Geeg Wiles is the caretaker, keeper of chronicles, and voice for Ahab’s Adventures. An average year for Geeg and his partner consists of such undertakings as jumping out of planes, rafting gnarly white water rapids, exploring countless National Parks and Heritage Sites,

Taking in the historic buildings of Stockholm, getting lost in the countless falls of the Upper Peninsula, hitchhiking through Patagonia, volunteering at the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station, and being part of the Butter Cow Exhibit at the Iowa State Fair. All of this on-the-ground “work” contributes to a larger story, which has been in the care of Geeg’s family for over seven decades.

At the mention that Geeg has accomplished these feats with “his partner,” you may have assumed that relationship was of a romantic sort, but that’s not the case. His travel  ...