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 Lisa
Garrett and Francis Tapon thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail (AT) southbound in the
summer of 2001. You can the PDF of the map.
Francis
wrote a book on the seven lessons he learned on the trail.
We
were usually light and fast; normally it takes 5-7 months to hike the
AT, but we did it in 3 months and 3 weeks.
Key
to our strategy
was to GoLite! Indeed, our average
pack weight
was only seven pounds!
To
read about the trip head for the Journal!
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Name: Mr.
Magoo
Real
Name: Francis
Tapon
Background: Religion Major and Harvard MBA leaving
Silicon Valley behind for the riches of nature.
Goal: Discover the laws on how to get the most out
of life.
Origin of the trail name: Like Mr. Magoo, Francis
has lots of dumb luck; misfortune may be all around, but somehow he's
unaffected!
What's he doing
now? Promoting his first book
and writing his second one on Eastern
Europe!
Email Francis!
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Name: Cartwheel
Real Name:
Lisa Garrett
Background: Worked for a real estate development
manager.
Goal: Finish the trail!
Origin of the trail name: Lisa had a pack that
weighed less than 8 pounds with food and water, so one thru-hiker
suggested that she should be doing cartwheels up the mountain.
What's she doing
now? Working at a small construction company while going back to school to get a degree
in business.
Email Lisa!
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Francis posing in front of an
amazing sunrise
in a burned out forest Yosemite over Thanksgiving 2000.
(I did not touch up this picture,
and it
was done with a simple point and shoot camera, the Canon Elph.)
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