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Francis Tapon (born March 10, 1970) is an author, global nomad, and public speaker. He has walked across America four times via its three major mountain ranges. He also walked across Spain twice. Perhaps his most notable accomplishment was that 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.〔Krasny, Michael. (December 28, 2011). ("National radio interview" ). KQED, San Francisco Public Radio, NPR affiliate. Retrieved November 1, 2013.〕 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''.〔NTD TV. ("Chinese TV interview" ) Retrieved on November 2, 2013〕 Currently, he is traveling to all 54 African countries from 2013 to 2018.〔Frank Mallicoat ("KPIX CBS affiliate TV interview" ) Dec 18, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2013.〕 ==Early life and career== Tapon's mother is from Chile and his father was from France.〔("Huffington Post bio" ) Retrieved November 1, 2013〕 Tapon was born in San Francisco,〔("Francis Tapon's biography" ). Goodreads. Retrieved November 1, 2013.〕〔("Interview on French American TV" ) skip to 0:50〕 where he went to the French American International School until 10th grade, and then graduated from Lick-Wilmerding High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Religion from Amherst College in 1992.〔Lieber, Ben. () "Amherst College Alumni Interview" retrieved November 2, 2013.〕 He worked in Latin America for Hitachi Data Systems. In 1997, he received his MBA from Harvard Business School.〔Tapon, Francis (December 1, 2012) ("The Billion Dollar Question" ). ''Harvard Business School Bulletin''. Retrieved November 1, 2013.〕 After Harvard, he co-founded a Silicon Valley robotic vision company that was covered by The New York Times.〔Lewis, Michael (March 1, 1998). ("The Little Creepy Crawlers Who Will Eat You In The Night" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 1, 2013.〕〔Stern, Rachel J. (April 23, 2012) () "'The Hidden Europe' Comes to Los Gatos"] Patch.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.〕 Later, he consulted for Microsoft for 18 months. In 2006, he became a full-time travel writer.〔Stienstra, Tom. (February 24, 2008). ("His life is a long, gratifying hike" ). ''San Francisco Chronicle''. Retrieved November 1, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Tapon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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