The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan joins in on the adventure on National Geographic's Explorer

TV personality Phil Keoghan began hosting National Geographic's Explorer last year. PHOTO: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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LOS ANGELES - For more than 350 episodes of television since 2001, the host of ongoing show The Amazing Race, Phil Keoghan, has stood on the sidelines, barely breaking a sweat as he sees contestants go on adventure-filled global scavenger hunts.

One imagines this might be a bit frustrating for the 51-year-old, an intrepid traveller and thrill-seeker himself.

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