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1971 - Successful Completion of EDS (Environmental Discovery School)
1972 - First Week-Long BackPacking Trip
1979 - Started Snowshoeing and Winter Camping
1981 - Solo Bicycle Tour Around US and Canada [5,200 Miles]
1982 - Started Cross-Country Skiing
1983 - Colorado Outward Bound Ski Mountaineering Course [18 day course]
1983 - Formed "Mark Zen's Family Adventures" :
             Leading Backpacking, Snowshoeing, and XC Ski Tours
1983 - Solo Bicycle Tour Across New England [Fall Color Trip]
1984 - Started "Mark Zen's Outdoors Consulting" - Teaching/Lecturing about:
             Bicycle Repairs, Ski Seminars, Snowshoeing, and Avalanche Safety
1985 - Solo Bicycle Tour Around Lower Yellowstone National Park
1985 - Worked for Alpine Research, Inc./Paul Ramer:
             Manufacturing & Marketing Winter Ski/Survival Equipment
1986 - Joined US Navy
1987 - Saw the Mediterranean Sea, and some surrounding Countries
             [from the flight deck of the USS Coral Sea CV-43]
1988 - Trained as an Aircrew Survival Equipment Specialist
1989 - Saw the Mediterranean Sea again, including Armed Air Support
             for the Evacuation of the US Embassy in Beruit
1990 - Honorably Discharged
1992 - Became a Certified Tandem Canoe Instructor for the American Canoe Association
1997 - Re-Certified Tandem Instructor for the ACA
(Outward Bound)

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(Parachute Rigger)

(the mad paddler)

(American Canoe Association)

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