Category: Journalism
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Travel Horrors! – By Michael Modzelewski – Published in The Los Angeles Times.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People on Vacation Out of Africa (and Fast!) by: Michael Modzelewski It was a splendid safari. Along with the English guide Robert Carr-Hartley, my then-wife and I led a group of Americans through the game parks of Kenya for three weeks, seeing wildlife up close and in great numbers.…
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Yeah, We’d Like to be Mike – The Pueblo (CO) Chieftain
by: Peter Strescino Many people would like to be like Mike. Not Michael Jordan, Michael Modzelewski. Modzelewski, 39, is a guy who lived virtually alone on an Alaskan island for 18 months, who runs ultramarathons, travels the world to write about wildlife for publications such as the New York Times, has a screenplay optioned, has…
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Back from China – The Napa Valley Times
Michael is back from China, where he and 49 other runners from 18 different states and Canada took part in two races. In “The Great Wall Run” Michael was the first to reach the top of the highest watchtower, after running up steep hills and 3K on the wall itself. For this feat he was…
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The Right Stuff – By Jeff Threde – Published in The St. Helena Star (CA)
“I’ve always had the attitude that if you’re afraid to die, then you’re afraid to live,” explained Yountville’s Michael Modzelewski. Modzelewski, 31, returned to his peaceful Napa Valley home in December after a grueling climb up Mexico’s Mt. Orizaba, located 125 miles east of Mexico City, which at 18,855 feet is the third highest mountain…
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As I Saw It – By Michael Modzelewski – Published in Sports Illustrated
It was Dismaying to a boy when Jimmy Brown took his dad’s job. When I was a child my father worried me. Every Sunday during the fall he would come home physically battered. His arms were swollen and contused, and his right shoulder usually drooped lower than his left. Once he came in with 12…
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Fascinating Response To The “Connie Gordon Challenge”
Fascinating Response To The “Connie Gordon Challenge” From Michael Modzelewski, adventure speaker, TV host, author Originally printed in “Sharing Ideas” Oct./Nov. 1996, Vol. 19, Issue 1, Royal Publishing, Walters Speaker Services 1) Who has had the most profound effect on your career? Dottie and Lilly Walters. Their book Speak and Grow Rich is the “Bible”…