Ryan Pyle

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Ryan Pyle
Born (1978-09-20) 20 September 1978 (age 42)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater University of Toronto
Career
ShowExtreme Treks
ShowTough Rides
Previous show(s)Expedition Asia
Website www.ryanpyle.com

Ryan Pyle is an adventure photographer and television producer and host. He has created, filmed and hosted four seasons of Extreme Treks, three seasons of the Tough Rides, as well as other international adventure programs. His still photography has appeared in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , Time, Newsweek, Forbes, and other international publications, as well as several books including Chinese Turkestan and Sacred Mountains of China.

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Pyle set the Guinness World Record for the longest motorcycle ride, has been awarded five Asian Television Awards, and a Gold Medallion from the Governor General of Canada, among other recognitions.

Early life

Pyle was born and raised in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He played basketball beginning at the age of six, continuing the sport through attendance at the University of Toronto. While in college, he studied modern Chinese history and politics, while playing CIS basketball. When it was clear he would not turn pro, he decided to change professions.

Pyle moved to Shanghai, [1] and in 2004 started a career in photography. His work appeared in The New York Times, Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal. [2] [3] In 2009, Photo District News named Pyle one of the top 30 emerging photographers in the world.

Television career

Pyle began working in television the following year with the creation of his first show, Tough Ride: China, which was broadcast on Travel Channel . The program followed Pyle and his brother, Colin, on a motorcycle trip around the Middle Kingdom, China, an expedition that covered 16,240 kilometers, and earned the brothers a place in the Guinness World Records for longest continuous journey by motorcycle within a single country. [4]

Pyle wrote a book documenting the 65-day trip called, The Middle Kingdom Ride: Two Brothers, Two Motorcycles, One Epic Journey Around China. In 2011, the Pyle brothers transversed India for the program called Tough Rides: India, [2] then Brazil for Tough Rides: Brazil, which aired in 2016.

In the years between Tough Rides episodes, Pyle created and released another series called ‘’Extreme Treks’’ in 2014, 2017, and then again in 2018. The shows were filmed in Oman, Argentina, Papua New Guinea, Tibet, Russia, Iceland, Laos, Bolivia, Jordan and Uganda.

The fourth season of ‘’Extreme Treks’’ was in production in Myanmar in February 2020 and Ethiopia that March, but was shut down due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Pyle isolated in Istanbul, Turkey piecing together the footage for the season of the show that airs on Amazon Prime. [5]

In June 2020, Pyle's 10-part series ‘’Expedition Asia’’, featuring his visits to the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Malaysia and India, began airing on the Discovery Channel. [6] [7] [8]

By October 2020, Pyle was in production with two new series: Meet the Makers, a global travel show introducing people who make objects by hand, [9] and The Nomad, based on his South China Morning Post column of the same name.[ citation needed ]

Awards and recognition

Television series

Published work

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References

  1. ↑ Herrmann, Michele (31 August 2020). "Meet The Man Who Goes On Extreme Treks Around The World". Forbes. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Paul, Alan (18 March 2013). "Eight Questions: Ryan Pyle, 'The Middle Kingdom Ride'". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Liotta, Edoardo (7 May 2018). "A CHAT WITH RYAN PYLE ABOUT EXTREME TREKS AND GETTING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE". Augustman. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Bronski, Sam (1 May 2019). "Hong Kong could be world leader in green energy and technology if the government invests, extreme explorer says". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Balsinger, Olivia (March 2020). "Interview With Ryan Pyle, Discovery Channel Travel Host". LA Style Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Wong, Adeline (7 July 2020). "How extreme explorer Ryan Pyle subdued his wanderlust during global lockdowns". The Peak Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Brand-new series 'Expedition Asia With Ryan Pyle' premieres this June on Discovery Channel". Onscreen Asia. June 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. ↑ Banerjee, Sudeshna (31 May 2020). "Adventurist Ryan Pyle on his show Expedition Asia and also picks some top treks". Telegraph India. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. ↑ Khatoon, Farah (22 May 2020). "Explore ten best trekking destinations in Asia with Ryan Pyle's upcoming show on Discovery". New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "ASIAN ACADEMY CREATIVE AWARDS". asianacademycreativeawards.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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