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Trans-Americas Journey
Location: currently traving throughout North, Central & Sout, currently traving throughout Nor, United States
Member Since: 26 January 2010
Professional Associations
Travelwriters.com
Introduction
In April of 2006 travelers Karen Catchpole (writer) and Eric Mohl (photographer) left their jobs and apartment in New York City and embarked on the Trans-Americas Journey, a five year, 200,000 mile cross-country and cross-continental drive. The overland journey is an exploration of the byways and back roads of North America, Central America and South America and a search for the people, places and things that make every place special. A true Pan-American road trip. http://trans-americas.com Karen Catchpole, has spent more than 20-years as a writer, editor and TV and web producer, writing for, editing and even creating major women's magazine (including Sassy, JANE, Allure, Elle, Self, Every Day with Rachael Ray and SHOP Etc.) and many travel magazines (including Travel & Leisure, Escape, Action Asia, Asian Geographic, Asian Diver, National Geographic Adventure and National Geographic Traveler). Her work also appears on high-end travel web sites (including www.fodors.com, www.indagare.com and www.itravelishop.com) as she’s produced shows for Lifetime Television, Oxygen Media and MTV (there's always Google if you must know more). Karen grew up in Paso Robles and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains where she spent time hiking, camping, fishing, climbing, horseback riding and snowshoeing. She can kill a rattlesnake with a hoe but she’s terrified of spiders. Recently, Karen added ice climbing, freediving, kayaking and SCUBA diving to her list of favorite things to do. She's climbed as high as 18,000 ft.(in the Nepali Himalaya) and completed two 500 mile bike rides, one from Fairbanks to Anchorage, Alaska (the long way) and another from Montreal to Portland, Maine. Oh, and survived Dengue fever. She can't stand it when people ask her what her favorite country is, so don't. Photographer Eric Mohl,is a former corporate lawyer (emphasis on former) who now happily specializes in travel, nature and outdoor activity photography. His work has appeared in National Geographic Adventure, Escape, Outside, JANE, Action Asia, Asian Geographic, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and various in-flight magazines as well as in promotional material for a high-end adventure travel company. Though born and raised in New York City, Eric was drawn to the outdoors from an early age (his application video for the first season of "Survivor" includes a squirrel hunt in Central Park). He has been an avid skier, hiker, SCUBA diver and climber all his life and has climbed to just shy of 20,000 feet (in the Nepali Himalaya) and completed two 500 mile bike rides, one from Fairbanks to Anchorage, Alaska (the long way) and another from Montreal to Portland, Maine. He was also born with a GPS in his head, which is lucky since Karen certainly was not. Read more here: http://trans-americas.com/about.html
Experience & Expertise
We are currently on a 5 year, 200,000 mile working road trip throughout North, Central and South America. We have also spent 4 years (1995-1999) traveling throughout South and South East Asia. Karen Catchpole, has spent more than 20-years as a writer, editor and TV and web producer, writing for, editing and even creating major women's magazine (including Sassy, JANE, Allure, Elle, Self, Every Day with Rachael Ray and SHOP Etc.) and many travel magazines (including Travel & Leisure, Escape, Action Asia, Asian Geographic, Asian Diver, National Geographic Adventure and National Geographic Traveler). Her work also appears on high-end travel web sites (including www.fodors.com, www.indagare.com and www.itravelishop.com) as she’s produced shows for Lifetime Television, Oxygen Media and MTV (there's always Google if you must know more).
Publishing Credentials
Travel & Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Allure, Elle, Everyday with Rachael Ray, the travel sections of the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Dallas Morning News, PC Magazine, www.fodors.com, www.indagare.com and www.itravelishop.com. See our Published Works page: http://trans-americas.com/work.html
Clips & Samples (View All 33)
Nearly 50 Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Reviews from Frommers.com and itravelishop.com found on our site, Fodors.com
Hotel Central: Stays Under $150 - Querétaro, Mexico, National Geographic Traveler
The Newest New Year's Eves, Every Day with Rachael Ray
