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Richard Bangs

Author, producer, travel & technology pioneer, co-founder Mountain Travel Sobek; founding executive team Expedia; CEO White Nile Media

Richard Bangs is CEO of White Nile Media, Inc., (www.whitenilemedia.com ), a sustainable tourism development and media company. Richard Bangs has been a pioneer in travel, digital media, e-commerce, and other frontiers. Richard Bangs has oft been called the father of modern adventure travel, and the pioneer in travel that makes a difference, travel with a purpose. He has spent 30 years as an explorer and communicator, and along the way led first descents of 35 rivers around the globe, including the Yangtze in China and the Zambezi in Southern Africa. He Co-directed the IMAX Film, Mystery of the Nile, and co-authored the Putnam book of the same name. His book, The Lost River: A Memoir of Life, Death and the Transformation of Wild Water, won the National Outdoor Book Award in the literature category and the Lowell Thomas Award for best book.