Wickliffe W WalkerWickliffe W. Walker represented the United States in three whitewater canoe and kayak world championships and in the 1972 Olympics at Munich. Following his competitive career, he mounted expeditions in Bhutan, Pakistan, Mexico, and elsewhere, includig to the Tsangpo River of Tibet that is the subject of his book Courting the Diamond Sow. He is a National Geographic explorer and author, and a fellow of The Explorers Club, and he presently lives and writes in the Blue Ridge of Southwestern Virginia. He studied at Dartmouth College, the John F. Kennedy School for Special Warfare, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. He served twenty-one years in the United States Army as an engineer, military intelligence, and special forces officer, retiring in the rank of lieutenant colonel after overseas service in Vietnam, Thailand, and Germany. Read More Read Less