Jason Schoonover is often asked, ‘How come you’re able to live an interesting life while the rest of us got stuck with jobs, spouse, kids and mortgages?’
Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for his contribution to the RCGS and Canadian exploration, Fellow Emeritus, Stefansson Medalist, Citation of Merit awardee and on the Honor Roll of the Explorers Club, Jason lives a very interesting life. He has been on over 100 expeditions, most as Team Leader, including 12 with the late Capt. Norm Baker, Thor Heyerdahl’s First Mate on the Ra and Tigris reed boat voyages; five 18-20-person dinosaur bone prospecting expeditions with renowned paleontologist Dr. Phil Currie as his Field Leader; fixed a Sri Lankan Devil Dance shoot for Survivorman Les Stroud; explored South and Southeast Asian jungles and the Himalayas piecing together anthropological collections for museums worldwide; and excavated Paleolithic caves along Thailand’s River Kwai with Sir Rod Beattie which resulted in the opening of a museum. He’s also been charged by a bull elephant, caught between a mother bear and her cub, dived on shipwrecks, produced stage shows, and been around the world several times. His real life of adventure crossed over into fiction in the Bantam international bestselling adventure-thriller Thai Gold, and his non-fiction Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives was an award winner. In this inspirational book, he shows you—often with humor—how you can avoid digging a rut or, if you’re already in one, how to climb out and live one too.