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Alex Chionetti is a renowned South American explorer, film-maker and writer. He was awarded the Explorer's Medal from the Andean Explorer Foundation for his explorations in the Andes and Amazon jungles. Alex is best known for his expeditions to the cave of the Tayos.
In this interview, Alex shares experiences from his expeditions and the fellow explorers he's befriended along the way. Finding lost Inca cities with underground crypts holding human skeletons with elongated skull, filming man made structures deep inside caves, to escaping kidnapping and surviving attacks of spears and poisoned darts. Then there is his initiation in the Cuevas Las Brujas (cave of the witches). Alex has spent his life trying to uncover man's lost history.
Get Alex's book Mysteries of the Tayos Caves here.
Follow Alex Chionetti via his Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/alex.chionetti1
Hosted by Michael J. Reinhart MichaelJReinhart.com
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Chapters
1. Alex Chionetti. Explorations in the Andes mountains and Amazon jungle, lost Inca cities and the mysterious Tayos Caves. (00:00:00)
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3. (Cont.) Alex Chionetti. Explorations in the Andes mountains and Amazon jungle, lost Inca cities and the mysterious Tayos Caves. (00:14:26)
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