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Meet a Real-Life Lara Croft: Alison Teal, Surfer, Survivalist and Activist
What if Lara Croft was brought to life by Disney? She might be a wild, adventuring soul destined to change the world for the better, surf through the catacombs of Paris, explore the depths of Mexican cenotes and look for dinosaur bones in the desert. She might also do it with a little more personality than the video game version and a pink surfboard instead of a gun.
Meet Alison Teal. She’s been called both Lara Croft and Indiana Jones, but they’re fictional characters. Alison is the real honest-to-goodness deal.
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If you’re an adventure show junkie, you’ll know that Alison made waves on Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid. Not because she was naked, but because she wasn’t one bit afraid. This petite blonde scored the highest primitive survival rating of season one and won the hearts of the audience with her laugh and her wits. No surprise there. She was mak
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Have Aloha, Will Travel
Whether riding a camel in Morocco. DAVID BLEHERT PHOTO
Hawai‘i’s Alison Teal makes a living journeying across the globe, while raising awareness about the pollution that plagues the world’s waters.
Adventure filmskapare, conservationist and TV star, Alison Teal travels the world with her pink surfboard in tow, making waves of change while sharing the myths, mysteries and legender of far-flung locales across the globe.
Education through entertainment is the mission of Alison’s Adventures, an online series produced, directed, edited and hosted by Teal. One look at the iconic photograph of Teal riding a camel (while carrying her surfboard made of recycled coffee cups and plant resin), and it’s no wonder she was given the moniker of “Female Indiana Jones” by Time magazine.
Visiting the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. local girl Alison Teal is always looking forward to her next adventure. CONNOR GUEST PHOTO • There is a new role model for women who seek adventure, love to travel, and want to make a difference while doing it. Alison Teal is a world traveler, soul surfer, filmmaker, and adventurer who recently completed filming the Discovery Channel’s survival show, Naked and Afraid. I spoke with Alison to learn more about how this 28-year-old started making her way around the globe, and how she got her film series, Alison’s Adventures off the ground. Alison: I was born on the floor of a tiny log cabin high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. What was and is normal family life for me is light years away from most people’s idea of normal. But for m A Conversation with Discovery Channel’s Travel Star, Alison Teal
A Conversation with Discovery Channel’s Travel Star, Alison Teal
Jaclyn: I understand you had quite an adventurous upbringing! Would you share some of your first memories of traveling and a little bit about your “wild parents” with Pink Pangea readers?