Richard Wiese

He is the host and executive producer of the Emmy® Award-winning television series Born to Explore with Richard Wiese, which debuted September 3, 2011 on ABC as part of Litton\'s Weekend Adventure.\n', '

Wiese was born on Long Island, New York. His father, Richard Wiese, Sr., was the first man to solo the Pacific Ocean in an aircraft. Richard climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 11. He attended St. Anthony\'s High School in Smithtown, New York, and then Brown University, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Biology. He also studied Applied Physiology at Columbia University and completed the USDA Graduate Program in Meteorology.\n', '

Wiese lives in Weston, Connecticut.\n', '