Leo Le Bon
By jmoorhead on February 9th, 2009
I recently read an article about Leo Le Bon in Backpacker Magazine. This is the second article that I’ve read about him, so I finally visited his Website and learned even more. He is / was a visionary for coming up with new and even dangerous adventure trips. The type of trips that you pay money for, pack a backpacking bag, and just hold on. The type of trips where being in shape is mandatory. The type of trip that you train for, beyond just breaking in a new pair of walking shoes. Yet, he did this in the 1960’s.
While in college, I used to work as a whitewater river guide on the Klamath River in Northern California. We took groups of adults and children on the rapids, hiking, rock climbing and even some cliff jumping. I knew that these paying customers were expecting some excitement. Yet, this area of the country may be remote and rugged, but it is still the United States. And this was the 90’s. Today, traveling Internationally is an adventure enough, but to go back 50 years and do it… Now that is exciting…
His company, from which he retired in 1990 is located here: Mountain Travel Sobek
