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HOST BIO: GEO BEACH

Host: Geo Beach

It wouldn't be a tough show without a tough host and Geo Beach fits that description to a "T". Tougher in Alaska host Geo Beach, who stands 6'3" tall and weighs in at 225 pounds, has been living large in Alaska for 25 years. He grew up on the New England coast and moved to Alaska on the darkest day of the year, Winter Solstice. Since then he's worked as an Alaskan logger, firefighter and medic, and commercial fisherman - including winter crabbing on the Bering Sea. He knows his way around oil spills and industrial kitchens, construction sites and law enforcement. Like most Alaskans, Geo's endured plenty of big waves, winds and blizzards while working here. He's survived in a neighborhood filled with earthquakes, avalanches, floods and fires. Plus, his house in Homer, Alaska overlooks three steaming volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula, two of which have erupted on him.

Geo's no stranger to the media, either. He's an award-winning writer and print and broadcast journalist. As an NPR commentator, his prize-winning "World of Mouth" radio essays have aired on shows including All Things Considered, Savvy Traveler and Living on Earth. Most recently, he was honored as a 2007 Best Columnist by the Alaska Press Club for his "Top O'th Planet" columns in the Anchorage Daily News.