KRAMER, Joel P. 1976(?)-

PERSONAL: Born c. 1976; married.

ADDRESSES: Home—Brigham City, UT. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Globe Pequot Press/Lyons Press, 246 Goose Lane, P.O. Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437.

CAREER: Adventure photographer and writer. Advertising and catalog photographer for outdoor equipment companies; professional speaker; expedition leader.

WRITINGS:

Beyond Fear: A Harrowing Journey across NewGuinea through Rivers, Swamps, Jungle, and the Most Remote Mountains in the World, edited by Diane Kulkarni, Lyons Press (Guilford, CT), 2001.

SIDELIGHTS: Joel P. Kramer is an adventure photographer and writer, a public speaker, and an expedition leader. He has been on journeys to New Guinea, the Middle East, Indonesia, Myanmar, Alaska, and in the Rocky Mountains. Kramer's book Beyond Fear: A Harrowing Journey across New Guinea through Rivers, Swamps, Jungle, and the Most Remote Mountains in the World is about his adventures in New Guinea. He and his companion, Aaron Lippard, whom Kramer did not know before the expedition, traveled from Wewak, on the north side of New Guinea, to Daru, on the south side of New Guinea, without the use of motorized vehicles. The pair kayaked along rivers and swamps, then traveled by foot over mountains and jungles to reach their destination. Dangers along the way included crocodiles, insects, leeches, and even cannibals. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly commented, "Kramer's extended journal is an earnest, determined achievement and an often harrowing physical experience."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Publishers Weekly, October 1, 2001, review of BeyondFear: A Harrowing Journey across New Guinea through Rivers, Swamps, Jungle, and the Most Remote Mountains in the World, p. 49.

ONLINE

Afarstar.com,http://www.afarstar.com/ (October 15, 2004), review of Beyond Fear.

Lyons Press Web site,http://www.lyonspress.com/ (November 5, 2004).*