Chip Walter

Author of multiple books, National Geographic Explorer, Ex-CNN Bureau Chief, vagabond traveling the world right now ... more at

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A few years ago, I had the incredible chance to explore Chauvet Cave for @NatGeo! Only the 2nd journalist to witness 36,000-year-old art up close. Feel the cave through this short video! Exclusive content & updates: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl #CaveArt #NatGeo #ChauvetCave

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Forty-three degrees. Cloudy. A biting wind blows hard off the Strait of Magellan with the steady rhythm of a metronome, pushing the sea into long gray waves. I walked along the Punta Arenas docks anyway. #Wind. More Field Notes. https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl. #Patagonia #PuntaArenas

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I’ve watched the sun melt into the Sahara with Cyndy, stood under the hard brilliance of the Atacama stars, watched a wild storm sweep in over the Straits of Magellan—but have I really absorbed those experiences? Keeping the World at Bay. Field Notes: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl

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Follow along to see my own exclusive video from deep inside the cave, plus rare footage of how scientists cloned the site to protect it.
Get the full story, video drops, and 60,000 miles of misadventures in the newsletter: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl #Archaeology #HumanEvolution

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Just as my book Last Ape Standing came out, @NatGeo handed me the assignment of a lifetime: write a story on the origin of human art.
The highlight? Becoming only the 2nd journalist ever permitted inside this 36,000-year-old beautifully preserved cave. 🧵👇

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It’s hard to destroy your darlings. You become attached to them. Morgan Adam’s grandparents didn’t survive #Doppelgänger. They were so alive, so interesting, they were pulling the novel off course. So they had to go. You can meet them at https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl. #BookOuttakes

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Will we become the "new Neanderthals"? Explaining the term #Cybersapiens—the next stage of human evolution. We don't just need tech; we need to be amplified. Explore these ideas in the thriller Doppelgänger: https://t.co/ts90OyNV6T #AI #SciFi #Transhumanism

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I followed Rayna through a narrow archway and two flights of stone steps into the bowels of the riad. The kind of down where you start wondering if you’ll be reissued later under a different name... A Fish Out of Water - Encounters in a Hammam. More at https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl

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Have you ever stood somewhere that made you feel completely insignificant in the best way possible? More Vagabond postcards here: https://t.co/lpSkn3FzWP #PhongNha #VietnamTravel

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At the temple beside the great stepwell of Chand Baori, I watched a young woman kneeling before the Hindu god Shiva—the destroyer who makes way for renewal. What was she asking for? A child? Relief for a sick parent? A different life? More about this at: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl

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There is a particular sting when someone smart takes apart a book you’ve lived inside for years. Because they’re careful. My agent read Version 2 of White Out and did what good agents do. He went after structure. After spine. After pressure. More info at https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl.

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The train wasn’t moving. It stood outside the station in the silence of the Vietnamese morning. Faraway mountains. Brilliant green rice paddies stretching out in a vivid carpet. A single man stood near. I wondered … what was he thinking? More info here: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl

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Hello from Paro, Bhutan. A calm town with dramatic landscape. It was rainy, but we were undaunted. We climbed the Tiger’s Nest (a hanging series of Buddhist Temples), scaling the steep path in the downpour in a bit more than an hour. More at: https://t.co/k1KcNaQ3aX

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I interviewed a scientist once who said something offhand that I never managed to file away properly. He was talking about pattern, how we humans aren’t really a creature so much as a living pattern. It struck me, like good research does. More info here: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl

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Slowly, I awoke, wondering – was this a metaphor for the human race? Could the human race win this battle? Could all people in the world live a good, worthy and dignified life? Or were some doomed to sink back into the quagmire? More information here: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl

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Most books don’t begin where you think they do. Often they don’t start with an idea or a plot or even a sentence. They bubble up from the subconscious—from a place that won’t quite leave you alone. A question that refuses to be silenced. More on that here: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl

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Kirtipur’s central square is defined by its Hindu temples, some dating back centuries. At the Bagh Bhairab Temple, ancient traditions of sacrifice and prayer remain a rhythmic, daily part of life for the local community. #VagabondAdventure #Kirtipur #BaghBhairab #Nepal

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Exploring Kirtipur, a former seat of Newari kings preserved for its traditional architecture. Despite deep morning shadows, the village reveals a glimpse into local life, from historic red-brick homes to quiet encounters with residents. #VagabondAdventure #Kirtipur #Newari #Nepal

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Kirtipur "hangs" on a ridge, preserved by the Newari people for traditional farming. From this elevation, one can see the Himalayas, the mountains that serve as the horizon for the ancient high-altitude trade routes. #VagabondAdventure #Kirtipur #Nepal #Himalayas #ScenicView

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The thing about THE PAGE is that it asks so much of you. It demands that you willingly write tens of thousands of words so engaging, funny, thrilling and surprising that people will pay real money for it. How is this possible? More information here: https://t.co/7wOYIWHmUl