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Lane Wallace is an author, pilot and adventure writer. Her latest book is Surviving Uncertainty: Taking a Hero's Journey. More
Wallace is the founder and editor of No Map. No Guide. No Limits., a blog dedicated to exploring and promoting a more adventurous and entrepreneurial approach to life. She is an internationally known aviation columnist and writer and has written six books for NASA on flight and space exploration. She has also written two books on the life lessons of adventure: Surviving Uncertainty; and Unforgettable, a collection of some of her favorite adventure stories.
Wallace's books are the product of more than 20 years of experience as a pilot and adventure writer. She's climbed mountains in Nepal and Europe, kayaked the Na Pali Coast of Hawaii, gone wreck-diving in French Polynesia, and explored glaciers in Alaska. Her adventures have also included flying relief supplies in both the Amazon jungle and conflict zones in Africa, and donning a space suit to fly an Air Force U-2 above 70,000 feet. In addition, Wallace has worked as a writer and producer on a number of television and video projects, winning a 2006 Telly Award for her work on the documentary Breaking the Chain.
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