2006 Yukon River Quest
Team Biographies
Team #: 01
Team Name:
Northwestel High Speed
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Steve Mooney
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
43
Male
Race Goals:
Work hard, have fun!
Bio: 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest: lots of wilderness river experience. Stephen will be paddling an Epic 18' Endurance with an Epic Mid Wing paddle from Up North Adventures
Team #: 02
Team Name:
Canadian Rangers
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
David Coupland (captain)
Stephen Ambrose
Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
39
35
male
male
Race Goals:
To be in Dawson in time for last call on the 1st of July.
To make Dawson in time for last call by the 1st of July.
Bio: Yukon River Quest 2003: the Nahanni River in the NWT 2004, a bit of fast water canoeing.
Several week long trips of flat water canoeing with lots of wilderness experience.
Team #: 03
Team Name:
The Ancient Brits
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Graham J. Sheward
Richard Clives		 Colchester, England
Kendal, England		 67
64		 Male
Male
Race Goals:
Graham Sheward - To finish under five days.
Richard Clive - To finish under five days.
Bio: Graham Sheward - Devizes to Westminster 126 mile International Canoe Race 1983-1992. World Quadrathlon Championships 1993-1997. World Triathalon Championships 1998-2004. Speights Coast to Coast 1995 and 2005.
Richard Clives - NA
Team #: 04
Team Name:
Systemsnet
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Peter Sullivan (captain)
David Leslie		 London, England, UK
Great Totham, Essex, England		 40
51 		Male
Male
Race Goals:
Peter Sullivan - Middle of the field completion.
David Leslie - To be in the middle of the field.
Bio: Peter Sullivan - Devizes to Westminster, long distance triathlons, mountain marathons, British Army survival training, adventure races, river kayaking.
David Leslie - DW, Triathlons, adventure racing: adventure racing.
Team #: 05
Team Name:
Canjo
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Steve Cannon Des Moines, Iowa 40 Male
Race Goals:
Steve Cannon - Top 10 solo kayak division.
Bio: Steve Cannon - Three years adventure racing and orienteering meets, two ultra running events, adventure race kayaking in the midwest USA.
Team #: 06
Team Name:
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
William Reitzer-Smith Addison, Texas, USA 46 Male
Race Goals:
William Reitzer-Smith - Finish! Within top 24 kayaks. Sleep before making irreversable decisions (ie. YRQ 2005 scratch).
Bio: William Reitzer-Smith - 2005 Yukon River Quest, Colorado River 100 miles, Mississippi "Phatwater Race" 45 miles, US Army, Wilderness Advanced First Aid.
Team #: 07
Team Name:
BUCKSHOT
Class: Tandem Canoe - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jim Buckingham (captain)
Linz Buckingham		 St. John's, NL, Canada
St. John's, NL, Canada		 43
17		 M
F
Race Goals:
Goals: Jim - To finish the race and spend time with my daughter who has been away for the last year.
Linz - To finish the race and spend some time with my dad before he is too old to have fun.
Bio: Jim - No race experience, canoeing rivers in Newfoundland and the Atlantic Ocean.
Linz - No race experience, whitewater kayaking and canoeing on various Newfoundland rivers and canoeing on the Atlantic Ocean
Team #: 08
Team Name:
2 Solitudes
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jean-Guy Sauriol Toronto, Ontario, Canada 52 Male
Race Goals:
Jean-Guy Sauriol - To finish the race irrespective of the time it takes.
Bio: Jean-Guy Sauriol - 2005 Yukon River Quest (scratched).
Team #: 09
Team Name:
Are We There Yet?
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jeremy Hongslo (captain)
Todd Ebert		 Wasilla, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA		 36
37		 Male
Male
Race Goals:
Jeremy Hongslo - To have a great time and finish the race.
Todd Ebert - To really go for it! I love this race...I am officially addicted.
Bio: Jeremy Hongslo - 2005 Yukon River Quest, various Alaskan rivers - Birch Creek, Nabesna, Tanana, Little Susitna, etc.
Todd Ebert - 2005 Yukon River Quest, various Alaskan Rivers - Birch, Nebesna, Tanana, Little Su, etc.
Team #: 10
Team Name:
Team WHOA
Class: Voyageur Canoe
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Patricia Clune (captain)
Susan McDowell
Glenna Fraumeni
Beth McIlroy
Robin McDowell
Marie Dunn
Christine Lundvall
Susan McVeigh
Bernadette Nagle
Toronto, ON, Canada
Markham, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Geneva, IL, US
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
49
51
21
48
46
50
42
29
54
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
Race Goals:
To finish happy and healthy with all team-mates intact. We are aiming to get to Klondike Kate's before last call on Saturday night!
As a rookie, I want to finish and have fun.
To stay dry through Five Finger Rapids and enjoy the scenery on the river.
To stay awake in the early mornings and paddle forward with my paddle in the water.
To finish and have fun.
To complete on time.
To have fun and finish.
To thoroughly enjoy myself on the river and to keep my Gatorade consumption at an acceptable level!
To be a participant in the 2006 Yukon River Quest and take the shortest route possible.
Bio:
Team #: 11
Team Name:
Bones
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dr.Michael Faughey-Scraggs York, East Yorkshire, UK 38 Male
Race Goals:
Dr. Michael Faughey-Scraggs - To challenge myself and meet like-minded adventurous people and make new friends.
Bio: Dr. Michael Faughey-Scraggs - Regularly paddle 4/5 and 5 rivers in UK, extensive paddling in French Alps for the last 5 years, previously cycled unsupported solo through the Arctic Circle in Europe. Also am Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)provider.
Team #: 12
Team Name:
Mattson/ Lodge
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Karl Mattson (captain)
Andrew Lodge		 Rolla, BC, Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada		 31
31		 Male
Male
Race Goals:
Karl - To finish the race as fast as we can.
Andrew - To finish the race as fast as we can.
Bio: Karl - No race experience, over 10,000 kms of remote wilderness paddling on northern Canada's river, lakes, and oceans.
Andrew - No race experience, over 15,000 kms of remote wilderness paddling on northern Canadian rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Team #: 13
Team Name:
Prairie Schooner II
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dave McGee (captain)
Scott McGee		 Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Lethbridge, AB, Canada 		52
20		 Male
Male
Race Goals:
Dave - To improve on our 2005 time and be the first wooden hull to Dawson.
Scott - To improve on last year's time and be the fastest wooden hull ever.
Bio: Dave - 2005 race finisher YRQ, multi-week trips in many areas of the Canadian Shield, Yukon River, and Oldman River.
Scott - Completed YRQ 2005, recreational paddling in Waterton Lakes, day trips on Oldman River.
Team #: 14
Team Name:
A Blonde Idea
Class: Tandem Kayak - Women
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Lisa McGee (captain)
Karla McGee		 Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Lethbridge, AB, Canada		 19
23		 Female
Female
Race Goals:
Lisa - To win our class and stay within 10 miles of Dad and brother's team.
Karla - To finish and come in before the wooden Prairie Schooner II (Dad and brother's team).
Bio: Lisa - Two years flatwater kayak racing in western Canada, Oldman River, whitewater course, and river trips.
Karla - Was the support crew for Prairie Schooner II in 2005 YRQ, Snake River, ID/WA, Oldman River, and western Canada lakes.
Team #: 15
Team Name:
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dave Treasure USK, Monmouthshire, UK 59 Male
Race Goals:
Dave Treasure - To finish and feel good. Performed badly in 2005 - scratched at Carmacks - bad mistake!
Bio: Dave Treasure - YRQ 2005, and have spent winters mushing dogs in Yukon and Alaska.
Team #: 16
Team Name:
Royal Marines 1
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
David Hook (captain)
Matthew Skuse
Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK
Putney, London, England, UK
44
36
male
male
Race Goals:
David Hook - To complete and finish in top third.
Matthew Skuse - To suffer in style.
Bio: David Hook - DW/2 day races, N4/ extensive wilderness experience as serving Royal Marine Commando.
Matthew Skuse - Have competed in various sea kayak and kayak sprint races in/off UK, but this will be the first race of this scale. Royal Marine Mountain Leader with a solid foundation of back country and wilderness experience including multi-day kayak and canoe touring in Scotland and USA.
Team #: 17
Team Name:
Lubbock Flower Power
Class: Solo Kayak - Female
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Ingrid Wilcox
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
58
female
Race Goals:
To get to Dawson faster than in 2004 or 2005.
Bio: YRQ 2000, 2002-2005, assorted rivers in the Yukon, U.S., and South America.
Team #: 18
Team Name:
Grandma Bun Bun
Class: Solo Kayak - Female
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Linda Bourassa
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
53
female
Race Goals:
To finish and better my time, have fun, enjoy the paddle and walk away injury free!
Bio: Five Yukon River Quests (2 completed), plus 80+ hours of training on the river each year prior to each race.
Team #: 19
Team Name:
Finishing Smile
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Danise Kimball
Santa Monica, CA, USA
34
female
Race Goals:
Finish!
Bio: Yukon River Quest 2003-2005.
Team #: 20
Team Name:
Rogue's Passage
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
James W. Thilenius Juneau, AK, USA 40 Male
Race Goals:
To test my limits and finish the race in less than 60 hours.
Bio: No race experience, seakayaking experience in Virginia, Florida, Hawaii, Alaska, and New Zealand since 1991. Sea kayak guide in Juneau during the summer of 2005.
Team #: 21
Team Name:
Rocket Rob
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Rob Colliver
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
41
male
Race Goals:
To experience not being able to stand at the end of 450 miles - it was a unique experience after 125 miles!
Bio: Devizies to Westminster, New York and London Marathons, various 24 hour races, have been a modern pentathlete for 20 years.
Team #: 22
Team Name:
SE and NW
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dieter Brenner (captain)
Markus Weber
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria
45
43
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish within <60 hours.
To finish!
Bio: 15,000 km partly as a canoe guide.
Tugela Challenge (South Africa) and local rivers in Austria.
Team #: 23
Team Name:
15 x 0
Class: Tandem Canoe - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Larry Seethaler (captain)
Brenda Forsythe		 Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK. USA		 63
48		 male
female
Race Goals:
To paddle like we have in the past.
To enjoy the river, the people, and life! To celebrate at Gertie's on Saturday.
Bio: Both Dyea to Dawson races and all the Yukon River Quests plus a lot of wilderness river experience.
Dyea to Dawson '98 and 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Yukon River Quests
Team #: 24
Team Name:
Water Wanderer
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Eric Kocher
Atlanta, GA, USA
58
male
Race Goals:
To share a smile and a laugh at the finish line.
Bio: 2005 Yukon River Quest, 1994 Finlandia Clean Water Challenge, 2001 Everglades Challenge, and extensive wilderness river experience.
Team #: 25
Team Name:
Old Enuff to Know Better
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Doug Clark (captain)
Mike S. Vandevelde
Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
54
48
male
male
Race Goals:
To enjoy the race and visit the Yukon.
To finish.
Bio: Adventure races, 2005 World Masters Games - Marathon Kayak (finished): Canoeing on headwaters of rivers in Rocky Mountains (Alberta), sea kayaking on Lake Superior.
Various 36 hour adventure races in Alberta and B.C. and 50, 75, 100 mile ultra races: a number of rivers in the Algonquin Park area in Ontario.
Team #: 26
Team Name:
British Army Team A
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Matthew Bailey (captain Teams A, B, C)
Shaun David Thrower
Camberley, Surrey, UK
Hereford, Herefordshire, UK
46
45
male
male
Race Goals:
To win the race!
To win the race!
Bio: Marathon racing for the last 11 years including 125 mile Devizes to Westminster three times, Spanish Sella Series and UK divisional and Descent races: modest wilderness river experiences based largely on Army exercises and mountaineering in UK
Marathon and endurance kayak racing: some wilderness river experience.
Team #: 27
Team Name:
British Army Team B
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Richie Astridge
John Catto
Salisbury, Hampshire, UK
London, UK
31
31
male
male
Race Goals:
1. To finish. 2. To finish under 45 hours. 3. To finish and be able to walk.
To finish respectably.
Bio: Four times Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, lots of marathon kayak races: UK river running.
Nine times Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race: Army wilderness river experience.
Team #: 28
Team Name:
British Army Team C
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Peter Howson
Matt Wakeling
Colerne, Wiltshire, UK
Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
40
36
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish in under 45 hours.
To complete the race in under 45 hours.
Bio: Devizes to Westminster 2005 and 2006: negligible / Army.
Watersive and Thames series, Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon 2005 and 2006: no wilderness river experience.
Team #: 29
Team Name:
The Austrian
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Heinz Rodinger Gramastetten, Austria 65 Male
Race Goals:
To finish healthy and have fun, to improve my last year's time.
Bio: Five times Yukon River Quest, multiple times Arctic Canoe Race (FN), and Devizes to Westminster (GB)
Team #: 30
Team Name:
Team KayakForCare 2
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Brandon Nelson (captain)
David Kelly
Bellingham, WA, USA
San Rafael, CA, USA
34
41
male
male
Race Goals:
Prepare well, race smart, pack wisely, finish totally spent.
Race fast, suffer well, laugh often.
Bio: 2002 and 2005 Yukon River Quest: whitewater in Sierra, Nevada, Costa Rica, and New Zealand.
2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest and 90 Adventure races: Dozens of rivers across the world.
Team #: 31
Team Name:
EMS
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Steven Landick
Gregg Nelson
Marquette, MI, USA
Marquette, Michigan
53
49		 Male
Male
Race Goals:
To get to Dawson as quick as I can.
Not to pee in the canoe
Bio: 2001, 2004, 2005 Yukon River Quest, and Rat River in the NWT.
Ausable Marathon, Le Classique, General Clinton, Tour de U.P., Wilderness experience - Sturgeon River Sloughs
Team #: 32
Team Name:
Team Adventure
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Louis Hoock (captain)
Nick Schlosstein		 Juneau, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA		 22
22
Male
Male
Race Goals:
Kayak 93 miles from Juneau to Skagway, Chilkoot trail from lake.
To finish in good time.
Bio: No race experience, have done the Yampa, Green Rivers, and Swift Water Rescue.
No race or wilderness river experience.
Team #: 33
Team Name:
Keet
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Bill Winslow
Sitka, AK, USA
39
male
Race Goals:
To have a great time. To push myself hard and finish respectably.
Bio: First place in local kayak race in Sitka, experienced white water kayaking/camping, LaPlatta River in Colorado, other rivers, wilderness EMT/ firefighter.
Team #: 34
Team Name:
XL
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Carter Johnson
Sausalito, CA, USA
30
male
Race Goals:
To finish without blisters!
Bio: 2005 Yukon River Quest.
Team #: 35
Team Name:
Talus
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Chris Wenger (captain)
Ferdi Wenger
Kamloops, BC, Canada
Heffley Creek, BC, Canada
36
71
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish strong.
To finish.
Bio: First time Yukon River Quest, a few adventure races, Churchill/Stergion - Weir River system (30 days), Hanbury/Thelon Rivers (21 days), Horton River and Arctic Coast (25 days).
First Yukon River Quest, marathon canoe racing for 40 years, Churchill River, Hanbury/Thelon Rivers, Horton River and Arctic Coast.
Team #: 36
Team Name:
U.S. Coast Guard
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jeff Jager
Hammond, WI, USA
39 Male
Race Goals:
1. Finish. 2. Saturday dinner in Dawson!
Bio: 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quests, Paddle to the Headwaters 2005. Marathons, triathlons, snowshoe racing.
Team #: 37
Team Name:
River Rats
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Yvan Nolet (captain)
Patrick Grillo
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Caledon, Ontario, Canada
46
42
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish the race.
To finish the race.
Bio: No race experience, have done many canoe expeditions throughout Ontario and Quebec wilderness.
No race experience, 12 years French Rivers and northern Ontario.
Team #: 38
Team Name:
Arconoe
Class: Tandem Canoe - Women
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Pauline Frost-Hanberg (Captain)
Viki Cirkvencic
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
42
30
female
female
Race Goals:
To complete the race in a respectable time and to enjoy the beauty of the Yukon.
I hope to experience and enjoy the Yukon and be a competitive team in this race.
Bio: Completed previous Yukon River Quest and 2005 Saskatchewan Canoe Quest.
I have marathon canoe experience, and I have completed the 2005 Saskatchewan Canoe Quest (966 km in a voyageur canoe). I have been a whitewater kayaker for the past 8 years and have paddled up to class 4+ rivers.
Team #: 39
Team Name:
Pipe It Up
Class: Voyageur Canoe
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Terry N. Ramin (captain)
Leah Anderson
Greg Tibbetts
Jan Nyboer
Robert Blain
Thomas E. Wood
Dr. John Bradley
Margaret Hood
Dr. Jean-Francois Latour
Ian Hourston
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Hermon, Maine, USA
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, UK
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
47
34
58
63
46
64
37
34
43
48
male
female
male
male
male
male
male
female
male
male
Race Goals:
To set a new voyageur record.
To set a new voyageur record.
To complete the race in a voyageur canoe and have a great time with my team-mates!
Team Esprit de Cour, Team Unity, Team Kick Ass, Team Gives All for All.
To finish well and support my team as much as possible. Looking forward to the challenge.
To finish well and earn a spot on Pipe It Up 2 2007 and have my wife Dottie as part of my support team because she can not make it this year.
To complete the race successfully and enjoy a new challenge.
No goals given.
To find out what it is to be part of a voyageur canoe and hopefully to set a new record in the process!
To train for three months so that the marathon is realistic and not a "killer"!
Bio: Yukon River Quest 2004 and 2005, 2004 Great Canadian Canoe Race: four years paddling Skeena River Water Shed.
2004 Yukon River Quest, 2003 Carmacks: lots of camping all the time.
Yukon River Quest 1999-2005 in canoe, tandem kayak, and solo kayak categories.
Yukon River Quest 2005, Ironman World Championship - Kona, Ultramanathons 100 miles 1983, 2001, 2004, Ultraman 1989 third place II Masters: no wilderness river experience.
First paddling race, experienced triathlete, martial arts and fitness instructor: many years on the Skeena River and tributaries, very active and experienced outdoorsman.
Moose River, Maine, into James Bay, Ontario, Allagash, St. Croix, west branch of the Penobscot, Moose River Bow trip, white water rafting the Penobscot as well as Kennebec Rivers, and many years of remote canoe trips.
No kayak race experience: little river experience, I am an experienced BCU four star sea kayaker, 2-3 day expedition experience.
No race experience: sea kayaking, 2-4 day expeditions.
2004 Yukon river Quest - fourth place overall and third place canoe.
Some slalom and downriver racing in the eighties: numerous canoe poling trips of unroaded valleys of the Skeena River, Big Salmon River, Bonnet Plume river, and the Upper Stikine River.
Team #: 40
Team Name:
Canoe-Dog Lackies
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Aaron Hachey (captain)
Gaetan Plourde
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
33
32
male
male
Race Goals:
Paddle hard, finish race, have fun!
1. Finish 2. Compete 3. Top Tier.
Bio: No race experience, have done the Tutshi, Yukon, and Flat Water Rivers.
Short distance races only, Coulonge River, lots of flat water experience.
Team #: 41
Team Name:
AMC
Class: Solo Kayak - Female
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Denise (Anna Marie) Caposey
Skagway, AK, USA
49
female
Race Goals:
To paddle the Yukon River before my 50th birthday in August, 2006.
Bio: No paddling race experience, cross-country ski racing, Teslin River : Teslin - Carmacks ( eight day trip ).
Team #: 42
Team Name:
Lloyds TSB Offshore
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Robert Cassin (captain)
Dr. Carl Clinton
St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
St. Brecade, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
46
50
male
male
Race Goals:
To make new friends, enjoy the race and challenge, and maybe finish in the top half of the field.
To finish in the top half of the field.
Bio: Fourth in Atlantic Rowing Race, held London - Paris record in 2000, paddle sea kayaks between the Channel Islands for fun. No wilderness river experience but survived the Atlantic for 57 days and did 2 weeks in the bush in New Zealand.
Atlantic Rowing Race, London to Paris Rowing Race, offshore kayaking.
Team #: 43
Team Name:
Bad Penny
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dave Sevdy
Juneau, AK, USA
44
male
Race Goals:
Have fun, 72 hour finish.
Bio: Iditayak - 105 miles, three Yukon River Quests, camping on the Yukon and Taku Rivers.
Team #: 44
Team Name:
Team KayakForCare
Class: Solo Kayak - Female
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Heather Nelson
Bellingham, WA, USA
34
Female
Race Goals:
Race hard. Suffer gracefully.
Bio: Yukon River Quest 2005 (mixed tandem), many other multi-day adventure races and kayak races, whitewater kayaking, expedition paddling, and adventure racing.
Team #: 45
Team Name:
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dave Levisky (captain)
Chad Hurry
Cochrane, AB, Canada
Canmore, AB, Canada
34
34
male
male
Race Goals:
To personally challenge my mind and body.
To complete it...Dawson or bust!
Bio: No race experience, extensive flatwater and river canoe experience. Extensive rafting guide Ottawa River (Owl River Rafters), Bowron River circuit x 4, Bow River / Kanaskis-Red Deer / N. Saskatchewan trips.
No race experience or wilderness river experience.
Team #: 46
Team Name:
Blazing Paddles III
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
John Little (captain)
David Little		 Edmonton, AB, Canada
Red Deer, AB, Canada		 47
45		 Male
Male
Race Goals:
To better last year's time.
To finish the race.
Bio: 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quests.
No race experience: recreational canoeing.
Team #: 47
Team Name:
The Team Without a Clever Name
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jeff Chantler (captain)
Owan Chantler
Nobel, ONT, Canada
Nobel, ONT, Canada
48
17
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish in a respectable time, to see the Yukon, and to have the energy to enjoy the event!
To finish in 60 hours or less. To have a good time.
Bio: No Yukon experience, some marathon racing in Ontario, many canoe trips on Ontario rivers.
No Yukon experience, lots of marathon experience in Ontario, I was Paddler of the Year twice. I have much wilderness experience because I am a guide on Georgian Bay, but no river experience.
Team #: 48
Team Name:
The Young and the Restless
Class: Tandem Canoe - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Tunde Fulop (captain)
Tom Fulop
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
40
15
female
male
Race Goals:
To finish within 60 hours and keep up with my son.
To finish alive!
Bio: 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest finisher with lots of wilderness river experience.
No race experience; Yukon River Whitehorse to Carmacks.
Team #: 49
Team Name:
Dimitri Kieffer
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dimitri Kieffer
Seattle, WA, USA
40
male
Race Goals:
To complete the entire race in the required time and hopefully not last.
Bio: Berg River Marathon South Africa 200 km June 2005, kayaking in Raid Gauloises 2002 Vietnam, Primal Quest 2003 Lake Tahoe, and Primal Quest 2004 San Juan Islands.
Team #: 50
Team Name:
Bear Paw Tracks
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Pierre Pinard (captain)
Elsa Jensen-Matthews
L'Orignal, ONT, Canada
Newport Beach, CA, USA
60
58
male
female
Race Goals:
To finish in the top 3 over all, 1st in the mixed category.
To finish knowing I have done my very best to meet both the mental and physical challenges.
Bio: Have done most of the canoe races in Canada and the US, but not the Yukon Quest. Have paddled over 150 different rivers in Canada - mostly in Ontario and Quebec, Labrador, Northwest Territories, James Bay, and HudsonBay.
General Clinton and Adirondack Classic and many shorter races; three seasons of tripping and whitewater paddling in Ontario and Quebec.
Team #: 51
Team Name:
V & E's Express
Class: Tandem Canoe - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Veronica Wisniewski (captain)
Edoh Y. Amiran
Lynden, WA, USA
Lynden, WA, USA
46
45
Female
Male
Race Goals:
To finish with my marriage intact.
To finish not too far behind "the pack".
Bio: Marathon canoe racing since 1999 - not that they'll seem like marathons after this race! Have canoed the Dease, Taltson,, and Gataga - Kechika; rafted the Salmon River in Idaho, the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon and the Grand Canyon, and other rivers.
Marathon canoe races (1994 - present), Texas Water Safari 2005: wilderness rivers - Dease, Taltson, Gataga - Kechika, Colorado, Salmon, MF Salmon, and others, (first 3 in canoe, others in rafts), and day trips in whitewater canoe.
Team #: 52
Team Name:
Kelowna Kwest I
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Denny Parkhill (captain)
Jim Stephen
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Kelowna, BC, Canada
56
59
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish ahead of Kelowna Kwest II.
To finish ahead of Kelowna Kwest team II and enjoy the experience.
Bio: No race experience: paddled Yukon River - Carmacks to Dawson twice.
No race experience: paddled the Yukon River six times, as well as the Teslin, Stewart, Kusawa, Clearwater, Thompson, and the Nechako.
Team #: 53
Team Name:
Kelowna Kwest II
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dave Skoglund (captain)
Cliff Moore
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Kelowna, BC, Canada
61
60
male
male
Race Goals:
Not to finish last.
To enjoy the challenge of the Yukon Quest and complete the course in a respectable time.
Bio: No race experience: reasonably extensive wilderness river experience.
Ski to Sea Race in Kelowna, summer Regattas as a teenager, several trips on the Teslin, Stewart, Yukon River, Bowran Lake chain, St. John (NB), Chilcotin River (raft), Thompson / Fraser Rivers, and the Rouge River (QUE.)
Team #: 54
Team Name:
Adirondac Boyz
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
John Ders (captain)
Richard Waters
South Otselic, NY, USA
Whitesboro, NY, USA 		56
53
male
male
Race Goals:
To better my time and finish in better shape.
To finish the race.
Bio: 2005 Yukon River Quest, Adirondack Canoe Classic, Blackburn Challenge, Jay Challenge, 9 years Adirondack River racing, 100 Mile Penobscot River Maine, 100 miles Everglades Wilderness Water Way (twice), Yellowstone, Algonguin Provincial Park 100 mile trip.
11 years Adirondack Marathon Racing, 11 years New York Marathon River Racing.
Team #: 55
Team Name:
Century Plus
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Richard L. Scott (captain)
Mike Meyers
Olean, NY, USA
Olean, NY, USA
58
48
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish!
To see the finish line from the river.
Bio: 2004 Yukon River Quest: recreational canoeing.
2004 Yukon River Quest (scratched at Carmacks), 20 years backcountry canoeing / camping mostly in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, 10 years whitewater raft guide, Zoar Valley Gorge, NY.
Team #: 56
Team Name:
Kats & Dawgs
Class: Tandem Canoe - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Katherine Patterson
Joe O'Blenis (captain)
Regina, SK, Canada
Banff, AB, Canada		 40
40		 female
male
Race Goals:
To finish with my dignity intact!
A cold beer after a...uhhh..."fun little paddle" down the river.
Bio: Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest 2005, Northern Saskatchewan River, Lake Superior.
10 years marathon canoe racing. Numerous sea kayak races, 24 hour World Record attempt in 2003 for individual canoe paddling: solo cross Canada canoe trip, numerous lake and rivers all across Canada, several years of ocean kayaking, 29 years of paddling.
Team #: 57
Team Name:
Let It Ride
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Mitch Nessan
Spokane, WA, USA
39
male
Race Goals:
1. Survive. 2. Finish. 3. Not come in last.
Bio: No race experience, Missouri River trip - Montana, various rivers and lakes in Washington.
Team #: 58
Team Name:
Eco Challenge 2
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Perry Charlebois
Barrie, ONT, Canada
40
male
Race Goals:
To do better than last year. I know better now!!
Bio: 2005 Yukon River Quest, 30,000 Islands Georgian Bay.
Team #: 59
Team Name:
Wahine Ice
Class: Tandem Canoe - Women
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Laurel Archer (captain)
Michele Genge		 Comox, BC, Canada
Courtenay, BC, Canada		 42
42		 female
female
Race Goals:
To finish in the money.
To enjoy the big skies and fast water; survive the massive headwinds.
Bio: CORA outrigger racing, 1997 Marathon Canoe Nationals, Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest 2005: many, many rivers - professional wilderness guide since 1988, outdoor education instructor COLT / Strathcona Park Lodge.
Outrigger Racing - Catalina Crossing, Howe Sound, Gorge: some personal trips on the Gataga and Kachika Rivers.
Team #: 60
Team Name:
Avon Xpeditionary Force
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Adam Clarke (captain)
David Hales		 Stratford, Warwickshire, UK
Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, UK
27
23
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish ahead of the Red Lantern.
To finish in legal time.
Bio: No race experience, loads of weir riding and sea kayaking on Cornwall surf: ultra endurance hiking Stratford to Preston and Lands End to John O'Groat on two wheels.
Camami Sea Kayak Marathon Japan, weir riding: GR11 hiking in Spanish Pyrenees (solo), north to south coast UK on bike, Offah's dike hiking in Wales.
Team #: 61
Team Name:
False Creek Women
Class: Voyageur
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Diane Shepherd (captain)
Marina McCready
Andrea Dillon
Kendall Macmillan
Judy Shandler
Joanne Aitken
Barbara Willson
Heather Taylor
Daphne Brockington
Pauline Adams
Richmond, BC, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
53
51
55
60
50
50
44
48
52
45
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Race Goals:
To have a great experience with an incredible group of women.
To finish and have a great adventure with a wonderful group of paddling friends.
To finish - happy and still walking
To have fun and finish.
To finish and have fun.
To finish.
To have a safe and wonderful experience.
1. Finish. 2. Finish 1st in category.
To finish and enjoy the scenery and fellow paddlers.
To still be friends at the end!!
Bio: Dragonboat and Outrigger Canoe races throughout the world: no wilderness river experience.
13 years paddling in international outrigger canoe and Dragonboat races: the Yukon River (Whitehorse to Dawson), parts of the Aishihik River and Rancheria River, Porcupine River.
20 years of marathon - outrigger and international Dragonboat racing: wilderness guide in the 70's and 80's in northern Ontario and Quebec, assistant guide on the Big Salmon.
Lots of international outrigger canoe and Dragonboat races: no wilderness river experience - but various wilderness ocean kayaking trips.
Various world Dragonboat and outrigger canoe races: no wilderness river experience.
Ironman Triathlon, Subaru Adventure Race, OC6 World Sprints, Dragonboat races throughout the world: no wilderness river experience.
Lots of marathon and outrigger canoe racing including the Molokai - Channel Crossing: very little wilderness river experience except for the Bulkley, Fraser, and Nechako Rivers.
Shawinigan 1985, previous marathon canoe races: no wilderness river experience.
Storm the Shore Race, Snow to Surf Race, half marathons, Mollokai to Oahu Outrigger long distance race: no wilderness river experience.
Outrigger and Dragonboat Racing: worked with Whitewater Adventures running motorized river raft trips.
Team #: 62
Team Name:
Deslin Paddlers
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Elizabeth Bosely (captain)
Sheila Clark
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
42
50
female
female
Race Goals:
To laugh, enjoy the scenery, and beat our time from last year.
To be safe and beat our time from last year.
Bio: 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest: paddled the Yukon River (Whitehorse to Dawson several times), Outward Bound canoe trips, Basic Flatwater Level C Certificate, Takhini River.
2005 Yukon River Quest: have paddled the Wolf, Nisutlin, Takhini, and Yukon Rivers.
Team #: 63
Team Name:
Down Under One
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Tom Simmat
Belrose, NSW, Australia
58
male
Race Goals:
This time take time to look at the beautiful Canadian wilderness.
Bio: Yukon River Quest 2005.
Team #: 64
Team Name:
Twin Otters - Paddles Apart
Class: Tandem Kayak - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Nicole Pintkowsky (captain)
Jack Simpson
Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
38
41
female
male
Race Goals:
To make it to Carmacks - if I can make it to Carmacks, I can make it to Dawson. To savoir my last pepperoni stick as I drift into Dawson. To beat last year's time.
To equal my wife's and my mixed tandem time of 2005, or perhaps a wee bit slower!
Bio: 2005 Yukon River Quest mixed tandem kayak: Nahanni River, local NWT lakes and rivers.
2004 solo kayak Yukon River Quest (scratched due to hypothermia), 2005 mixed tandem kayak Yukon River Quest (finished 38th): Nahanni River, 450 km by canoe, August 2005.
Team #: 65
Team Name:
Skagway Sackbutz
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
John D. O'Daniel (captain)
Jason M. O'Daniel
Skagway, AK, USA
Skagway, AK, USA
54
19
male
male
Race Goals:
To beat my bow paddler to Dawson.
Just to finish.
Bio: Participated in the 2002, 2003, and 2004 Yukon River Quests: Big Salmon River 2001, Upper Yukon River 2003, Teslin River 2004, and Nisutlin River 2005.
No race experience: Whitehorse to Carmacks 2003, Teslin River 2004, and Nisutlin River 2005.
Team #: 66
Team Name:
Mal 42
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Don Cohen (captain)
Les Malbon
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
55
50
male
male
Race Goals:
To finish!
To finish solid.
Bio: Whitewater and wildwater racing, Yukon River Quest (scratched): 20 years Arctic trips - canoe and sea kayak.
Assorted races (shorter course): limited wilderness river experience.
Team #: 67
Team Name:
An Oldie and a Goodie II
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jim Jager (captain)
Jacques Boutet
Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA
46
50
male
male
Race Goals:
To paddle fast.
My goal is to race near the front and break 48 hours.
Bio: Wilderness race bum with a closetful of t-shirts that fit tighter every day.
I have been involved with adventure racing and backcountry Ultra-endurance races for nearly 35 years. In addition to competing in 6 Eco-Challenges, I have completed the Southern Traverse, Raid Gauloises, Discovery Channel World Championship, Primal Quest, and other expedition races. My first ultra-canoe race was from Chicken to Circle in 1971. The Alaska Mountain and Wilderness Classic, Crow Pass Crossing, and other Alaska backcountry races. First descent of the Crow Wing River in a paddle-steered duckboat.
Team #: 68
Team Name:
Canu - 2
Class: Tandem Canoe - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jim Boyde (captain)
Pam Boyde
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
63
58
male
female
Race Goals:
Perhaps a better, more enjoyable time than last year!
To better last year's time.
Bio: 005 Yukon River Quest: the Snake, Bonnet Plume, Rat, Wind, and Tatonduc Rivers.
2005 Yukon River Quest and Similkameen River Race: lots of wilderness river experience.
Team #: 69
Team Name:
Return of the Yeti
Class: WITHDRAWN
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Ian Grant
Banff, AB, Canada
38
male
Race Goals:
To finish, endure with eloquence.
Bio: No race experience: paddled solo from Ontario to Key West, Florida.
Team #: 70
Team Name:
The River Bandits
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Anthony Arcand (captain)
Kevin J. Mellis
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
44
32
male
male
Race Goals:
To better our time from last year.
To finish the race before last call on Saturday night.
Bio: All Yukon River Quest and one Dyea to Dawson: enough to be safe and dry.
2003, 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest: 20 years wilderness river experience.
Team #: 71
Team Name:
Paddlers Abreast
Class: Voyageur Canoe
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Linda Rapp (captain)
Claire Desmarais
Dawn Fralick
Cindy Gilday
Karen Lampi
Helena MacVane
Lynn Rice-Rideout
Elizabeth Bosely		 Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
50
57
55
52
47
46
34
42		 female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
Race Goals:
To regain full use of our upper bodies; to meet a physical and mental challenge; to prove that we can undertake strenuous exercise without developing lymphedema; to learn to trust our new bodies; to share a positive experience with other breast cancer survivors. We choose to do this as part of a public event in order to help other women living with breast cancer realize that they, too, can live full and active lives and to raise awareness about breast cancer.
Bio: Yukon River Quest 2001 was the first race for Paddlers Abreast, who are a group of Yukon women living with breast cancer. The original team learned about breast cancer survivors dragon boat teams across Canada and wanted to challenge themselves similarly. Every year since 2001 Paddlers Abreast has fielded a team comprised of both new and experienced paddlers and competed in the race.
Team #: 72
Team Name:
Lone Star Paddlers
Class: Tandem Kayak - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Richard Steppe (captain)
Erin MaGee
Irving, TX, USA
Martindale, TX, USA
48
43
male
female
Race Goals:
To enjoy it and kick some ass!
To enjoy it and take some names!
Bio: 2005 Yukon River Quest mixed canoe winner, Texas Water Safari 11 finishes, La Ruta Maya in Belize.
No YRQ experience, Texas Water Safari 8 finishes and 7 wins, marathons and triathlons.
Team #: 73
Team Name:
Under the Spell
Class: Tandem Canoe - Mixed
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Geoffrey Wade (captain)
Sandra Wade
Mission, BC, Canada
Mission, BC, Canada
43
41
male
female
Race Goals:
To have fun and not finish last.
To finish with enough strength to do a "happy dance" with my kids at the finish line.
Bio: No race experience: years of northern tripping - Anderson (NWT), Nahanni (NWT), Yukon River (Whitehorse to Dawson City).
No racing experience whatsoever: had a great family trip down the Yukon from Carmacks to Dawson, and paddled many lakes and rivers.
Team #: 74
Team Name:
Nightcrawlers
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Frank Cahill (captain)
Thomas Slagle
Anchorage, AK, USA
Juneau, AK, USA
55
61
male
male
Race Goals:
To improve time by 12 hours.
To drop 10 hours from last year's time.
Bio: Finisher 2005 Yukon River Quest: Stikine River, lots of ocean kayaking in Prince William Sound, Willamette River (Oregon).
Finisher 2005 Yukon River Quest: several trips down the Stikine River, Yukon River to St. Mary's, smaller rivers in the lower 48.
Team #: 75
Team Name:
Fast Attack
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Gary L. Ulrich (captain)
Stephen Karl Ulrich
Dallas, TX, USA
Dallas, TX, USA
55
22
male
male
Race Goals:
To participate is exciting, to finish would be great, to be in the top ten would be awesome.
To bring dad home safe.
Bio: Buffalo River, AK, Boundary Waters, St. John River, MA, Colorado River.
Buffalo River, St. John River, Boundary Waters.
Team #: 76
Team Name:
Burning Daylight
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Jeffrey Bannish
Anchorage, AK, USA
44
male
Race Goals:
To be in the Top Ten!
Bio: 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest.
Team #: 77
Team Name:
Scarlet Fever
Class: Voyageur Canoe
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
John Grant (captain)
Jenny Cairns
Rick Aird
Mick Cashen
Karen Olito
Tony Park
Guy Rook
Jeff Monkman
Lindsay Blair
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Prince George, BC, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
57
xx
42
50
46
42
37
31
26
male
female
male
male
female
male
male
male
female
Race Goals:
To finish in a competitive time and attempt to stay dry!!
To finish on time.
NA
To finish.
To set a new record.
To finish the race and improve on last year's time.
To paddle with a big smile.
To finish healthy and strong.
To lend a strong hand to my team.
Bio: 2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quests: extensive wilderness river experience - 26 years.
2005 Yukon River Quest: the Snake, Wheaton, Kathleen, Takhini, etc.
2005 Yukon River Quest.
2005 Yukon River Quest.
2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quests.
2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quests: a couple recreational tandem canoe trips prior to the participation in 2004 and 2005 YRQ.
Second time in the Yukon River Quest: three times paddle champ at Camp Minnie-Ha-Ha.
Two previous River Quests, Yukon Adventure Race, Oxford House - York Boat Race: rafting guide Tatshenshini Expediting, whitewater and sea kayaker, paddled several Manitoba Rivers and lakes.
No race experience: little wilderness river experience.
Team #: 78
Team Name:
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Michael Hayes
West Bloomfield, MI, USA
41
male
Race Goals:
To finish with a repectable time and enjoy the experience.
Bio: No race experience: kayaking in Michigan rivers, Atlantic Ocean, Lake Erie, Michigan, Superior, Pacific Ocean (Vancouver, Washington, California), U.S. Navy Water and Wilderness Survival training.
Team #: 79
Team Name:
Team Extreme Aloha Maui
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
John Welch (captain)
Jamie Mihlbauer
Lahaina, HI, USA
Lahaina, HI, USA
38
38
male
male
Race Goals:
To win!
To be in first place most of the way so I have a chance of seeing some wildlife.
Bio: Outrigger canoe and sea-kayaking in Hawaii: kayaked from Lake Bennett to Circle City, a week in Glacier Bay, grew up canoeing Midwest waterways, kayaked across the Sea of Cortez.
Extensive six-man, tandem, and solo outrigger canoe paddling throughout Hawaii, several first place finishes including outrigger canoe two-man World Champion: grew up canoeing, kayaked a week in Glacier Bay.
Team #: 80
Team Name:
Royal Marines 2
Class: Tandem Kayak - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Dave Ethell (captain)
Tom Tarnowski
Caversham, Reading, UK
Exmouth, Devon, UK
35
34
male
male
Race Goals:
To complete the race.
To complete the race.
Bio: Devizes to Westminster a number of times: Alaska, Norway, Panama.
Devizes to Westminster race a number of times: Norway, Juneau to Ketchikan (Alaska), Okavaugo Delta (Angola Border to Maura and Botswana).
Team #: 81
Team Name:
Salty Frog
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Marty Sullivan
Winter Park, Florida, USA
59
male
Race Goals:
70 hours (plus 7 and 3 hour lay-overs).
Bio: 2003, 2005, 2006 Everglades Challenge (270 mile, unsupported race), 2003 Cross-Florida 370 mile with 40 mile portages, unsupported, 2003 300 mile Michigan Challenge: coastal wilderness kayak / camping, trip leader - 6 - 10 day trips, 12 or so trips.
Team #: 82
Team Name:
Opimiskaw
Class: Tandem Canoe - Open
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Andy Sewap (captain)
Dennis Fosseneuve
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Cumberland House, Sask., Canada
34
NA
male
male
Race Goals:
To win in the Tandem Canoe. A friend said I was washed up, I'm here to prove him wrong.
To be as good or better in the tandem canoe event, and be part of the adventure.
Bio: Rookie for the River Quest, lots of other race experience throughout Western Canada: a whole lifetime of river experiences, commercial fishing, trapping.
New to the Yukon, but have been in races in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Michigan: Churchill River, Sturgeon Weir River, and Grossberry River.
Team #: 83
Team Name:
WhoDat!
Class: Solo Kayak - Male
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Richard Ameen
Cypress, Texas, USA
44
male
Race Goals:
To survive; finish; WIN!
Bio: Two times Texas Water Safari (260 miles), two times Colorado 100 (100 miles), four times Marathons, one time 1/2 Ironman: four times 10 day trout fishing trips in Wyoming - camper, hiker, adventurer seeker.
Team #: 84
Team Name:
Kisseynew - Dalutweh Denesuline
Class: Voyageur Canoe
Members:
Name
 Location Age M/F
Martin Bernardin (captain)
Michael Bernardin
Gordon Moise
Ken Wallis
Brent Clark
Ryan Martin
Chris Denechezhe
Paul Tssessaze
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
D'Arcy, SK, Canada
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Lac Broclet, Manitoba, Canada
Lac Broclet, Manitoba, Canada
33
31
38
53
43
34
21
36
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Race Goals:
To finish.
To finish in good standing - first voyageur.
To finish.
NA
To win!
Adventure and experience.
To finish!
To have fun!
Bio: SCCQ: various rivers across Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
SCCQ: Hayes River, Paull, Manigotogan, and Churchill Rivers.
SCCQ : Fond a du Lac River, Tree Line...
SCCQ: various wilderness trips across Saskatchewan. :
SCCQ: Clearwater, Churchill, Geke Paull Rivers.
No race experience; recreational canoeing and the Yukon Adventure Challenge.
To race experience: Taclule Lake, Black Lake.
No race experience: all kinds of wilderness river experience.

 

 

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