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Born in upstate New York, Mark Perschel owned a landscape maintenance company in North Florida before he retired in 2009. Mark is an avid long-distance backpacker and bicyclist, as well as a Boy Scout Leader and Eagle Scout. He loves sharing time in outdoor activities.