Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Mark Holland- one cool guy!

Mark Holland was my mentor. I don't think that I could of found a better person to help me with my product. In 1983, he thru hiked the whole Appalachian Trail and has either hiked and/or backpacked on stretches of the Pacific Coast Trail, the John Muir Trail, the Chilcot trail in Alaska and in more than a dozen of our national parks and national wilderness areas throughout the east coast. Mark has been a Leave No Trace trainer instructor for 5 years and has been a beginner and intermediate backpacking instructor since 2000. Mark has also lead hikes and backpacking trips on behalf of the National Park Service in Shenandoah National Park and on behalf of L.L. Bean's Outdoor Adventure schools. He now lives in Warren County right outside of Shenandoah National Park and hits the trails as often as he can.

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