What on earth is GAFFL doing?

Akib Amin
GAFFL
Published in
3 min readNov 9, 2017

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Haha! Really simple! Changing the world of travel and adventure! We do not want you to travel, hike, backpack or climb alone if you do not want to!

Planning on hiking the Appalachian Trail? That is 2250 miles long! Just type the name of the trail, your starting date, find others starting the hike on your timeline and plan in a group! Yes! It is absolutely free!

Planning a tour in Europe, SE Asia or see some of the best US National Parks? Guess what! GAFFL is active in all three! In a little over 5 months, thousands of travelers and adventurers have joined GAFFL and currently planning trips together. We still do not have any major advertising campaign. Word of mouth is the way to go!

Some amazing adventurers liked the platform so much that they became ambassadors to help the platform grow through word of mouth. Lee Jacobson, a true leader in the hiking community in Washington and creator of the biggest hiking group in North America is one of them, who just loved how GAFFL was helping people in outdoors. He is not alone. John Ghanem, an adventurer from Jounieh, Lebanon also joined GAFFL as an ambassador. He loves guiding people in outdoors. He happens to be a climber, SAR and EMT as well. Lee, John, other ambassadors along with the earliest users are the core of GAFFL!

We recently asked some of our core users, what they thought about GAFFL.

David Meigs, who is planning a trip to Iceland said, “Being part of the GAFFL community is like having a personal travel guide directing you to all the hidden gems wherever you may be going.”

Shauna Gazloff from Alberta, Canada said, “GAFFL is my source to connect with new people and nature. It really is my go to for finding people that love hiking and adventure as much as I do.”

Eric Schnipke, a lover of the platform planning his trip to the US West Coast said, “GAFFL makes my trips better by introducing me to new friends and making me feel safer in new places.”

Jaye Mathews from Queensland, Australia who will soon explore outdoors in Nepal said, “It’s a great service, especially for single travelers that may only seek out another traveler or two…”

Mariza Cortez currently exploring Hawaii said, “As a minimalist starting my GeoArbitrage adventures, I’m excited to join GAFFL where I can meet other like minded entrepreneurs looking for adventures.”

We have received feedbacks from others as well. Those helped us a lot to iterate and make GAFFL a better product . Thank you so much! All of you! This is super inspiring!

GAFFL also became affiliate partners of some of the best named outdoor brands like REI, Moosejaw, Patagonia, Eastern Mountain Sports etc.

Some special features are coming soon! Stay tuned…..

Cheers!

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Akib Amin
GAFFL
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Changing the world of travel and adventure!