Even as young whippersnappers, we knew the world isn’t always a friendly place. Spend a year on the road and you’re bound to cross some high-risk environments. On those occasions, you don’t place your faith in bible. Instead you make sure you packed a Robert Young Pelton book.

Robert Young Pelton is a legend of conflict area journalism and adventure writing. These days he shares his time between being, and we quote, “Adventurer, filmmaker, businessman, author, writer, director, lecturer, columnist, host, explorer, executive producer, photographer, pundit, vagrant and student of life.”

He’s basic message is not to inflict fear, but instead to educate those who are about to embark on an adventure of their own and may yet harbor some doubt if they will indeed “come back alive”. Robert Young Pelton teaches them how to do just that.

The man is a true inspiration – hey, we even named our production company after one of the phrases found in The World’s Most Dangerous Places – so we thought we offer some links that should keep you busy:

Rolph Potts (another amazing travel writer!) interviews RYP

The National Geographic columns and articles

The American Taliban Interview

Pelton radio interview on “License To Kill”

And of course, his official site with lots and lots to explore:

Comebackalive.com

Including Dangerpedia – check out how dangerous your next destination is!

R & T