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Chumley Cope
Chumley is a trained historian and veteran prep school teacher, who
launched Up Close Travel in 2004. The company is the natural
expression of Chumley’s interest in
“One of my ambitions is to instinctively drive across the United States using only non-numbered, locally named roads.” - C.C. (Stay tuned for trip details!)
Most of Chumley’s trips can be found on the map.
Chumley has traveled widely in Africa, Europe, North and Central America -- by foot, bicycle, canoe; train, helicopter, and small plane. A few of the more evocative moments?
“Watching the stars from the ‘chair of honor’ in a central Congolese village; approaching 60 mph on the Arenal zip line; reading epitaphs in the British Cemetery in Bayeux.”
Chumley Cope
◦ 613 Poplar Street ◦
Spartanburg, SC 29302 ◦ (864) 431-7567
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off-the-beaten-track and the people and culture to be found
there, past and present. Driving a Jeep during his impressionable
youth didn’t dull this curiosity. 
Chumley’s
interests include writing, photography, archaeology, gardening, and
sports. He lives with his family in the South Carolina Upstate,
while proudly claiming his Asheville roots. Chumley taught history
and religious studies at the Asheville School, St. Andrews-Sewanee
School, the Webb School of Knoxville, and the Spartanburg Day
School. He has history degrees from the University of North
Carolina and N.C. State University.