[at-l] OT -- "Survivor" / AT hiker's Bio

[jtwilkins@comcast.net (jtwilkins@comcast.net)]

4 months, what the heck he do ride a bike on the trail?
JTW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melody Lam" <melodylam@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:36 AM
Subject: [at-l] OT -- "Survivor" / AT hiker's Bio


>
> Just FYI for any Survivor fans.
>
> I think that this bio is a little more extensive than the other one that
was
> posted. ( and this one really nade me laugh..) Still no trail name though,
> sorry. :)
>
> Back to the shadows...
>
> Melody
>
>
>
> Gabriel Cade was born and raised in the tiny alternative community of
Celo,
> North Carolina. His father is a doctor and his mother is a nurse. In
> addition, they run a small farm with goats, chickens, rabbits and fields
of
> blueberry bushes. Cade has one brother, Jason, and a twin sister, Emily.
>
> During his first two years of high school in Mitchell County, Cade was a
> competitive figure skater, a member of a singing quartet and was part of a
> symphony orchestra (having played classical cello since he was seven years
> old). He also studied jazz and ballet dancing. He then transferred to the
> North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics for his junior and senior
> year. As the school required community service, he spent two summers
working
> for World Changers, an organization that assists in building homes for
> impoverished individuals. Graduating in 1996, he then traveled throughout
> Europe where he eventually began volunteer teaching English in a small
town
> in France while also leading adventure trips for students.
>
> Returning to the States, Cade enrolled at the University of North Carolina
> where he intended to pursue a double major in biology and drama with a
> double minor in English and French. During his freshman year, he completed
a
> rescue scuba diving course to become certified. After his freshman year,
he
> returned to Europe to continue leading the adventure trips. He then
returned
> to the States and enrolled in a Sarasota, Florida-based school named New
> College. With no grades and no core requirements, if a course didn't
exist,
> he was able to create it and call it an independent reading project. For a
> brief time, his major was French Science Fiction. While there, he was able
> to fulfill a lifelong dream of playing soccer with a semi-professional
team
> while also coaching at a local middle school. In addition, he performed
and
> taught ballroom dancing.
>
> In the summer of 1998, Cade spent four months hiking the Appalachian Trail
> from Mount Katahdin, Maine, to Springer Mountain, Georgia (approximately
> 2,000 miles). He then returned to college, this time at the University of
> North Carolina, Asheville, until he decided to move to Los Angeles,
> California. He obtained a job writing for a national college newspaper
where
> he ran the entertainment section. This afforded him the opportunity to
> interview his favorite celebrities, attend the Sundance Film Festival and
> participate in lavish press junkets. When he decided to leave the paper,
he
> then began teaching an S.A.T. math prep course while bartending and
serving
> as a chauffeur for an elderly gentleman.
>
> Gabriel Cade's favorite hobbies are reading, writing, soccer, camping and
> learning new languages. He is fluent in French and moderately versed in
> three additional languages. He currently lives in Hollywood, Calif. His
> birth date is July 1.
>
>
>
>
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