Francis Tapon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Francis Tapon

American writer

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1970

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Profession: audio book narrator

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Francis Tapon (born March 10, 1970) is an author, global nomad, and public speaker.
He has walked across the United States four times via its three major mountain ranges.
He also walked across Spain twice.
He was the first person to do a round-trip backpacking the Continental Divide Trail.
In addition, he thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail and Appalachian Trail southbound.
He has traveled to over 100 countries of the world.
Lastly, he is the author of the self-help travelogue Hike Your Own Hike and the travel narrative The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us.
He traveled to all 54 African countries from 2013 to 2018 and climbed to the highest point of 50 of those countries.
In 2019, he was inducted into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame.