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Backroads Founder's Story

Tom Hale
November 21, 2014
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Ever wonder how Backroads came to be? From a garage startup in 1979 to today—here's a quick video snapshot.

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Backroads Founder Tom Hale Cycling in his Backroads Gear
Tom Hale: Fitness and Active Travel I used to be pretty serious about the whole competitive running thing. I've run my whole life. And I've run myself into the ground…

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Tom Hale's Top Questions to Ask when Choosing an Active Travel Company In the 38 years since I founded Backroads, I've found a great deal of pride in knowing we deliver the very best active travel expe…

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Backroads Values and How They Impact Your Adventure Vacation The other day a guest asked me how we're able to hire such amazing leaders with such consistently exemplary values. He then asked…

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