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Joel Paul Reisig and
his parents, Martin
and Julia Reisig, at
their Birmingham
home.

everyone else. We can see
something and put a unique
twist on it.”
At 27, he went on a
Birthright trip to Israel.
In 2014, he took a trip to
Peru and hiked the Andes
Mountains to Machu
Picchu.
“I took notes the entire
time, and when I came
home, I wrote — and
finished — my first true
adventure story, all through
the lens of a former standup
comedian,” said Reisig
who titled it the Inca Trail
to Machu Picchu: Sixteen
Strangers and the Quest for

the Holy Facebook Photo.
Famed actor Robert
Redford wrote to Reisig:
“Best wishes as you continue
on your adventures.”
Those adventures — the
basis for the next three books
— include entering the
world’s longest kayak race,
dog sledding in Michigan’s
U.P., bull riding, driving in
a demolition derby, alligator
wrestling, a turn as a rodeo
clown and boxing on the
Golden Gloves circuit.
“I’ve been called the
‘Jewish Jack London,’ but I
prefer JPR,” Joel Paul Reisig
laughed.

TO ORDER BOOKS BY JOEL PAUL REISIG:
• Inca Trail to Machu Picchu:
Sixteen Strangers and the Quest
for the Holy Facebook Photo
• Midnight Run: One Comedian,
Eight Sled Dogs
• I Just Want Dry Underpants:
An Average Joel Enters the
World’s Longest Kayak Race
• The Man in the Arena: True
Adventure Stories of Joel Paul
Reisig

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RIGHT: Midnight Run, Reisig’s second
adventure travel book, hilariously details his month in
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as a dog sled racer in 2014.

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