TACH ADDS THE EXCITEMENT OF ADVENTURE TRAVEL FROM MANRICO DELCORE AND MARY BETH DEBICKI

The Auto Channel would like to welcome a couple (literally) of exciting and talented contributors to our site.

Manrico Delcore & Mary Beth Debicki are an American husband-and-wife team of photojournalists who specialize in vehicle-based adventure travel. They have been writing together for twelve years and their travels have taken them from the frozen expanses of Labrador to the Australian Outback and from deep in the Kalahari to the rainforests of Central America.

In addition to regularly published travel and “how-to” articles in Four Wheeler, their work (over 100 articles) has appeared in Motor Trend’s Truck-Trend, Land Rover Owner International, Off-Road, Land Rover Monthly, Sportsman’s Off the Road Journal, Centre Lines, Land Rover Journal, Outside as well as on a number of websites (forbes.com, truckworld.com, worldoffroad.com).

They have been avid outdoors people, enthusiastic world travelers and confident academic writers for many years, but it wasn’t until the early 90s that they forged a joint career from these three elements of their lives…their academic fields of history, anthropology, geology and law together with a love of exploring new places.

Manrico & Mary Beth enjoy conveying the excitement of travel, whether investigating the mystery of the Anasazi past, or the danger and majesty of life in the African bush. they want their readers to be inspired by their vicarious travel but also to learn something from the experience.

More about Manrico & Mary Beth:

• A native of Costa Rica and a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, Manrico hold’s university degrees in Anthropology and Spanish Literature, and a Masters degree in Geology. He is also a graduate of the New York Institute of Photography. As a college teacher, he has taught Geology, Astronomy and Physics.

• Manrico worked as a Wilderness Ranger for the U.S. Forest Service in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where he received specialized training in outdoor survival, forest firefighting, search and rescue, and first-aid.

• Mary Beth holds a Masters degree in History as well as a Juries Doctorate in Law. She is currently finishing her PhD in American Legal History. As a college teacher, she has taught History, Government, Ethics and Business Law.

• They are avid outdoors people and enjoy backpacking, skiing and ski touring, canoeing, bicycle touring, sailing, and snorkeling.

• Manrico Delcore and Mary Beth Debicki are an American husband-and-wife team of photojournalists who specialize in vehicle based adventure travel. They have been writing together for twelve years and their travels have taken them from the frozen expanses of Labrador to the Australian Outback and from deep in the Kalahari to the rainforests of Central America.

• With over 100 published articles to their credit, their work has appeared in Four Wheeler, Motor Trend’s Truck-Trend, Land Rover Owner International, Off-Road, Land Rover Monthly, Sportsman’s Off the Road Journal, Centre Lines, Land Rover Journal, Outside as well as on a number of websites (forbes.com, truckworld.com, worldoffroad.com).

• Manrico is a Land Rover Driving Instructor (U.K. certified level III-Instructor, Land Rover North America Level III Instructor) and for the past 3 years has taught off road driving and vehicle recovery at the Land Rover Driving School (Vermont). His students have included first time Land Rover owners and U.S. Army Special Forces alike.

• Manrico worked as a Wilderness Ranger for the U.S. Forest Service in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where he received specialized training in outdoor survival, forest firefighting, search and rescue, and first-aid.

• A native of Costa Rica and a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, Manrico holds university degrees in Anthropology and Spanish Literature, and a Masters degree in Geology. He is also a graduate of the New York Institute of Photography.

• Mary Beth holds a Masters degree in History as well as a Juris Doctorate in Law. They have both taught at university in the United States.

• Both are fluent Spanish speakers.

• Avid outdoors people they enjoy backpacking, skiing and ski touring, canoeing, bicycle touring, sailing, and snorkeling.

• They are both fluent Spanish speakers.

Whew---I’m sure you will enjoy reading their articles as much as I will.

Bob Gordon Co-Publisher The Auto Channel