- Alison Teal, a 30-year-old adrenaline junkie, has earned the flattering moniker after travelling to over 40 countries
- A passionate eco-traveller, Alison works hard to preserve the natural world, cleaning up local beaches as she goes
- At just two months old, she went on her first trek, hiking Ausangate with her wildlife photographer parents
Adrenaline junkie, Alison Teal, has been on wild adventures in more than 40 countries across the globe, earning her the moniker of the real-life Indiana Jane.
Travelling to far flung reaches such as Syria, Tibet and the Maldives, the 30-year-old blonde beauty, from Hawaii, has even kissed a cobra - which she credits for saving her life thanks to an ancient Moroccan tradition.
Growing up with wildlife photographer parents, it was almost a guarantee that Alison would become an adventurer herself, after being toted along on their constant travels.
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Alison admits that she experienced a 'homeless version of home-schooling:' learning her lessons in bizarre spots such as on the back of a llama or in a tent in a blizzard on Mt. Everest.
Her parents, David Blehert and Deborah Koehn even opted to lecture while on a camel safari across the Rajasthan desert.
'When I was two-months-old, my parents took me with them on their first ascent and ski descent of Ausangate, the highest peak in Southern Peru,' she said.
'It was my first 'family outing' and since then, my life has been a whirlwind of high adventure.'
As a youngster, Alison lived out of a backpack and only saw the inside of a school room for the first time while on the high slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal.
She was seven years old.
Instead, her closest friends were the lush wildlife she came across and the indigenous children who helped shape her future survivalist instincts and love of living 'off grid.'
Her friends were wildlife and indigenous children which all helped shape her future survivalist instincts and ease of living 'off grid'.
The adrenaline junkie revealed that one of her most memorable moments was her discovery of an ancient burial in Peru.
She added: 'In 2008 I teamed up with wild Peruvian pro surfer 'Octopus' for a surf adventure down the desolate coastline.
'While searching for a secret surf break we discovered an ancient burial in the sand dunes as the pre Incans buried their elite at the top of the dunes near the ocean.
'The mummy inside was laden with his possessions for the afterlife including a solid gold nose piece in the form of a surfer and a carved wooden paddle inlaid with precious stones.'
'I was blown away to learn that the pre-Incans were actually the first documented surfers using handmade reed 'boats' called the cabillito de tortora and wooden paddles over 3,000 years ago,' she avid surfer explained.
'My most dangerous moment was during a surf safari along the bleak Moroccan coastline when I encountered a faith healer from the Sahara.
'He looked into my future and warned me I would have a serious surfing accident unless I kissed a live cobra.
'Luckily he happened to have a cobra from me to kiss.
'I did get in a horrible surfing accident the next day and I'm still alive to tell the story thanks to the cobra kiss.'
Now Alison, who has also conquered the popular US TV show, Naked and Afraid, on Discovery, is dedicating her time to preserving the natural world.
She uses social media to document her work tackling pollution and other major global issues and has a legion of followers.
And while she can usually be spotted wearing pink, she's as green as can be - even making her trademark pink bikinis from recycled plastic bottles.
Her latest adventure saw her return to the Maldives where she was sent for the show in hopes of helping to clean up the area.
She said: 'During my 'Naked and Afraid' challenge in the Maldives, I was overwhelmingly shocked by the amount of plastic trash covering the uninhabited, picturesque island.
'This was only one island. I couldn't bear to imagine what the other 1,200 islands looked like, covered in trash.'
When it came time to leave the island, Alison and her team made a raft out of bottles. As she paddled to the rescue boat, she wore that she'd come back and do something about the plastic situation.
'Almost everything I own is pink,' she adds. 'To me pink represents my passion for life, protecting the earth, and keeping everything fun.
'My pink surf boards are 'Green to the Core' - made from recycled coffee cups and other Styrofoam - and I wear pink bikinis made from recycled plastic bottles.'
Indiana Jane practices what she preaches
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Easy to fall in Love with her...it's amazing what she is doing and her incredible love with Mother Nature and animals and other inhabitants ...LOVELY JUBBLY
HER ENTHUSIASM IS OVERWHELMING