Robert B. Yonaitis

Global Adventurer.
Creative Visionary.
Technologist.

I am Robert B. Yonaitis — writer, photographer, artist, extreme high-altitude mountaineer, and technologist. My work lives at the intersection of exploration, story, and systems that protect people and their information.

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A life of exploration

My journeys have taken me to every corner of the globe, spanning countless countries and all seven continents. From summiting the world’s highest free-standing peak to enduring the stark beauty of Antarctica, I have embraced adventures that push the boundaries of human experience.

This site is a portal to that work: published books, films, photographs, and a path that runs from software, privacy, and security leadership to high camps and polar seas. For inquiries use the contact form.

Books

Titles on technology, travel, climbing journals, and more — including journeys to Antarctica, Aconcagua, and the Upper Amazon.

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Videos

Films and field notes from Everest Base Camp, Antarctica, the Upper Amazon, North Korea, China, and beyond.

YouTube channel

Connect

Professional work in privacy, cybersecurity, and digital inclusion — and the expeditions that sit beside it.

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What’s new

Recent releases across books, audio, and software.

Exhibit M

A novella. An archivist is told to file an old record under a new name and does not take the first answer. The file was seized, lettered, and left with no copy. He tries to close the gap without inventing what is missing. Available on Amazon for Kindle and Audiobook.

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Going to Everest Base Camp

A first-person account of the walk to Everest Base Camp—altitude, logistics, and the days as they actually happened, not as a brochure. Written as it was lived. Available on Amazon for Kindle and audiobook.

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Understanding Preparedness

A practical guide to self-reliant readiness. Systems instead of shopping lists: what you have, what you need, and how to keep a household able to stand on its own. Kindle and audiobook on Amazon.

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Data Protection Ops

Founded Data Protection Operations LLC to build private, offline-first tools for people who keep their own records. First product: DPO Ready Center — local inventory for firearms, ammunition, food stores, essentials, maintenance, and checklists. Your data stays on your device.

dataprotectionops.com

Being Prepared

Independent publication launched July 2026: Know What You Have and Know What You Need. Essays and field notes on self-reliant readiness. Subscribe for the site and new-issue email.

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My Thoughts on the Founding

A short memoir of spit, ice, and a nineteen-dollar crash. The late-1990s founding of HiSoftware—Concord third floor to a company that crossed oceans—told long after the sale. Kindle and audiobook.

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Going to the Upper Amazon

A short memoir of current, canopy, and the long pull upstream. From Iquitos into the Peruvian headwaters—pink dolphins, flooded forest, and the quiet after the last road ends—told years after the return. Kindle and audiobook.

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