I got in! I got in!
I just received word via email (the ‘official’ letter is in the mail) that I am a new Member National (MN) of The Explorers Club! I have wanted to join The Explorers Club since the mid-1990s, but I figured I would never get in. Then over a year ago I learned that there are a few members in Minnesota and I contacted Greg (a member) who kindly helped me with my application and I got in! Thanks Greg and Don for writing me letters and sponsoring me!
The Explorers Club was “Founded in 1904 by a group of the world’s leading explorers, The Explorers Club is a multi-disciplinary not-for-profit professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. The mission of The Explorers Club is the encouragement of scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space. Our members hail from all corners of the globe and are among the most accomplished in all facets of exploration and the field sciences” (http://www.explorers.org/index.php/about/join/join_the_club). Members have include Theodore Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, various Leakey’s, Jane Goodall, Sylvia Earle, Dian Fossey, Sally Ride, and Charles Lindbergh!
http://www.explorers.org/