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Georges de Giorgio

Tell Us Something

The Trail Less Traveled

Jon Turk

Amelia Earhart

Bob Marshall

Jerry O’Connell

Juanita Vero

Bonnie Bishop

Pat Williams

Laura Jones

Jenna Lyons

Alex Miller

Mike Thompson

Tommy Peterson

Tyler Hamilton

Sarah Elkins

Eddy Goldaracena

OwlTail

This episode of Tell Us Something was recorded in front of a live audience on March 21, 2017 at The Wilma in Missoula, MT. 8 storytellers shared their story. The theme was “Don’t Look Back”. Today’s podcast comes to us from Georges de Giorgio and is titled  “A Pagan Feast in Rikitea”. Thank you for listening. Georges de Giorgio pilots a ship that lands on the Island of Mangareva, the largest island in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. He ties his ship in the town of Rikitea. There he meets Fr. Michelle, the spiritual leader of the island’s 300 inhabitants. Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France on the way to Italy in 1928. Georges’ father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father’s wooden ship boatyard. In 1947 at the age of 17, Georges joined an American Expedition to Antarctica becoming the youngest person to ever spend a year there. Georges lived a month alone on the Palmer Peninsula plateau and was the first to cross the Atlantic to the Pacific by dogsled with a joint British/American party. He has a mountain named after him, de Giorgio Mountain. Georges then spent the next 30 years sailing the world’s oceans. Georges was the navigator on the ship Mischief for the famous English explorer HW Tilman. He also hunted for Sir Francis Drake’s lost treasure on Robinson Crusoe Island. For the past eight years, Georges has worked at the Lewis and Clark interpretive Center and Cascade Historical Society in Great Falls.

This episode of Tell Us Something was recorded in front of a live audience on March 21, 2017 at The Wilma in Missoula, MT. 8 storytellers shared their story. The theme was “Don’t Look Back”. Today’s podcast comes to us from Georges de Giorgio and is titled  “A Pagan Feast in Rikitea”. Thank you for listening. Georges de Giorgio pilots a ship that lands on the Island of Mangareva, the largest island in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. He ties his ship in the town of Rikitea. There he meets Fr. Michelle, the spiritual leader of the island’s 300 inhabitants. Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France on the way to Italy in 1928. Georges’ father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father’s wooden ship boatyard. In 1947 at the age of 17, Georges joined an American Expedition to Antarctica becoming the youngest person to ever spend a year there. Georges lived a month alone on the Palmer Peninsula plateau and was the first to cross the Atlantic to the Pacific by dogsled with a joint British/American party. He has a mountain named after him, de Giorgio Mountain. Georges then spent the next 30 years sailing the world’s oceans. Georges was the navigator on the ship Mischief for the famous English explorer HW Tilman. He also hunted for Sir Francis Drake’s lost treasure on Robinson Crusoe Island. For the past eight years, Georges has worked at the Lewis and Clark interpretive Center and Cascade Historical Society in Great Falls.

Georges de Giorgio – “A Pagan Feast in Rikitea”

Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France while his father, Italian Count of Santoponte, raced his mother of chilean indian/spanish decent to Italy--where he was supposed to be born. George's father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father's wooden ship boatyard. Georges has spent over 30 years sailing the oceans of the world &amp; was the first navigator for the famous explorer HW Tilman on the ship, "Mischief." Georges hunted for Sir Frances Drake's lost treasure on Robinson Crusoe island. Georges also survived tsunami by surfing his ship in a massive tsunami off the coast of Chile. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France while his father, Italian Count of Santoponte, raced his mother of chilean indian/spanish decent to Italy--where he was supposed to be born. George's father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father's wooden ship boatyard. Georges has spent over 30 years sailing the oceans of the world &amp; was the first navigator for the famous explorer HW Tilman on the ship, "Mischief." Georges hunted for Sir Frances Drake's lost treasure on Robinson Crusoe island. Georges also survived tsunami by surfing his ship in a massive tsunami off the coast of Chile. <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/2450502" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

30 Yrs Navigating Oceans, Surfing Tsunamis & Searching for Lost Treasure: Georges de Giorgio Part 2

Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France while his father, Italian Count of Santoponte, raced his mother of chilean indian/spanish decent to Italy--where he was supposed to be born. George's father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father's wooden ship boatyard. In 1947 at the age of 17, Georges joined an American Expedition to Antarctica becoming the youngest person to ever spend a year there. Georges lived a month alone on the Palmer Penninsula plateau, was the first to cross from the Atlantic to Pacific by dogsled with a joint British/American party, &amp; has a mountain named after him. Because Georges was Chilean, his presence secured the Chilean claim to Antarctica. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georges de Giorgio was born in a car wreck in France while his father, Italian Count of Santoponte, raced his mother of chilean indian/spanish decent to Italy--where he was supposed to be born. George's father moved the family to Chile at the age of 4 where he grew up working in his father's wooden ship boatyard. In 1947 at the age of 17, Georges joined an American Expedition to Antarctica becoming the youngest person to ever spend a year there. Georges lived a month alone on the Palmer Penninsula plateau, was the first to cross from the Atlantic to Pacific by dogsled with a joint British/American party, &amp; has a mountain named after him. Because Georges was Chilean, his presence secured the Chilean claim to Antarctica. <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/2450502" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.