First Continental Divide Trail Yo-Yo

The San Fransisco Chronicle is reporting that Francis Tapon completed the first yo-yo of the Continental Divide Trail. I did not think this was possible. The long distance hiking community is pretty small and very gossipy. It is surprising that no one was talking about it at last years ALDHA gathering.

So, last year Tapon finished the Triple Crown of American hiking by completing the 2,800-mile Continental Divide Trail, which spans from southern New Mexico north to Glacier National Park. Just like Forrest Gump("I just felt like running."), when Tapon tagged the Canadian border on July 25, he simply turned around and went back. "I just felt like hiking," he said. When he arrived at the Mexican border in late October, Tapon had become the first ever to "yo-yo" the trail.

Visit his site with great pictures and slide shows.