About

• William Grimes Altaffer is a graduate of the University of Southern California. B.A. and M.S. in History.
• World's Most Traveled Man 2005 - 2006
• Taught at Mammoth and Manual Arts High Schools.
• 4-Star member of the Photographic Society of America
• Member of Travelers Century Club for 30 years.
• Member of the Circumnavigators Club. Member of 356 Registry competing in concourse events with his 1957 Porsche Speedster.
• Member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution
• Phi Delta Kappa
• Member of the Screen Actors Guild, worked in over 100 films starting with Rich Man Poor Man - the first mini-series
• Visited every country in the world, plus 300 island groups, disputed areas, territories and colonies
• Published dozens of exotic travel articles
• Among first tourists into Post Mao China, Midway, Socotra, into East Timor, Post-Khomeini Iran, last pre-war into Iraq, and one of the first Americans to modern Saudi Arabia and North Korea
• Six trips to Antarctica, skied on 6 continents, 50 Equator crossings, 50 International Date Line crossings
• Visited both poles - North and South
• Used 12 passports and 130 visas
• Tour manager for Hemphill-Harris Travel for 15 years, including West Coast Sales Manager
• Created the Trans-Pacific voyage for Marine Expeditions from Santiago to Port Moresby
• Over 450 sea days
• Surfed on every continent
• Level three Alpine ski instructor for 40 years, with over 30 at Mammoth
• Member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America - 35 years as well as the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance
• Member of the U.S. Ski Coaches Association
• Head Ski Coach Mammoth High - 10 years
• Member of the U.S. Professional Tennis Association and the USPTR
• First American to surf the Queens Cliff Bombora off Manly Beach, Australia 1962
• Member of the Dewey Weber and Val Surf Team
• Director of the Mammoth Mountain Standard Race
• Holds Ski Magazines Award for Best Ski Pointer over a 25-year period
• Skip Barber Race Car Driving School -1st in class
• Member of the John Leoning Kung-Fu Karate School, 1961-1966
• Most importantly, father of Lena and Joe