomfort, Working for the United States Antarctic Program with James Graham<hr>November 2, 2023- 2023 Annual Business Meeting- 2nd Session<hr>October 26, 2023- 5 Lessons Learned From Failed Adventures with Jesse Redheart<hr>October 19, 2023- Jade Adventures in Guatemala with Charles Carmona #1136<hr>October 14, 2023- 2023 Night of High Adventure<hr>October 5, 2023- 2023 Annual Business Meeting- 1st Session<hr>September 28, 2023- ‘The Rickshaw Run’ - A Wild Ride Across India with Yasmin Sanie-Hay and Anthony Hay<hr>September 23, 2023- Interstellar Sound Immersion with Deep Flight<hr>September 21, 2023- Running Away With The Circus with Phoebe Piper<hr>September 14, 2023- The Adventures of Michael Lawler<hr>September 7, 2023- Burning Man Report- Flood of 2023<hr>August 31, 2023- Capturing Giants with Big Wave Surf Photographer Sachi Cunningham<hr>August 24, 2023- The NISAR Mission: Satellite Assembly and Space Diplomacy with Scott Nowak<hr>August 17, 2023- Life as an outdoor professional California to Everest with Philip Henderson<hr>August 10, 2023- Surviving the Okavango Delta, a Look into the Heart of Wildest Africa with Zach Vincent<hr>August 3, 2023- From Coast to Coast: A 4000-Mile Cycling Odyssey with Ian de Moura<hr>July 27, 2023- Revving Up: The Thrills and Challenges of Amateur Porsche Racing With David McAlexander<hr>July 20, 2023- Outside the Wire: Covering Combat and Military Operations with Amy Forsythe<hr>July 13, 2023- Climb your Everest presented by Dr. Sara Safari<hr>July 8, 2023- Celebration of Life for Roy Roush #864<hr>July 6, 2023- THE LAGOON, Encounters with the Whales of San Ignacio with James Michael Dorsey<hr>July 1, 2023- An Interstellar Sound Immersion with Chuck Jonkey and Stephen James Taylor<hr>June 29, 2023- Guardians of the Spotted Ghost: An In-Depth Discussion on Cheetah Conservation in India<hr>June 24, 2023- 6th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles<hr>June 15, 2023- Defying Danger in Pyongyang, North Korea and Devil's Pool, Victoria Falls with Gloria McCoy<hr>June 8, 2023- Danielle Eubank: One Artist Five Oceans: "A 20-year quest to capture all the world’s oceans" and World Oceans Day Fundraiser<hr>June 1, 2023- The Worlds Most Traveled Man Presents: The Amazon 1970 with Bill Altaffer<hr>May 25, 2023- Telling Stories in Wild Places with Melissa Lesh<hr>May 18, 2023- The Victory Lap: A Circumnavigation Visiting All Seven Continents in Four Months<hr>May 11, 2023- A Month on Mars with Rod Pyle Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra Magazine<hr>May 4, 2023- Monuments Men and Women in the 21st Century with Captain Sonia Dixon<hr>April 27, 2023- The Courage to Fail with Diana Nyad<hr>April 20, 2023- Diving The WWII Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon with John Jay<hr>April 13, 2023- 2023: An Exoplanet Odyssey by Laura-May Abron<hr>April 6, 2023- World-Class Adventurer, Born to Adventure Presented by Ramona Cox AKA SkyChick<hr>March 30, 2023- Shackleton's Endurance Found! Presentation and Book Signing with Director of Exploration Mensun Bound<hr>March 23, 2023- Solo Self Supported Bike Trip Across Aotearoa (NZ) with Casey Sheppard<hr>March 16, 2023- An Arctic Journey told by Adam Ravetch<hr>March 9, 2023- Finding Adventure in the Pacific - Paulo Ferro<hr>March 2, 2023- 7 Days Off Road - No Modern Nav. Tools with Sabrina Howells<hr>February 23, 2023- Paralyzed & Told He'd Never Walk Again Terry Tillman Shares his Success Secrets<hr>February 16, 2023- First Successful Wheeled Overland Expedition to the High Arctic narrated by Andrew Comrie-Picard<hr>February 9, 2023- Author Brian O'Hare reads from Surrender—his 2021 Award Winning Book of Veteran's Short Stories<hr>February 2, 2023- Daniel Stinson, Call Sign Santa6 the Contractor Responsible for Saving 15,000 Afghans in 2021<hr>January 26, 2023- Journey to Mt. Erebus in Antarctica with Rosaly Lopes<hr>January 19, 2023- Exploring Oman: A Remote and Untrod Land Full of Beauty and History with Ashley Borders<hr>January 12, 2023- Travel for Transformation: The Road is the Guru with Jonathan Legg<hr>

December 15, 2022- 2022 President's Holiday Party<hr>December 8, 2022- Adventures in Inner and Outer Space with Robert A Lowell<hr>December 1, 2022- Vanishing Tanzanian Tribes with Gower Frost<hr>November 17, 2022- Trophy Fishing with Sophia Huynh and Kevin Boyle<hr>November 10, 2022- Journalism in Central Africa and Giant Rat Enabled Landmine Clearance with Andrew McGregor<hr>November 5, 2022- 2022 Night of High Adventure<hr>November 3, 2022- 2022 Annual Business Meeting 2nd Session<hr>October 27, 2022- Member Showcase<hr>October 20, 2022- The Essence and Spirit of Adventure with Pierre Odier<hr>October 13, 2022- Fighting Illegal Grows on Public Lands with LT John Nores<hr>October 6, 2022- 2022 Annual Business Meeting- 1st Session<hr>September 29, 2022- Survival Skills and Self Reliance with Christopher Nyerges<hr>September 22, 2022- Three Winters in the South Pole Discussion and Book Signing with Wayne White<hr>September 17, 2022- 5th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles<hr>September 8, 2022- Japanese Good Luck Flags and 1000 Stitch Belts with Dr. Michael Bortner<hr>September 1, 2022- The Business Case for More Outdoor Adventure with Knight Campbell<hr>August 25, 2022- Evading the KGB with Sheet Music with Merryl Goldberg<hr>August 18, 2022- Combat Surgery with Dr. Richard Stenes<hr>August 11, 2022- Migrant Caravans from Central America with Ilse Fernandez and Xiomara<hr>August 4, 2022- Solo Motorcycle Overlanding on the Baja Peninsula with Scott McQueen<hr>July 28, 2022- Surviving a Shark Attack and Becoming a Shark Advocate with Maria Korcsmaros<hr>July 21, 2022- Horse Racing in Mongolia with Hugh Cummings<hr>July 14, 2022- SCUBA Diving with Stewart Deats<hr>July 7, 2022- Lasers, Fire, and Robots with Brent Bushnell<hr>June 30, 2022- Saving Lives in Libya and World Record Bicycle Rides with Dean Stott<hr>June 23, 2022- Subterranean Ghosts: India’s Vanishing Stepwells with Victoria Lautman<hr>June 16, 2022- Urban Hiking with Robert Inman<hr>June 9, 2022- Underwater Ancient Clock Salvaging to Modern Robotics with Chris Weisbart<hr>June 2, 2022- Food Adventures with the Māori and Beyond with Nyesha Arrington<hr>May 26, 2022- Dinosaurs of the Deep: Expedition Flag #127 with Alec Shumate<hr>May 19, 2022- Practicing and Teaching Medicine in Mongolia with Dr. David Warburton OBE<hr>May 12, 2022- Creatively Financing Adventure: How the State Dept. Helped Fund A Motorcycle Trip to Spain with Craig Caryl<hr>May 5, 2022- Kathryn Linehan about Her Father David Chase Linehan – Member #977 of the Adventurers' Club<hr>April 28, 2022- Trying to Solve the Mystery of the Nazca Lines with Mike Tucker<hr>April 21, 2022- Becoming a Blind Magician with Chad Allen<hr>April 14, 2022- Lessons Enforcing Mid East No Fly Zones in the 90s Applied to Ukraine with David McAlexander<hr>April 7, 2022- Fighter Jets and Augmented Reality with Nick Bićanić<hr>March 31, 2022- Lifting Stones to find Strength and Sovereignty with Liefia Ingalls<hr>March 24, 2022- Horn of Africa Travels with Bill Altaffer<hr>March 17, 2022- Putin and the Ongoing Crisis in Ukraine with James Biesterfeld<hr>March 10, 2022- Champion Kickboxing and Cowboying with Charles Bisset<hr>March 3, 2022- Conservation Working Safari in South Africa<hr>February 24, 2022- Serving in the Marines at Guantanamo after 9/11 with Tony Lugo<hr>February 17, 2022- Dying to Tell the Story with Kathy and Dan Eldon<hr>February 10, 2022- Grassroots Veteran Suicide Prevention in the US and Mexico with Margarita Reyes<hr>February 3, 2022- World Record Stone Lifts and the Pursuit of Peak Performance with Logan Gelbrich<hr>January 27, 2022- Teaching in Iraqi Kurdistan with David Torstenson<hr>January 20, 2022- Family Expedition to Africa with the Angelos Family<hr>January 13, 2022- From Mercenaries to the Metaverse with Nick Bićanić<hr>January 6, 2022- Off-Road Racing with Robert Johnson<hr>

December 30, 2021- Wishing you all a great New Year's and looking forward to seeing you in 2022!<hr>December 16, 2021- 2021 President's Holiday Party<hr>December 9, 2021- Exploring Chernobyl with Mike Clark<hr>December 2, 2021- The Art of Field Collecting in Papua New Guinea with Michael Hamson<hr>November 18, 2021- Carry on up the Khyber with Kevin Martin<hr>November 11, 2021- Shipboard Lifestyles Across Time with Linda Abrams<hr>November 4, 2021- 2021 Annual Business Meeting- Second Session<hr>October 28, 2021- Little Steps, Big Feat: The Adventures of One Woman’s Walk Around the World with Polly Letofsky<hr>October 21, 2021- Here, There be Dragons! with Jim Dorsey<hr>October 14, 2021- Spartan Games Declare Robert Owens "The Fittest and Mentally Toughest 66 year-old in the World" with Robert Owens<hr>October 7, 2021- 2021 Annual Business Meeting- First Session<hr>September 30, 2021- Early Organized Crime in Los Angeles with Dr. J. Michael Niotta<hr>September 25, 2021- SOLD OUT! - 4th Annual Tiki Night at The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles - SOLD OUT!<hr>September 16, 2021- The Roswell UFO Crash; What are the Undeniable Truths? with Donald R. Schmitt<hr>September 9, 2021- Paid in Stories and Scars; The Life of a Circus Clown with Alex Barney<hr>September 2, 2021- Mountaineering: Risk and Rescue with Dylan Kilby<hr>August 26, 2021- Mad Mike Hughes: The Flat Earther Daredevil Rocketeer Who Reached for the Stars with Justin Chapman<hr>August 19, 2021- Ultimate Africa: On Safari with Rich Abele<hr>August 12, 2021- Ball's Bluff with Michael Oddenino<hr>August 5, 2021- Finding Shangri-La with Ted Vaill<hr>July 29, 2021- Ends of the Earth: Documenting the spread and impact of Christianity with David Coonradt<hr>July 22, 2021- Three Winters at the South Pole with Wayne White<hr>July 15, 2021- Misadventures in Southeast Asia with Ken Hudson<hr>July 8, 2021- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird with Buz Carpenter<hr>July 1, 2021- Ms. Adventure with Jess Phoenix<hr>June 24, 2021- An insight into Cowboy Action and Wild Bunch Action Shooting with Mark Romano<hr>June 17, 2021- Lost City of the Monkey God with Steve Elkins<hr>June 12, 2021- California's Gold with Huell Howser<hr>June 10, 2021- Caribbean Reef Life with Mickey Charteris<hr>June 5, 2021- Saving Private Ryan (1998)<hr>June 3, 2021- Sinatra’s Tailor with Mark Thompson<hr>May 29, 2021- Free Solo (2018)<hr>May 27, 2021- Retracing the Footsteps of a World War I Photographer with John Heinsen<hr>May 22, 2021- Zulu (1964)<hr>May 20, 2021- West Africa’s Voodoo Vibes and More with Elisa Kotin<hr>May 15, 2021- The Right Stuff (1983)<hr>May 13, 2021- Cold War and Cold Water with Dr. Robert Williscroft<hr>May 6, 2021- My Life as a Crash Test Dummy in Antarctica with Jeff Bozanic<hr>April 29, 2021- Building Swimming Pools and Relationships in the Arctic Circle with Paul Graves<hr>April 22, 2021- Explorers of the Far West: The Mountain Men with Roger McGrath<hr>April 15, 2021- Treasure Hunting and Archeology with Bryan Kresie<hr>April 8, 2021- On the Road to Uncover an Extraordinary Holocaust Survival Story with Michael Nelson<hr>April 1, 2021- A Life Aquatic with Kim McCoy<hr>March 25, 2021- Cambodia's Legacy with Bill Morse<hr>March 18, 2021- Strange Technology with Joe Valencic<hr>March 11, 2021- Running Across the USA with Type 1 Diabetes with Don Muchow<hr>March 4, 2021- Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy with Francis Gary Powers, Jr<hr>February 25, 2021- Atlas Obscura with Dylan Thuras<hr>February 18, 2021- Serpent Handlers of Appalachia with Eric Streit<hr>February 11, 2021- Motorcycling in Myanmar with Ken Freund<hr>February 6, 2021- Saving Jaws with Cristina Zenato<hr>February 4, 2021- Adventure on the Devil's Road with Todd Bruce<hr>January 28, 2021- The Orangutans of Borneo with Carl Palazzolo, DVM<hr>January 21, 2021- Avoiding Regret: Treading the Offbeat Path in Deceivingly Familiar Territory with Sandi Hemmerlein<hr>January 14, 2021- Saving the Giraffes of Northern Kenya with Jenna Stacy-Dawes<hr>January 7, 2021- Discovering an Ancient Egyptian IKEA Manual with Greg Downing<hr>

December 10, 2020- An Artist's Adventures in Gyotaku with Dwight Hwang<hr>December 3, 2020- Haitian Vodou with Mike Clark<hr>November 19, 2020- LIVING IN SPACE: How Space Stations Have Blazed the Path to Settling Space with Rod Pyle<hr>November 12, 2020- Scott Warner- Dredging Northern Alaska<hr>November 5, 2020- Annual Business Meeting: Session 2<hr>October 22, 2020- Hiking the AT and More as a Type 1 Diabetic with Rich Mayfield<hr>October 15, 2020- Running for My Life in North Korea with Jay Nunn<hr>October 8, 2020- Journey to the Adventurers' Club with Reymundo Perez<hr>October 1, 2020- Annual Business Meeting: Session 1<hr>September 24, 2020- From Cairo to Capetown on Bike with Quincy Lee<hr>September 17, 2020- Paddling Down the Mekong River in Cambodia with Leon Shoenfeld<hr>September 10, 2020- Lost Tales and Mysteries with Dave Finnern<hr>September 3, 2020- Deep into the Amazon with Alec Shumate<hr>August 27, 2020- Herding Reindeer with the Nenets with Matt Allison<hr>August 20, 2020- In Search of Beringia and Devil's Island with Pierre Odier<hr>August 13, 2020- Alaskan Dogsled Expeditions with Phoebe Piper<hr>August 6, 2020- From Lawyer to African Safari Operator with Alan Feldstein<hr>July 30, 2020- Tomorrow's Air Museum with Robin Petgrave<hr>July 23, 2020- Flying the U-2 Spyplane with Rob "Skid" Rowe<hr>July 16, 2020- Flying the Most Feared Warplane with Troy Johnson<hr>July 9, 2020- From Fighter Pilot to Test Pilot with Col. Hank Reed<hr>July 2, 2020- Filming Legendary Locations with Eric Streit<hr>June 25, 2020- World's Most Traveled Person with Bill Altaffer<hr>June 18, 2020- Below the Surface with Andre Navarro<hr>June 11, 2020- A 3 Year Trek Around the World with Kevin Lee<hr>June 4, 2020- Expeditions and Advocacy with Jim Dorsey<hr>May 28, 2020- Summer Vacation in Northern Iraq and Pakistan with Marc Weitz<hr>May 21, 2020- Adventures of a Deep-Sea Explorer with Richard Slater<hr>May 14, 2020- Being the Adventure with Mike Escamilla<hr>May 7, 2020- Chuck Jonkey's Exotic Worlds and Sonic Safaris<hr>April 30, 2020- Earthwalk 2019 and the We Are Mother Earth Initiative with Jenny Carrington<hr>April 23, 2020- Misadventures in the Ancient Himalayan Kingdoms with Kendall Hudson<hr>April 16, 2020- Classic Adventure with Rob Quist<hr>April 9, 2020- Bryan Kresie- Bagging Local Peaks<hr>April 2, 2020- Buying a Sailboat with Matt Nadu<hr>March 26, 2020- Diving Southern California with Stew Deats<hr>March 19, 2020- Inaugural Broadcast<hr>March 5, 2020- Robert Owens- Adventure, Endurance and Mental Toughness<hr>February 27, 2020- SOLD OUT! 3rd Annual Tiki Night- In The Footsteps of Karl von den Steinen<hr>February 13, 2020- Paul Pfau- Ghosts of Everest's Past<hr>February 6, 2020- Courtney Gillenwater- Both Sides of the Fence<hr>January 30, 2020- Mad Mike Hughes- More Adventures with Rocket Man<hr>January 25, 2020- Movie Night - Ice Station Zebra<hr>January 23, 2020- Cheri Hunter- Tibet Adventures in the Eastern Grasslands: Festivals, Fairs, and Rituals<hr>January 16, 2020- George Retelas- Eleven: The Story of 11 Men From Air Group 11<hr>January 9, 2020- Jeffery Goddard- Growing Up With The Real Life Indiana Jones<hr>

December 12, 2019- President's Annual Christmas Party<hr>December 5, 2019- Quincy Lee- Cairo to Cape Town by Bicycle<hr>November 21, 2019- Member Showcase: Short Stories and Artifacts Presented by our Members<hr> November 14, 2019- Bobby Green: Vintage Auto Racing

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November 7, 2019– Annual Business Meeting– Second Session

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November 2, 2019- 2019 Night of High Adventure at the Bowers Museum

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October 24, 2019- Matt Kresling: The Madagascar Journals

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October 17, 2019- Pierre Odier: Adventures in Southern Nepal and Bangladesh

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October 10, 2019- Dawson Bloom: Scottish Archeology

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September 12, 2019- Jim McEachen: Beyond Everest- Adventures in the Lesser-Known Himalaya

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September 5, 2019– Andrew Medina: A Tryst in Triage (On Fingering the Afflictions of Paraguay)

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August 29, 2019 – Alec Shumate: Summer Fury: Combat Art with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

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August 22, 2019- Jake Roberts: Kayaking Uganda and Climbing Mt. Kenya

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August 15, 2019– Franky Ortega: Jumping into Normandy– 75 Years Later

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August 8, 2019– John Grasson: The Lost Ships of the Desert

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August 1, 2019– Evan Bozanic 1173:Rebreathers in Diving, Aviation, and Submarines

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July 25, 2019– Man’s First Landing on the Moon!

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July 18, 2019- Kate Liszka: Exploring the Amethyst Mines of Pharaoh

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June 13, 2019- Dean Torrance: The Adventures of Jan and Dean

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June 27, 2019- Greg Downing: Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China

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June 20, 2019- David Veeneman: Mutiny on the Bounty: Fact or Fiction?

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June 6, 2019- 75th Anniversary of D-Day: With stories from our members.

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May 30, 2019- Richard Higbie: Blimping and Ballooning in the 1950s and ‘60s

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May 23, 2019- Alec Shumate: Forbidden Frontier- The Matis Tribe of the Brazilian Amazon and a Field Report from a Flagged Expedition

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May 16, 2019- Members Showcase: Short Stories From Several Members

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May 9, 2019- Neil Mandt: Augmented Reality

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May 2, 2019- Scott Warner: Prospecting the USA

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April 27, 2019- Steve Elkins: The Lost City of the Monkey God

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April 25, 2019- Allan Smith: The Marine Raider Memorial March

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April 18, 2019- Alec Shumate:Paddling Down the Mekong River in Cambodia

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April 11, 2019- Elisa Kotin: The Best of Seven Continents

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April 4, 2019- Lance Miller: Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton

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March 28, 2019- Christoper Bartlett: Papua New Guinea – Above and Below

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March 21, 2019- Second Annual Tiki Night

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March 14, 2019- Archaeologist Brian Fagan: The Attacking Ocean

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March 7, 2019- Alan Feldstein: Saving Cheetahs!

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February 28, 2019- Linda Abrams: The First Women to Fly

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February 21, 2019- Katherine Partain: Leading Nuclear Audits

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February 14, 2019- Matterhorn

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February 7, 2019- Mad Man Mike Hughes: Rocketman!

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January 31, 2019- Chuck Jonkey: The 1937 film “Forbidden Adventure in Angkor”

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January 24, 2019- Jim Biesterfield: Mommy Dearest

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January 17, 2017- Karen Heath Clark: Sailing The Mediterranean

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January 10, 2019- Col. Greg Raths, USMC (ret.): Nine Lives as a Fighter Pilot

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January 3, 2019- Michael Lawler: Cruising to Yemen Through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea

December 13, 2018
Rick Bartow Retrospective
By Dr. Amy Scott
Things You Know But Cannot Explain

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December 20, 2018
ACLA President’s Holiday Party

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November 29, 2018
An Open Night
Doug Westfall
The Pan Am China Clipper

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December 6, 2018
An Open Night
Don Ray
 Did the U.S. Army fire and detonate
a nuclear artillery round in Laos or Vietnam late in 1968? 

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November 8, 2018
A Member Night
Scott Warner 1184
Dredging the Bering Sea for Gold

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November 15, 2018
An Open Night
Steve Kaye
BIRDS
The Next Adventure

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November 22, 2018
DARK
Thanksgiving

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November 1, 2018
Professor Kate Liszka
King Tut
Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh

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October 27, 2018- Night of High Adventure

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An Open Night – Members and All Guests Welcome
A Celebration of the Life and Contributions of
Shane Berry, ACLA Member 1093

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October 11, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Decoding the Mystery of the Designs on Mimbres Pottery
Ancient Pueblos Culture in New Mexico
Speakers Tony Berlant and Evan Maurer

Curators of the Mimbres Exhibit at LACMA and authors of the book on the Exhibition
Referred by David Hayen, Esq.,1203

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September 27, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Wayne White 1194
Chief of South Pole Station
This – Is – Gonna’ – Be – AWESOME!

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October 4, 2018
Gentlemen’s Night
Membership Meeting

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September 13, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Sid Hallburn 1125
Self Defense Tips for Women

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September 6, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
An ACLA and Explorer’s Club Night
Pierre Odier 988
Remote Corners of Gujarat India 2017

For members of both clubs and their guests.

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August 30, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Lynn Redman 1198
A midwestern rancher tours India in 1993; can’t get a decent steak anywhere…

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August 16, 2018
A Ladie’s Night
Teddy Roosevelt
John Ashbaugh

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August 23, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Milton Love
 Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, UC, Santa Barbara

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August 9, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Jeff Holmes 1146
SE Asia WAY off the beaten path

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August 2, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
David McAlexander 1199
SAMs (Surface-to-Air Missiles)
Dodging Aerial Death from Vietnam to Desert Storm

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July 12, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Marco Rocchio
The Story of Coffee from Ethiopia to Guatemala 

Referred by David Hayen, Esq.,1203

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July 19, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Dave Finnern
Member 1065
Sunken Mysteries Of The West

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June 28,
A Ladies’ Night
Justin Chapman
Traveling from Capetown to Kampala in Search of an African Utopia

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June 21, 2018

A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Megan O’Neil
Associate Curator LACMA
New Discoveries at the Pyramids in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Mexico

Referred by David Hayen 1203

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June 7, 2018

A Ladies’ Night
Valerie Lezin
Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum

Referred by David Hayen 1203

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June 14, 2018
A Night Open To All
Robert Quist ACLA Member
Cuba 2010 and Again 2017

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May 31, 2018

A Ladies’ Night
Yosemite NPS Firefighter
Larry Ypez
Bear Attack Survivor

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May 24, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dave Berman 1201
600 Years of the Universe Through Glass

From Galileo to Alvan Clark & Beyond

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May 17, 2018
A Ladies’ Night – Everyone Welcome
I N  M E M O R I A M
Bob Silver 728
Party

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May 3, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Alec Shumate
The Vanishing Art of Travel Sketching

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May 10, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Nick Ut
From Hell to Hollywood

Interview by Mark Edward Harris

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April 26, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Ed Reynolds
200 Countries and Driven 1953 MG in 48 States

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April 19, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Rich Mayfield
Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Florida to Maine, Part 1

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April 12, 2018

A Ladies’ Night
Phyllis Hansen
The Art of Pioneering:
Paintings and Tales of Early California

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April 5, 2018

A Gentlemens’ Night
Andy Medina
Clash of Giants – Cold War Espionage

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March 29, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Kendall Hudson
SOLD OUT!
Tiki Culture in a Coconut Shell

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March 22, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Rusty Nelson
Storm Chasing and Image Mastery

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March 15, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Eric Drummond
Giant Rubies Discovered in Greenland

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March 8, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
The King of Redonda, Michael Lawler Member 1195
Spanish Discovery of Hawaii before Capt. Cook

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March 1, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Member Showcase
Bring an Object that Relates to an Adventure.

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February 22, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Casey Sheppard
7 Life Lessons from Solo Traveling

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February 15, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
“Hot Rod” Kurtz, Navy Aviator
First Night of War
Or, ejecting from a damaged jet over ocean

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February 8, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Brian Kresie 1186
Bang Bang!Ft. Irwin National Training Center preparing troops to deploy overseas

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February 1, 2018

A Ladies’ Night
Both ends of the frozen world
The Antarctic – Wayne White 1194
The Arctic – Francis Luta

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January 25, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Natalie Gibb
Exploring Yucatan Underwater Caves

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January 18, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Bill Altaffer 1095
B  U  L  G  A  R  I  A

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January 11, 2018
A Ladies’ Night
Dr. Michelle Rich
Pre Columbian Archeology Discoveries in 7th Century Guatemala

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January 4, 2018
A Gentlemen’s Night
Jay Foonberg 1126
Havana Cuba for Adventurers Club

July 13, 2017- Eric Streit #1166 - Catholic Sicilian Culture of Death<hr>

July 20, 2017- July 20 - Steven Wright - 21 Day Wilderness River Trip Down the Grand Canyon<hr>

July 27, 2017- Elisa Kotin - A Journey Through the Real Indonesia<hr>

August 3, 2017- Member Spotlight - The Awesome Members of ACLA<hr>

August 10, 2017- Andrea Donnellan - The Big One<hr>

August 17, 2017- T.J. Korst - Egyptology<hr>

August 24, 2017- August 24, 2017 – Transpac with Mike Lawler 1195 and Happy Birthday Bob Silver 728<hr>

August 31, 2017- Scott Tracy Griffin - Tarzan on Location<hr>

September 7, 2017- September 7, 2017 Yes a Ladies’ Night Erin Johnson Atlas Obscura Night<hr>

September 14, 2017- Eileen Finklestein - Remote Bolivia by Horseback<hr>

September 21, 2017- Marthe Cohn<hr>

September 28, 2017- September 28, 2017 Shane Berry - Ecuador & Independent Galapagos<hr>

October 5, 2017- Allison Brown- Staying Fit for Adventure<hr>

October 12, 2017- October 12, 2017 Ken Freund1046 - Motorcycle Trip across Russia<hr>

November 9, 2017- November 9, 2017 Barbara Schultz – Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight<hr>

November 16, 2017- November 16, 2017 Terrence Finnegan – “A Delicate Affair on the Western Front.”<hr>

November 30, 2017- Ken Corben - Photoflourescense Deep Sea Science and Creatures of Light<hr>

December 14, 2017
A Gentlemen’s Night
President’s Annual Holiday Celebration

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November 30, 2017
A Ladies’ Night
Ken Corben
Creatures of Light
Deep Sea Science and Dives

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December 7, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Dave Rader
Theodore Roosevelt

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November 9, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Barbara Schultz
How Amelia Earhart financed her flying

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November 16, 2017
A Ladies’ Night
Terrence Finnegan
A Delicate Affair on the Western Front

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November 23, 2017
Club Dark
Thanksgiving

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November 2, 2017
A Gentleman’s Night
Showcase of the Awesome Members
of ACLA

Club General Business Meeting Precedes Program

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October 12, 2017
A Ladie’s Night
Ken Freund 1046
Motorcycles Across Russia

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October 19, 2017
A Gentlemen’s Night
Member Spotlight
Plus Rabbi Shifren
International Masters Ocean Championships

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A Non-Club Event
Sunday, October 22, 2017
International Masters – Ocean Championships
At Duke’s of Huntington Beach

September 21, 2017
Marthe Cohen
A Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

Referred by Steve Bein 1057

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September 28, 2017
Shane Berry 1093
Ecuador and Galapagos
Independent Exploration

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October 5, 2017
Allison Brown
Staying Fit for Adventure

The Adventurer’s Club thanks Martin Bloom 1147 for this speaker.

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September 7, 2017
Erin Johnson 
Atlas Obscura Night

The Adventurers Club thanks Eric Steit 1166 for referring this speaker.

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September 14, 2017
Eileen Finklestein
The Kindness of Strangers: A Travel through civilized and remote Bolivia

The Adventurers Club thanks Alan Feldstein 1094 for referring this speaker.

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August 31, 2017
Scott Tracy Griffin
Tarzan on Location, Director of Special Projects – Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

The Adventurers Club thanks Stewart Deats 1168 for referring this speaker.

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August 17, 2017

TJ Korst – Egyptology: Fact/Myth

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August 24, 2017
Bob Silver 728 Birthday Bash
– and  Transpac 2017 with Mike Lawler 1195 Mike and Barbara’s Exhilarating Sailing Race

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August 10, 2017
Andrea Donnellan – The Big One

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August 3, 2017
Member Spotlight – The Awesome Members of ACLA

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July 27, 2017
Elisa Kotin – A Journey Through the Real Indonesia

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July 20, 2017
Steven Wright – 21 Day Wilderness River Trip Down the Grand Canyon

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July 13, 2017– Eric Streit #1166 – Catholic Sicilian Culture of Death

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