The EXPEDITION Team
THE MEZCALARIANS
Photo credit: Felix Kunze
Justin Fornal
Explorer and Award-Winning Travel Writer, National Geographic
Top 3 Most Adventurous People in the World, Men’s Journal
Explorers Club Fellow
On Instagram
Photo credit: Amanda Fornal
Chad Anderson
Space Investor & Entrepreneur, CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, and more
Extreme Athlete, Great Islay Swim
Explorers Club Member
On Instagram
Photo credit: Emilano
EMILIANO RUPRAH
Adventure Filmmaker, Discovery Channel
Writer and Producer, National Geographic
Explorers Club Fellow
On Instagram
THE FIELD TEAM
CHRISTOPHER BEAUCHAMP, Photographer
Christopher is a world renown adventure photographer and cinematographer. He has shot editorial work for National Geographic, VICE, ESPN, and the Smithsonian. Recent feature length documentary work includes No Place on Earth, Until 20, and Unseen Enemy. As a professional mountain climber and caver Christopher has a unique skill set when it comes to getting beautiful images under dire circumstances.
RAYMOND PAGNUCCO, Photographer
Ray is a cameraman, field producer, and documentary filmmaker. He has shot the award winning God’s Open Hand, charting the course of Afghanistan’s fledgling democracy, Waiting for Al Qaeda, a Vice documentary, and Bronx Flavor (aka Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia on the Cooking Channel). Ray is also a freelance contributor to Vice News, writing about Myanmar’s politics, the national ceasefire negotiations and ethnic armed groups
ANTONIO RECAMIER, Cultural guide
Traveling the back roads of Oaxaca since 2011, Antonio Recamier has spent over a decade in Oaxaca, Mexico exploring secrets often overlooked and capturing images of the people that live there and their cultural heritage.
Etiel Hernandez, Cultural guide
Aka Rudy, was our man on the ground, opening doors and faithfully standing guard over the precious mezcal ferment.