Lester Picker, an intrepid journalist, has embarked on daring adventures throughout his career. He ventured into the depths of the Pacific Ocean on a nuclear attack submarine and conquered the towering summit of the Pyrenes. Enduring extreme temperatures, he braved bone-chilling -50-degree Fahrenheit conditions while capturing photographs in the Arctic and withstood blistering +120-degree Fahrenheit heat while living among a Bedouin tribe in Egypt's Eastern desert. His encounters with wildlife proved both thrilling and perilous, narrowly escaping a sea lion's bite in the Galapagos (note: never disrupt a mother and her pup while photographing!) and evading a 16-foot alligator's pursuit in South Africa.