Jim Clash
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Jim Clash | |
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 Clash speaking at The Explorers Club | |
| Born | James Michael Clash 1950s |
| Education | BA English University of Maryland, MBA from Columbia University |
| Occupations | Participatory adventure journalist, Author |
| Notable work | Forbes To The Limits, The Right Stuff: Interviews with Icons of the 1960s, The Right Stuff: Interviews with Icons of the 1970s and 1980s |
James Michael Clash (born 1950s) is an American participatory adventure journalist and writer who has engaged in and written about various challenging exploits.[1][2] He has written for Forbes,[3] AskMen,[4] Huffington Post,[5] Bloomberg Businessweek,[6] and Automobile.[7] Clash has written three books: Forbes To The Limits,[8] The Right Stuff: Interviews with Icons of the 1960s,[9][10] and The Right Stuff: Interviews with Icons of the 1970s and 1980s.[10] He is a fellow and former board member of The Explorers Club and is also ticket holder 610 on Virgin Galactic for a flight to space.[11][12]
Clash was born in Tokyo, Japan in the 1950s and raised in Laurel, Maryland.[13] He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland, and an MBA from Columbia University.[12] His first foray into adventure began as an amateur "ham" radio operator.[14] Prior to becoming an adventure journalist, Clash covered mutual funds and finance for Forbes magazine, and was an account director in the advertising industry.
