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NIGHT OF HIGH ADVENTURE (NOHA) - Presented by the Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles
The Night of High Adventurer (NOHA) - Presented by the Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles is an annual formal/semi-formal event to honor the achievements of anyone and everyone who has "left the beaten path and made for adventure."
Over 100 years ago thirty-four men sat down at the first dinner of the Adventurers' Club. They were soldiers, sailors, hunters, trappers, travelers, journalists, authors and scientists. Four toasts were offered: "To Adventure, the Shadow of Every Red-Blooded Man"; "To the Game"; "To Every Lost Trail, Lost Cause, and Lost Comrade"; and last "To Gentlemen Adventurers."
Thus the first Adventurers' Club was inaugurated and such are the personnel and spirit of the Club's Adventurers. The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles has always attracted the best and the brightest of the world's most adventurous spirits.
The Club's flag has been carried to the rough country of Baja California, to the summit of Mount Ararat and the Matterhorn, in the Amazon jungles and over the Humac Mountains into Brazil from French Guiana, to Antarctica and the length of the Mackenzie River to the Artic, rivers of the Nile and Congo, river runs of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and El Sumidero Canyon of Mexico, to the "Lost World in Venezuela," the summit of Mt. Everest, the jungles of New Guinea, outback in Australia, on small craft to numerous islands of the Pacific, and many many other places.
NOHA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A YEARLY TRADITION OF THE ADVENTURERS' CLUB OF LOS ANGELES
THIS YEAR WE ARE FEATURING:
1) ROBERT YOUNG PELTON: author, journalist and documentary filmmaker. Pelton's journalistic work usually consists of conflict reporting and interviews with military and political figures in warzones. His career is notable because of the number of conflict zones he has reported from and the breadth of important figures he has interviewed. His reputation is built on his history of entering forbidden, deadly and violent places.
Pelton has been present at conflicts such as the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi in Afghanistan, the Battle of Grozny (1999-2000) in Chechnya, the rebel campaign to take Monrovia in Liberia, the siege on Villa Somalia in Mogadishu and has been with ground forces in approximately 40 other conflicts. He survived an assassination attempt in Uganda, spent time with the Taliban and the Northern Alliance pre 9/11, the CIA during the hunt for Bin Laden and also with both insurgents and Blackwater security contractors during the war in Iraq.
2) MIREYA MAYOR - She's been referred to as the "female Indiana Jones." She is an American anthropologist and wildlife correspondent for the National Geographic. She was also a Miami Dolphins cheer leader and a Fulbright Scholar before earning a PhD in anthropology.
Mayor was one of the explorers on the show Expedition Africa. She currently is a two-time Emmy Award-nominated wildlife correspondent for the National Geographic Channel. Her work has provided her with extensive field experience studying primates and many other wild animals.
Mayor is often found in dangerous environments sleeping in a rain forest hammock amid poisonous snakes, being charged by gorillas, chased by elephants, pawed by leopards, scaling rocky cliffs, and diving with great white sharks.
It all started when Mireya Mayor's college anthropology class began studying primates. She was seized by the fact that some of these incredible animals were on the verge of extinction had never been studied and that in some cases, not even a mere photograph existed to show their existence. The more questions she asked, the more it became clear that much about our natural world still remained a mystery. Mayor's discovery of a new species of mouse lemur in Madagascar put her own work in the spotlight. While tromping through remote areas of jungle with rain pouring, tents blowing into the air, she discovered a nocturnal animal that happens to be the smallest primate in the world. Based on her hard-won documentation, Mayor convinced Madagascar's president and prime minister to declare the new mouse lemur species' habitat a national park.
Mayor has since dedicated her life to solving that mystery, studying rare primates in the wild throughout the world and working closely with local populations. Today, Earning her the nickname of "Female Indiana Jones," Mayor's Ultimate Explorer TV expeditions have taken her to central Africa's gorillas, underwater with the dangerous six-foot Humboldt squid, and into a haven for leopards in Namibia.
When science and the media collide, extraordinary things can happen! This is why she considers her television work just as important as her conservation fieldwork. The TV series sheds light on the plight of endangered places and animals around the world. Television has the power to help people know and connect with these animals and habitats that are disappearing. Mayor is quick to note the importance of local support for conservation success. "The local people are the very core of effective conservation, and without their support, the 'dream' of saving the planet can never become a reality."
Mayor also stresses that local populations need more new opportunities. "It's often lack of options that cause threatened places to suffer. Providing education and opportunity are critical keys to protecting the planet." Her own field research expands options for locals. "Some of my best trackers were former hunters. Now they're using their very specialized skills to protect animals in the wild."
She may circle the globe on television expeditions, but Mayor's heart remains in the rain forests of Madagascar. "This phenomenal natural laboratory could vanish in our lifetime becoming the stuff of history books, not science books. Until I can walk away in good conscience knowing it's going to be okay, I just can't leave. We may be facing the largest mass extinction of our time, so awareness is crucial. If we don't act now, it will be too late."
3) MARIA BALTAZZI - has carved out a career producing on location throughout the world. She specializes in producing action-adventure-travel shows and has been on all seven continents and forty-eight countries. She climbed Kilimanjaro, November 2008, trekked to Everest Base Camp, May 2009. She is also distance walker and has completed the NY Marathon, November 2009; LA Marathon, March 2010; and Athens, October 2010.
Maria's "current event," Rhino Wars which she will speak to us about is about the conflict that is centered on the worldwide commercial demand for rhino horns, an exotic commodity that's more valuable than gold on the black market. It reveals the conflict between blood-thirsty poachers and one of South Africa's anti-poaching units, which has recruited armed forces to stop the illegal, lucrative trade of rhino horns.
Maria has been associated with Mark Burnett since the first season of "Survivor", when she was one of the original show producers. She went on to develop and Executive Produce, with Mark Burnett, "Expedition Africa" for the History channel. The series was Emmy nominated for it's Outstanding Cinematography Nonfiction (2009).
The wide range of locations where Maria has worked includes Alaska, Antarctica, Australia, Borneo, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Fiji, Hawaii, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Okinawa, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, St. Barts, St. Martin, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vanuatu, and Zanzibar.
Maria Baltazzi earned a Bachelor's Degree in Science in International Marketing from San Diego State with a minor in Broadcast Management. She also received her Masters of Fine Arts for Film from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Maria Baltazzi is a Los Angeles-based television producer, known for her work on a variety of unscripted, action-adventure shows. Some of her credits include working as one of the original four producers on CBS's Emmy award winning show, Survivor and Executive Producer on TLC's record breaking Sarah Palin's Alaska, which debuted at 5 million viewers.
Maria has done a variety of shows that have aired on CBS, History, TLC, Discovery, and A&E. In 2001, she received an Emmy for the first two seasons of Survivor. That same year she was also Emmy nominated for Eco Challenge: Borneo.
After seven seasons, Maria left Survivor to begin developing shows and show running. In 2009, in association with Mark Burnett, Maria developed and Executive Produced History Channel's critically acclaimed Expedition Africa: Stanley & Livingstone.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.adventurersclub.org
A SILENT AUCTION OF UNUSUAL AND EXOTIC ITEMS WILL BE HELD.
DRESS IS BLACK TIE, DARK SUIT, MILITARY UNIFORM OR ETHNIC DRESS
Tickets are $110.00 per person. Tickets include dinner and admission. Please select from a choice of prime rib or salmon filet. Buy early for the best seating.
Everyone is welcome!
The schedule is as follows:
5:00 - 6:00 Registration, Social Hour, Silent Auction
5:00 - 7:00 Two-hour open bar
6:00 Formal Entry to Dining Hall with Bagpipes
6:15 Toast
6:30 - 7:30 Dinner
7:30 - 9:00 Featured Speakers
9:00 Silent Auction Award Winners, Socializing
Date & Location:
Saturday, October 26, 2013
At the Odyssey Restaurant
15600 Odyssey Drive, Granada Hills, CA 91344
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LocationOdyssey Restaurant (View)
15600 Odyssey Drive
Granada Hills, CA 91344
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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