“It's not the mountain we conquer, it's ourselves.” (08:19)
His book, A Line in the Sand, written with longtime friend Miles Spencer, isn’t just a travelogue or history lesson—it’s a bridge between past and present, personal and political, Eastern and Western perspectives. As he recounts stories from his upbringing, his training with elite pararescue teams, and his harrowing and humanizing experiences at Middle Eastern checkpoints, Wells reveals the threads of empathy, curiosity, and courage that have always driven him.
Whether he's speaking about the wisdom of Churchill and Joseph Campbell or recounting an early brush with death from a helicopter mishap, Wells keeps the conversation grounded in one question: how do we prepare ourselves for the moment when the world taps us on the shoulder?
