About Us
GERRY MOFFATT
A Scottish native, Gerry Moffatt is an internationally acclaimed expedition kayaker who has spent over four decades guiding worldwide. Recognizing his regional expertise, National Geographic describes him as the most experienced river guide in the Himalayas; his notable achievements include first descents in Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan. With a significant background in film and television, Gerry has worked as a cameraman and on-camera personality, contributing to documentary films and television features for Atlantic Productions, National Geographic, Discover Channel, Outdoor TV, the Travel Channel, and BBC. He has twice reached the summit of Mount Everest as a cameraman, once from the North and once from the South. Recently, he was appointed Nepal’s first International Goodwill Ambassador for Adventure Travel and tourism. In his current roles, Gerry heads the Thunder Dragon Zen Masters Programming and is the Director of the Himalayan Outdoor Education Center program, which focuses on developing leadership and outdoor skills for Himalayan youth.
EXPLORING THE WORLD AS IT IS...
IMAGINING THE WORLD AS IT SHOULD BE.
We launched a tiny organization in 2013. We’re still a tiny organization. But we’re doing some BIG things – stay awhile here and let us share!
From our U.S. base in the mountain town of Ketchum, Idaho we passionately create training programs, documentary films, keynote presentations, and partnerships around the world that embrace the transformative power of adventure to inspire personal change.
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Our work takes us from Idaho’s wild mountains and rivers to Scotland’s ancient Highlands, from the high Tibetan plateau of northern Ladakh to deep river gorges in British Columbia. From the Khumbu and Everest to Bhutan’s Punakha Dzong. We deeply believe in using authentic adventure to help people rediscover “Beginner’s Mind” and awaken a fresh new practice for living their best lives.
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We bring together decades of world-class experience in adventure travel, expedition guiding, filmmaking, writing, education, non-profit management, advocacy, grassroots organizing, and social entrepreneurship.
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We are blessed to work with a close cadre of extraordinary cinematographers, expedition leaders, athletes, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, educators, and community leaders to bring our ideas, stories, and dreams to life.
SPIRITUAL
adj. of, or relating to an animating or vital principal held to give life
spir•it•u•al ; /spir-ich-e-wel/
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ADVENTURE
n. an undertaking usually involving unknown risk and danger; an exciting or remarkable experience
ad•ven•ture ; /ed-ven-cher/
SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE
n. an exciting or remarkable experience, usually involving unknown risks, that is undertaken as a vital, animating force for life
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We believe that life is about LIVING the questions you have in your heart, not about finding the “answers”. It is in the asking and the living of questions that the experience we call life meaningfully unfolds.
Thunder Dragon works to be an Inspiration Engine for everyone seeking to live life as a spiritual adventure.
``...the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some
distant day into the answer.``
– Ranier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet