FRANCIS TAPON

One of the world’s greatest hikers and wilderness heroes, Francis Tapon is one of a handful of Americans to have hiked the Triple Crown: the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail, and the 5,600-mile Continental Divide Trail. He has walked across the United States four times via its three mountain ranges, and across Spain twice. He climbed to the highest point in 50 of 54 African countries between 2013 and 2018 and has written Hike Your Own Hike and The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us.