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I was born and raised in Cracow, Poland. From 1973 to 1979, I worked for a Polish TV network -Telewizja Krakow, and at the same time going to the Jaggiellonian University , one of the oldest universities in Europe.

I came to USA in 1982, and started working for a local CBS affiliate (Channel 14). Since 1988, I have been employed as a Photojournalist at K2 television in Casper, Wyoming, the biggest news organization in the state.

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Expeditions
In 1979, our white water kayaking club "Bystrze",("Rapid" in English),organized "Canoandes '79" expedition, which lasted 3 years running rivers in Latin America. Most of these rivers were unknown for white-water kayaking.

In 1981, my friends Piotr Chmielinski, Jurek Majcherczyk, Andrzej Pietowski, Stefan Danielski, Biczu Krasniewski and myself became the first human beings to run the Colca Canyon in Southern Peru -which is the deepest gorge in the world. This achievement was published for the first time in the 1984 edition of Guinnes Book of World Records

In 1983 and 1991, we went back to the Colca Canyon under the sponsorship of National Geographic Society.(National Geographic Magazine, January 1993).

In 1985, two members of"Canoandes '79", Piotr Chmielinski and Zbigniew Bzdak began the "Amazon Source to Mouth" expedition. I joined them on the third leg at Manaos, Brazil.

Sponsors

SponsorYearPlace
Canoandes '791979-1981Latin American Rivers
National Geographic 1983 Colca Canyon
Jourgenson-Anderson 1985Amazon-Source to Mouth
National Geographic 1991Colca Canyon


Publications

If you want to find out more about these expeditions, refer to the following publications:
Kane, Joe (1993)
Roaring Through Earth's Deepest Canyon
National Geographic , Vol.183, No. 1

Kane, Joe (1989)
Running The Amazon
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Chmielinski, Piotr (1987)
Through Wild Andes Rapids-Kayaking the Amazon
National Geographic Magazine, Vol.171, No. 4.

Guinnes Book of World Records (1985/1985)
Largest and Deepest Gorges,, pag. 94.

Chmielinski, Piotr (1981)
In Kayak Through Peru
White-Water Guide by Polish Expedition Canoandes



Cool Stuff

Awards

  1. Wyoming Association of Broadcasters - Best Pthotographer of the Year Award, 1989.
  2. Wyoming Association of Broadcasters - Best Photographer of the Year Award, 1996.

Interests

  • Photography: still and video photography
  • Coin Collector
  • White-Water Rafting
  • Traveling
  • Antiques and folk Art



    Future Projects

      - Documentaries 
  - Putting my picture on a multimedia CD
  - Organizing overseas trips
  - Guestbook

    Here's my e-mail address: jacekb@trib.com
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    Last modified February 22, 1998

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