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2007
Yukon River Quest
Team
Biographies
| Team
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02 |
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Team
Name: |
Team Quest for Life |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kieran O'Kane
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Reigate, Surrey, UK
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30
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish in one piece and raise a lot of money for the Lymphoma Association in the UK.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: plenty of expeditions around the British Isles.
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| Team
#: |
03 |
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Team
Name: |
Alberta River Runners |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Darrell Wiebe
Jennifer Allen
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Calgary, AB, Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada
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33
39
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To win the Mixed Tandem Class.
Have fun, paddle hard, and finish.
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| Bio: |
No marathon experience, but we have competed in Dragon boat, Downriver, and Solo Kayak events: class 1 canoe and kayak tripping, several class 4 and 5 river trips.
Dragon Boat racing, competitive free style kayaker: numerous canoe and kayak tripping, also several class 4 river day trips in K1.
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| Team
#: |
04 |
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Team
Name: |
Rocket Rob |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Rob Colliver
|
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
|
42
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
Faster, warmer, less of a numb backside, stay awake in Dawson to finish my beer.
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| Bio: |
Enjoyed 2006 YRQ, various marathons and Devizies to Westminster: 2006 Yukon River Quest.
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| Team
#: |
05 |
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Team
Name: |
Coureur des Bayou |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Richard Ameen
George Melder
John Hoffart
Edoh Y. Amiran
John Qualls
Liam Price
Wade Binion
Pete Binion
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Cypress, Texas, USA
Spring, Texas, USA
Magnolia, Texas, USA
Lynden, Washington, USA
Magnolia, Texas, USA
Redmond, Washington, USA
College Station, Texas, USA
College Station, Texas, USA
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45
45
43
46
52
36
28
57
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male
male
male
male
male
male
male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
Make good choices, make good decisions - survive, finish, paddle hard.
Experience the Yukon Territory and win.
Be very competitive.
Finish, go fast, enjoy.
Finish and do well.
Paddle hard.
Finish, have fun.
Safely complete the race/enjoy the experience/win class.
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| Bio: |
Texas Water Safari, Yukon River Quest, Colorado 100: camping Wind River, 2006 YRQ.
Texas Water Safari and various other canoe races: numerous trips on various Texas and Arkansas Rivers.
Numerous races in Texas: five time finisher of Texas Water Safari.
Yukon River Quest, Texas Water Safari 2005: rafting, canoeing (NWT, BC, YT).
Texas Water Safari: backpacking and canoeing with Scouts.
Texas Water Safari, Marathon canoeing, running, pickleball: various Canadian and US canoeing and rafting trips.
Texas Water Safari: Ausable River, Belize River.
Texas Water Safari, multiple marathon races: 20 years wilderness river experience.
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| Team
#: |
06 |
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Team
Name: |
3 Pistols |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jean-Guy Sauriol
|
Toronto, ON, Canada
|
53
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To continue to make friends in the Yukon, to enjoy the river, and to finish in Dawson.
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| Bio: |
2005 YRQ and 2006 YRQ: recreational canoe-camping in Ontario, extensive kayak training in varying conditions on Lake Ontario.
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| Team
#: |
07 |
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Team
Name: |
The Austrian |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Heinz Rodinger
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Gramustatten, Austria
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66
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish healthy and have fun, to better last year's time.
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| Bio: |
Six times YRQ: Yukon River Quests and Devizies to Westminster eight times.
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| Team
#: |
09 |
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Team
Name: |
Prairie Schooner III |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Dave McGee
Lisa McGee
|
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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53
20
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To improve on our 2005 time and be the first wooden hull to Dawson.
Race hard, suffer gracefully, and finish in Dawson smiling!
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| Bio: |
2005 and 2006 YRQ: multi-week trips in the Canadian shield area, Yukon River, and the Oldman River.
2006 YRQ, support crew in 2005, sprint kayak/canoe racing in Western Canada: trips down the Oldman River, Kootenai River, Yukon River, and lakes in western Canada.
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| Team
#: |
10 |
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Team
Name: |
Buckshot |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jim Buckingham
Linz Buckingham
|
St. John's, NL, Canada
St. John's, NL, Canada
|
44
18
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To improve on last year's time and take the short route to Dawson!
To improve on last year's time and still be talking to my Dad by the end of the race!
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2006.
YRQ 2006.
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| Team
#: |
11 |
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Team
Name: |
Determinator |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
William Reitzer-Smith
Ann M. Reitzer-Smith
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Addison, TX, USA
Addison, TX, USA
|
47
52
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
I am going to stay as far ahead of Ann as I can. If I can make her chase me the whole way, we should finish in a good position!
I am going to stay close to Bill for the entire race!
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| Bio: |
2005 YRQ (scratched), 2006 solo kayak finish: 2006 YRQ.
Colorado River 100, Mississippi Phatwater (45 miles): support crew for Bill at 2005 and 2006 YRQ, US Army, Advanced Wilderness First Aid.
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| Team
#: |
12 |
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Team
Name: |
W.C. Squared |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
William S. Crew
William T. Crew
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Burlington, ON, Canada
Burlington, ON, Canada
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23
55
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To complete YRQ 2007 while spending quality time training and competing with my Dad.
To finish the race to the best of our ability, while having a great time with my son.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: rafted Yukon River from Whitehorse to Emmonak in summer of 2006.
No race experience: paddled on Lake Ontario.
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| Team
#: |
13 |
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Team
Name: |
All the Way |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Darren Crocker
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Crowthorne, Berkshire, UK
|
37
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To win, or maybe, just make the cut off's, you never know.
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| Bio: |
No big race, only local club: kayak, camp the Athabasca, two months Chille Sea and white water, month on the Yukon River kayaking and camping, and plenty of backpacking and survival courses.
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| Team
#: |
14 |
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Team
Name: |
Kisseynew |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Martin Bernardin
Paul Haynes
Derek Eftoda
Zenon Kucheran
Gordon Moise
Ken Wallis
|
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Clearwater River, SK, Canada
Clearwater River, SK, Canada
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
D'Arcy, SK, Canada
|
34
33
30
30
39
54
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male
male
male
male
male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
Enjoy the ride.
Meet new people, see new places, stay awake, paddle hard.
To finish.
Be fast, be strong, finish well...and enjoy the experience to the fullest.
Enjoy the scenery.
Primarily to finish.
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2006, SCCQ 2005: lots of wilderness river experience.
SCCQ: various northern Canadian rivers.
SCCQ: various northern river tripping experience.
Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest, five years Dragon boat racing: rivers in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
YRQ 2006, SCCQ 2005: too many rivers and lakes.
SCCQ, YRQ 2006: Churchill River, Saskatchewan River.
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| Team
#: |
15 |
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Team
Name: |
Yukon Raider |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Brad Pennington
|
Houston, TX, USA
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39
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To win the Solo Kayak class.
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| Bio: |
400 mile Raid World Championship France 2005; 2005 Raid World Cup 120 miles, Norway/Sweden, Oregon; 2004 Raid World Cup 120 miles Western Australia; 2003 Raid World Cup 120 miles Scotland, France/Italy, Spain, Idaho; 2002 Raid Gauloises 620 miles northern Vietnam; 2000 Eco-Challenge 320 miles Malaysian Borneo: Kayak/canoe experience, competitive and expedition includes the Da Nang River, Ba Be Lake and Ha Long Bay (Vietnam), Loch Ness and Spey River (Scotland), Lac Leman (Switzerland), Isere River and Lake Annecy (France), Segama River and Celebes Sea (Borneo), Columbia River (Canada), Salmon River (Idaho), various fjiords and rivers (Norway), Palau/Micronesia, etc. |
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| Team
#: |
16 |
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Team
Name: |
Team WHOA |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Patricia Clune
Susan McVeigh
Robin McDowell
Susan McDowell
Sarah Darroch
Marie Dunn
Ginette Young
Shelley Gellatly
Bernadette Nagle
Elizabeth McIlroy
|
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Geneva, Illinois, USA
Markham, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Oakville, ON, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
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50
50
47
52
44
51
52
43
55
49
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female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To keep the contents of the boat to a minimum, stay out of the water and off the shore!
To be in Dawson City for Happy Hour on Saturday and to heartily enjoy myself on Lake LaBerge...stroke by stroke by stroke...
The Finish line! and perhaps one less crash than last year...maybe.
To have fun, improve last year's time and keep up with the "other ladies".
To finish alive!
To stay dry and learn to like Lake LaBerge!
To complete the race and have fun, fundraise.
To meet some crazy gals, see the river, have a great time!
To enjoy the event and stay dry.
To finish smiling - faster than last year.
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2003, 2005, 2006.
Yukon River Quest 2005 and 2006.
River Quest 2006.
2006 YRQ.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
Yukon River Quest 2006 with Team WHOA: canoe trips in northern Ontario.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
Worked as athletic therapist/first aid Carmacks for three years, crewed for several teams, Yukon Arctic Ultra, etc: several long distance trips in NWT and Manitoba, white water kayaking.
Yukon River Quest 2006.
Voyageur canoe 2006, 2005.
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| Team
#: |
17 |
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Team
Name: |
Flower Power |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Female |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ingrid Wilcox
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
59
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female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To improve on my best time; to break 55 hours; and to keep Heinz in sight!
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| Bio: |
2000 YRQ, 2002 - 2006 YRQ: assorted rivers in the Yukon, Colorado, Mexico, and Chile.
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| Team
#: |
18 |
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Team
Name: |
Tractor Boy |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Andrew Jillings
|
Clinton, NY, USA
|
41
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish in the top two-thirds - no loss or gain of life.
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| Bio: |
No race experience, however, I have been teaching Outdoor Education, including wilderness tripping and survival at the college level, for 14 years: Magpie River, Quebec, July 2005: 6 day self-supported whitewater kayak trip (class V); two times lead, Florida Everglades "Wilderness Waterway" 2004, 2006; hundreds of single day whitewater and sea kayak trips.
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| Team
#: |
19 |
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Team
Name: |
Water Wanderer |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Eric Kocher
|
Atlanta, GA, USA
|
59
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
Share a smile, a laugh, and a bear hug with each competitor!
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| Bio: |
2004, 2005, 2006 YRQ, Great Mississippi River Race: extensive wilderness river experience.
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| Team
#: |
20 |
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Team
Name: |
Kisseynew Skookum Asphalt |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Michael Bernardin
Ryan Martin
Brad Stone
Dan Girouard
Jimmy Peter MacDonald
Dennis Fosseneuve
|
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Saskatchewan, Canada
Cumberland House, SK, Canada
|
32
35
31
29
22
39
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male
male
male
male
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Paddle hard - enjoy the scenery.
Improve on last year's time and have fun.
To finish and have fun!
To finish in the top three in voyageur category.
To help my team win the race.
Paddle hard and be a part of an adventure.
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2006, SCCQ 2005: Churchill, Paul, and Hayes Rivers.
YRQ 2006: Yukon, MacMillan, and Pelly Rivers.
No previous race experience: several years whitewater and flatwater racing. Nothing this big!!!
Eight years of sprint canoeing and completed the ninety mile race in the Adirondacks in 1996: experienced river kayaker.
SCCQ: whitewater canoe instructor/guide, NWT (Tazin, Taltson, Schmundt, Abitau Rivers), Saskatchewan (Porcupine, Paul, Clearwater and countless other rivers).
2006 YRQ, other races in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Michigan: many rivers. |
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| Team
#: |
21 |
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Team
Name: |
Grandma Bun Bun |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Female |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Linda Bourassa
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
54
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female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race feeling great! Not get sick on Lake LaBerge, have fun, beat my previous best time.
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| Bio: |
Six years Yukon River Quests: six years YRQs plus training.
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| Team
#: |
23 |
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Team
Name: |
EMS |
| Class: |
Solo Canoe - Open |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Steven Landick
|
Marquette, MI, USA
|
54
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To enjoy the scenery.
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| Bio: |
2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 Yukon River Quests: Sturgeon River sloughs.
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| Team
#: |
24 |
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Team
Name: |
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| Class: |
Single Kayak - Female |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Susan Dunsmore
|
Eagle River, AK, USA
|
42
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female
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish, hopefully, somewhere other than last.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: 2000 paddled the length of the Yukon River System (Lake Bennett to Bering Sea) in a solo canoe, many other 3 - 14 day paddles in Alaska and New England.
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| Team
#: |
25 |
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Team
Name: |
Yukon Water Women Two |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Women |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Patricia McKenna
Elizabeth Bosely
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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53
43
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female
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To enjoy the beauty and strength of the Yukon River one more time in the Yukon River Quest Race.
To watch three sunsets and three sunrises (maybe two sunrises if we're really fast!!)
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| Bio: |
2002 YRQ first place Tandem Canoe Women, 2004 first place Tandem Canoe Women, 2006 Voyageur Canoe: extensive wilderness river experience.
YRQ 2004 Co-Ed C2, 2005 C2 Women third place, 2006 Voyageur Canoe: born and raised Yukon wilderness traveller!
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| Team
#: |
26 |
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Team
Name: |
Rowers Revenge |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Simon Huntley
Jonathan Mills
|
Lyne, Chertsey, Surrey, UK
Derby, Derbyshire, UK
|
40
39
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish with a smile and a hand full of new blisters!
To finish. We won't be the fastest but aim to be brisk and competitive.
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| Bio: |
First YRQ, numerous triathlons, marathons, ultramarathons, ironman, competitive elite oarsman 15 years, marathon 2004: recreational kayaking on Thames, many hours of single sculling and rowing on tidal and non-tidal waters.
Will have completed the Devizes - Westminster at the time of the race (April 2007): have canoed long stretches of the Tyne, the Trent, and the Wye in the UK.
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| Team
#: |
27 |
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Team
Name: |
Scarlet Fever |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
John Grant
Jenny Cairns
Tony Park
Karen Olito
Michele Turner
Jennifer Hunter
Robert D. Gaetz
Rick Aird
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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Prince George, BC, Canada
Pelly Crossing, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Watson Lake, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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58
46
43
47
36
29
46
43
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male
female
male
female
female
female
male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To try and improve last year's time. Have a safe enjoyable trip.
To have a fun paddle with my team.
To finish the race healthy and improve on last year's time.
To have fun, make memories.
To be an asset to the team.
To have fun.
To have fun/enjoy the experience.
NA
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| Bio: |
YRQ - 2004, 2005, 2006: numerous ocean canoe trips, river trips.
No race experience: 25 years of paddling, guided wilderness trips for 9 years.
YRQ 2004, 2005, 2006: some recreational tandem canoe trips.
YRQ 2004, 2005, 2006: just previous year.
No race experience: minimal wilderness river experience.
No race experience: some whitewater rafting.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
2006 YRQ
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| Team
#: |
28 |
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Team
Name: |
Kayak4All - 1 |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ido Merfeld
Itzhah Gabbay
|
Nirit, Israel
Hod Hasharon, Israel
|
43
50
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race under 65 hours.
To finish the race under 65 hours.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: multi-day river experience in Israel and Europe, extensive experience with long open sea paddling.
No race experience: extensive experience with open sea paddling, river and wilderness experience in Israel and Turkey.
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| Team
#: |
29 |
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Team
Name: |
Kayak4All - 2 |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Rony Levinson
Aliluiko Alex
|
Tel Aviv, Israel
Rehovot, Israel
|
42
27
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race under 65 hours and enjoy the ride.
To enjoy as much as possible and to finish the race, hopefully, in less than 60 hours.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: Jordan River - Israel, extensive experience with open sea paddling, white water, long distance paddling along shores and lakes in Israel, Turkey, and Cyprus.
No race experience but long distance sea paddling: no wilderness race
experience.
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| Team
#: |
30 |
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Team
Name: |
Surge and Yaw |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Tim Hodgson
Al Wissinger
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Grand Marais, MI, USA
|
39
50+
|
male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
Dawson - FAST!
To be competitive in my class.
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| Bio: |
100% of 3 YRQ's and 2% of 1 YRQ: many years on the water.
General Clinton, Superior Challenge, numerous local races: many Michigan and Ontario rivers, Colorado River, miles of Lake Superior shoreline.
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| Team
#: |
31 |
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Team
Name: |
Wobbly Wallabies |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Peter Anderson
Steve Pizzey
|
Summer Hill, NSW, Australia
North Parromatta, NSW, Australia
|
26
32
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male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Top 3 finish in our class.
Top 3 finish in our class.
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| Bio: |
Murray Marathon x 2, Oxfam Trailwalker 100 km x 2, 100 km Rhine Regatta rowing race: no wilderness experience, hope to have some by race day (if not by race finish).
Murray Marathon x 1, Oxfam Trailwalker 100 km x 2, Marathon Des Sable 240 km x 1: have always been camping and treking.
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| Team
#: |
32 |
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Team
Name: |
Evil Geezers |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Philippe Blouin
Richard Steppe
|
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Irving, TX, USA
|
33
49
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male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Depends on partner's goal: have fun and maybe win.
Have fun and not freeze. Finish!!
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| Bio: |
I raced the Texas Water Safari twice (finished both), Colorado 100,
many more long distance races: 22 years of kayaking, some "canot-camping"
leisurely.
2005 and 2006 YRQ: YRQ 2005 and 2006, Texas Water Safari (13 years), numerous marathon canoe races worldwide.
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| Team
#: |
34 |
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Team
Name: |
Tiger |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Female |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Melanie Harrop
|
Eagle River, AK, USA
|
28
|
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To complete the race in 55 hours.
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| Bio: |
First YRQ, however, I've competed in and completed numerous 3-26 mile road and cross-country races, biathlons, and triathlons: over 10 years of exploring the Alaska bush by kayaking/rafting/canoeing with each trip lasting 5-7 days, some of the trips include 40 Mile - Yukon, Copper and gulkana Rivers.
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| Team
#: |
35 |
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Team
Name: |
Down Under 2 |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Urs Mader
|
Gladesville, NSW, Australia
|
55
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To take on a fantastic challenge - finish well - have a great adventure!
|
| Bio: |
Seven Hawkesbury Classics (111 km), two Murray River Marathons (404 km): Murray River.
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| Team
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37 |
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Team
Name: |
YK JACK |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jack Simpson
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Yellowknife, NT, Canada
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42
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To complete the race in three days - 72 hours total with layovers, 62 hours on the water.
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2004 Solo Kayak (scratched in Carmacks), 2005 YRQ Mixed Tandem (64 hours) completed: 21 day Nahanni River expedition from Upper Rock Gardens to Liard River.
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| Team
#: |
38 |
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Team
Name: |
Gertie's Waiting |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jan Nyboer
Larry Seethaler
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Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA
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64
64
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
Paddle well, pee well, eat well, finish well.
To paddle well.
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| Bio: |
Canoe YRQ 2005, Voyageur YRQ 2006: YRQ x 2.
Both Dyea to Dawson and all the Yukon River Quests: a lot of wilderness river experience.
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| Team
#: |
39 |
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Team
Name: |
Down Under One |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Tom Simmat
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Belrose, NSW, Australia
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59
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
Under 50 hours of fun.
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2005 and 2006, Murray Marathon 2003/2005: Yukon River Quest x 2.
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| Team
#: |
40 |
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Team
Name: |
Phoenix |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Denny Parkhill
Jim Stephen
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Kelowna, BC, Canada
Kelowna, BC, Canada
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57
60
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race under 60 hours.
To finish under 60 hours.
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| Bio: |
2006 YRQ - did not finish: Stewart and Yukon Rivers, Carmacks to Dawson, 2006 YRQ.
2006 YRQ (scratched - shoulder injury), surgically repaired September 6, 2006: Stewart, Yukon, Teslin, Nachako Rivers, and 2006 YRQ.
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| Team
#: |
41 |
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Team
Name: |
Dynamic Duo Minus One |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Rich Waters
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Whitesboro, NY, USA
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54
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race.
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| Bio: |
11 years marathon racing in Adirondacks area, scratched K2 YRQ 2006: 11 years marathon river racing in Adirondacks area.
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| Team
#: |
42 |
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Team
Name: |
RAF A |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Mark Clay
Carl Beet
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Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
TBA
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37
TBA
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish under 50 hours.
TBA
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| Bio: |
No race experience but will have completed several races by the time of the event: general military kayaking.
TBA
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| Team
#: |
43 |
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Team
Name: |
RAF B |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jim Creber
Sean G. Willis |
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK |
42
32
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish under 50 hours.
To complete the course with a smile on my face! |
| Bio: |
Will have completed several races by the time of the event: kayaking
and canoeing on Scottish rivers.
The Devises to Westminster canoe race (UK 1999): British Army Military
training - basic canoe skills.
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| Team
#: |
44 |
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Team
Name: |
RAF C |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Russ Boffin
Suneil H. Raval
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Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
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38
42
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To complete the race.
To finish.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: various RAF kayak adventures.
No race experience: various military kayak expeditions.
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| Team
#: |
45 |
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Team
Name: |
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| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Robert Krushel
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Yellowknife, NT, Canada
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39
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To enjoy the scenery.
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| Bio: |
Adventure racing, marathons, and a series of ill-conceived wilderness adventures: Thelon and Yellowknife Rivers in NWT, Castle, Bon, Oldman Rivers in Alberta, sea kayaking in Great Slave Lake.
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| Team
#: |
46 |
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Team
Name: |
Pipe It Up |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Terry N. Ramin
Leah Anderson
Andre J. Vandermeer
Robert Blain
Gregory Tibbetts
John Bradley
Rick McChesney
Luke Duffy
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Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Anchorage, AK, USA
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Anchorage, AK, USA
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48
36
47 ,br>
47
59
38
49
29
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male
female
male
male
male
male
male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
Complete the Quest with a bunch of great friends.
To finish the race in good spirits and good shape.
Have fun, stay healthy, finish the race, and paddle like Hell!!!
To finish in good time with a smile on my face.
To return to the Yukon again as a voyageur. To complete the race in style and enjoy the experience with my friends.
To get to Dawson by boat.
To finish.
Complete the race (adventure) and be an asset to the team.
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2004, 2005, 2006: YRQ, Skeena River, La Ruta Maya.
YRQ 2004, 2005, 2006: Skeena River, La Ruta Maya.
Some short sprint type canoe racing: I've paddled the Upper and Lower Stikine River, the Blackwater River, and various rivers on the Skeena watershed.
YRQ 2006: many years on Skeena River, BC, and numerous tributaries.
Seven previous Yukon River Quests - canoe, kayak, and voyageur class.
YRQ 2006: multi-day sea kayaking.
Very little race experience: very little wilderness river experience.
2002 raced/competed Maui Outrigger season (6 man), paddled for Hawaiian Canoe Club Men's Novice B - 7th in State. Also paddled for Seattle Outrigger Canoe Club. Competed in Gorge Games: floated the upper Kenai River/kayaked class 3 section of Kailing River in New Zealand.
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| Team
#: |
47 |
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Team
Name: |
Happy To Be Here |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Doug Clark
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Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
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55
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race and get a Finisher's Pin.
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| Bio: |
Raced and finished 2006 YRQ, although ranked as DNF due to replacing of partner at Carmacks.
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| Team
#: |
48 |
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Team
Name: |
Saint Lawrence Valley Paddlers |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kerry Newell
Mary Houck
John Ders
Phillip Bridgman
Robert Brown
Helen-Holly Crouch
Steven Coffin
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Heuvelton, NY, USA
Clinton, NY, USA
South Otselk, NY, USA
Hannawa Falls, NY, USA
Norfolk, NY, USA
Sherburne, NY, USA
Canton, NY, USA
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60
45
57
52
58
49
25
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male
female
male
male
male
female
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To win and paddle, smiling, start through finish. To hum, whistle, and sing as the crew allows.
To paddle 460 miles, smile every stroke of the way, and WIN the Yukon River Quest!
To win, have fun, work as a team, and hope my previous experience in the Yukon River Quest aids my team-mates.
To finish the race and still be smiling.
To work hard and win.
To win the Yukon River Quest and fully test my body to the extreme endurance maximum.
To win the Yukon River Quest.
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| Bio: |
General Clinton five times, Adirondack Canoe Classic seventeen times: wilderness river experience in northern New York and southern Ontario.
Adirondack 90 miler six times, NYMCRA races for over ten years: canoe and kayak trips throughout much of the northeast USA.
2005 and 2006 YRQ, nine years of marathon racing: Florida Everglades wilderness waterway, Algonquin Wilderness Park, Penobscot River, Yellowstone, Adirondack 100 mile wilderness waterway.
Adirondack Canoe Classic 90 mile race three times in voyageur canoe: whitewater kayak and open canoe trips down the Hudson, Racquette, Rouge, and Ottawa Rivers.
No Yukon River experience, have raced flatwater and whitewater canoes since the mid 1960's off and on: have travelled the waterways of the Adirondack Mountains since I was old enough to paddle alone.
I have competed in the 70 mile and 90 mile canoe races for 25 and 24 years each: I was a white water river rafting guide for two years in NY state for Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY.
General Clinton twice, Adirondack Canoe Classic once, no Yukon experience.
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| Team
#: |
49 |
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Team
Name: |
Yahoos Down the Yukon |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Terry Wescott
Olaf Braukmann
Sandra Mitchell
Bill Deighan
Bob Dean
Neil V. Phillips
Laurie Prange
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Thorndike, Maine, USA
Mueden, Germany
Hyde Park, NY, USA
Newburgh, Maine, USA
Camden, Maine, USA
Old Town, Maine, USA
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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58
41
36
52
70
68
31
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male
male
female
male
male
male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish, have fun, win.
To finish
To have fun! finish! (And win...:) )
To have fun, finish, and hopefully have a good time.
To finish and win.
To be first in Voyageur Class and better than 5th place overall.
To have fun!
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| Bio: |
Thirty-seven years Whitewater racing, fifteen years Whitewater Open National Championships.
No race experience: trips within the Yukon.
Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race! :) Multiple Clinton 70's finishes, Fulmackro Whitewater Race Series, National Champion Women's Solo Downriver and Sprint categories: extensive camping and backpacking, multiple sled dog races (veterinarian) - Yukon Quest, Iditarod, Becrgress, multiple years canoe tripping on the St. John's River.
Twenty-five years of Whitewater racing including ten ACA Nationals, six 70 mile Clinton Canoe races: St. John's River trip, Donavoiture River trip, St. Croix River trip.
Nationals: St. John's River.
Fifth place overall Voyageur Canoe - 2003, open canoe whitewater racing thirty-seven years: have paddled from Maine to Texas by myself in canoe, Missouri River to Upper Pen. Michigan, USA.
2005 YRQ: three years as a canoe trip leader.
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| Team
#: |
50 |
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Team
Name: |
Messengers of Hope |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Joanna Chrystal
Karen Panzer
Eileen Jean Bowlby
Sylvia Riak
Haley Higdon
Doreen Davenport
Pauline Auty
Sylvia Rickard
Darlene Prager
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Toronto, ON, Canada
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Lantz, NS, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Nobleton, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Ingersoll, ON, Canada
Bethany, ON, Canada
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61
60
64
60
24
68
63
55
65
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female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
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| Race
Goals: |
Team Goal: to raise funds for a dedicated developer for a mammogram machine at the new regional hospital being built in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
To raise sufficient dollars to implement machinery regarding mammography for women through Foundation - to enjoy, work hard, and develop camaraderie with team.
To cross the finish line!
To cross the finish line with my team-mates.
To make the best time possible without any injuries to team members.
To finish the race without throwing my mother overboard.
To complete the race and fund raise to assist with the purchase of a dedicated developer unit for a mammogram machine for Nunavut women.
To finish the race successfully and place respectably (not dead last!). Avoid injury and raise money for Breast Cancer detection equipment in Nunavut.
To challenge myself, to finish the race, and to spend time with my friends.
To cross the finish line with a respectable time and still be friends with my paddlemates.
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| Bio: |
Dragonboat racing - seven years: Outward Bound, Quest for Life 2002, climbed Kilimanjaro.
Outward Bound, Courage of Women, Paddle to a Cure, CBCF, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro 2006: canoeing, Dragon - boating (World level) competitive 7 years, counseling at camp in water environment, cottage life for 9 years.
Dragonboat racing: no wilderness river experience.
Whitewater rafting: sailing, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro 2006.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience, 3 weeks Outward Bound canoe trip, climbed Kilimanjaro.
Dragonboat racing for seven seasons: no wilderness river experience, participated in Outward Bound, seven day Quest for Life wilderness course, Pemberton, BC, Sept. 2002.
Regularly compete in Dragonboat races nationally: no experience on rivers, paddled a kayak along the north shore of Georgian Bay (100 km stretch) in Paddle to a Cure team, climbed Kilimanjaro.
I have been a member of a dragonboat team for seven years and have raced in many local and international competitions: no wilderness river experience.
Dragonboat paddling for seven years, have competed internationally: no wilderness river experience.
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| Team
#: |
51 |
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Team
Name: |
Two Old Geezers (TOGs) |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Royal Harrop (Bear)
Joseph F. Nash
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Eagle River, AK, USA
North Pole, AK, USA
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53
59
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To have fun and finish.
To have fun and finish the race.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: over 30 years experience paddling and backcountry experience. Alaskan Rivers - Yukon, Copper, 40 Mile, Chulitng, Susting, Nenana, Tanana, and many, many more.
No race experience: week long river trips on the Forty Mile River and the Yukon River.
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| Team
#: |
52 |
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Team
Name: |
Team Kamloopsy |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kam Davies
Jason Doucet
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Kamloops, BC, Canada
Kamloops, BC, Canada
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34
32
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female
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish as fast as we can.
To race smart and finish in a respectable time.
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| Bio: |
A few short adventure races at Deep Cove Kayak: limited white water experience - but several multi-week/month sea-kayak trip/expeditions, west coast Vancouver Island and three month Vancouver to Glacier Bay, AK trip with Jason Doucet.
First time YRQ, a few shorter ocean kayak races: some whitewater kayaking, many multi-day ocean kayak trips, sea-kayak guide on Vancouver Island for five summers, three month sea-kayak trip from North Vancouver, Bc, to Glacier Bay, Alaska, summer 2005, unsupported, with Kam Davies.
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| Team
#: |
53 |
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Team
Name: |
CANU-2 |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jim Boyde
Pam Boyde
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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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64
59
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
Perhaps an hour better than last year and ....a drier run!
Improve on last year's time.
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| Bio: |
Two previous River Quest races: most Yukon rivers - 42 day canoe trip.
Two previous River Quest races.
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| Team
#: |
54 |
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Team
Name: |
Tyne Travellers |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Brendon Payne
David Price
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Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, County Durham, UK
Prudhoe, Northumberland, UK
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28
34
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish and enjoy the experience.
To finish and enjoy the experience.
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| Bio: |
No YRQ experience, multiple running and hiking distance races: long river trips, sea kayaking in UK, wilderness hiking and backpacking experience.
Long distance walking and running races: experience of long river trips in UK, hiking in wilderness areas.
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| Team
#: |
55 |
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Team
Name: |
VT Express |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Veronica Wisniewski
Thom Prichard
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Lynden, WA, USA
Bellingham, WA, USA
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47
56
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female
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To have my maps ready - live up to Thom's expectation of beating Edoh's time.
NA
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2006: Dease, Gataga, Big Salmon, and Tahltson Rivers.
Twenty years marathon canoe racing: Bowron Lakes in BC, extensive hiking in the Cascades.
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| Team
#: |
56 |
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Team
Name: |
MacKenzie |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Darran Williams
Sam Burston
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Brighton, West Sussex, UK
London, UK
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26
25
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To complete the race.
To complete the race, not looking to win this year!
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| Bio: |
No prior Yukon River Quest experience, but some adventure racing experience: one week river experience, plus extensive sea kayaking and other water sports experience.
No prior Yukon River Quest experience: annual week-long canoe trips including numerous day trips and other water sports experience. My mother lives on the River Wye.
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| Team
#: |
57 |
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Team
Name: |
Paddle Me Hard |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Tim Antill
Holley Yorston
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Edmonton, AB, Canada
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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33
30
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To try our best and finish the race with a decent time.
To stay dry and happy!
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| Bio: |
This will be the first time for the Yukon River Quest, have participated in small, fun races: Stikine, Fraser, Nechako, North Saskatchewan, Athabasca and other rivers.
Nothing too serious in the past, this is our first "real" race: many of the rivers in central BC and Alberta.
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| Team
#: |
58 |
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Team
Name: |
Blazing Paddles IV |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
John Little
David Little
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Edmonton, AB, Canada
Red Deer, AB, Canada
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48
46
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To keep up to my brother.
To make a better time than last year.
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| Bio: |
YRQ 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: Yukon, North Saskatchewan, and the Athabasca Rivers.
Raced YRQ 2006: Yukon River 2006.
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| Team
#: |
59 |
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Team
Name: |
No Chance |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Gaetan Didier
Lesley Ferguson
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Brackley, Norths, UK
Warwick, Warwickshire, UK
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32
41
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
Finishing!
To finish the race and be able to stand up at the end of it!!!
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| Bio: |
Marathon running (8), trail running (Ultra) (1), mountain biking: Dora Baltea Italy (VI), Sere France (III), whitewater rafting.
No canoe racing, sea kayaking experience UK/NZ, river experience Czech Republic/UK, long distance open water swimming experience - Scotland 2005 inner Hebrides, River Thames, English lakes, Greek Cyclades 2006: backpacking, hiking worldwide, open water swimming, beachuffguarding rescue, etc.
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| Team
#: |
60 |
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Team
Name: |
Dos Equis |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ron Johnson
Jim Black
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Edmonton, AB, Canada
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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56
54
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish with an official time.
To finish with an official time.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: little, more open water, experienced wilderness camping.
Close to no race experience - canoeing, experience in Birkebliner Ski race, wilderness backpacking: fording rivers, open water, experienced.
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| Team
#: |
61 |
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Team
Name: |
Juniper Trippers |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Robert Zimmerman
Zoe Zimmerman
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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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56
18
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To have fun (partnered with daughter) and finish happy and healthy.
To have fun with father and finish happy and healthy.
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| Bio: |
Dyea to Dawson '98 Race: extensive - Nahanni (2), Bonnetplume, Snake, Natla-Keela Rivers.
No race experience: 5 week Quetico Park, Nahanni, and Snake Rivers.
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| Team
#: |
62 |
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Team
Name: |
One More Time |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Edward M. Jager
Jim Jager
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North Ogden, Utah, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA
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73
47
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish and better our previous times.
To stay entertained.
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| Bio: |
2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest: approximately 20 years recreational canoe and kayak.
2004 and 2005 Yukon River Quest and the Dyea to Dawson race: enough. |
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| Team
#: |
63 |
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Team
Name: |
Team Bumbazer |
| Class: |
Solo Canoe - Open |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Joe (Bumbazer) Evans
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Walterville, Oregon, USA
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56
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To raise money for local charities - pledge for river mile. I come to finish and win my class and be the fastest over 55.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: whitewater canoeing and wilderness camping throughout west.
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| Team
#: |
64 |
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Team
Name: |
Desnedhe Dene |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Norbert Wolverine
Lionel Campbell
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Ile a La Crosse, Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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40
31
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To experience a great river and finish in style.
It's my first year's attendance and want to finish the race.
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| Bio: |
Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest 2005 (1100 km): avid canoer and kayaker, lived in the wilderness all my life.
Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest 2005 (1100 km): grew up in the wilderness.
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| Team
#: |
65 |
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Team
Name: |
Still No Clever Name |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jeff Chantler
Kaitlin Chantler
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Nobel, Ontario, Canada
Nobel, Ontario, Canada
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49
16
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish again with a good time and enjoy the ride.
To haul my Dad's butt to the finish (as usual) and beat his time with my brother from last year. (Proving that girls can do better!) |
| Bio: |
2006 YRQ (#47) with son, many local marathon races and local dragon boating: pleasure trips on northern Ontario rivers.
No Yukon experience, but lots of marathon canoe races in Ontario: lots of paddling on Georgian Bay (Sea Kayak Assistant Guide), finished the 40 mile North Bay to Mattawa River Race in Ontario. |
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| Team
#: |
66 |
|
Team
Name: |
Bold Rush Determinators |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Pauline Frost
Derek Crook
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
|
44
51
|
female
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To do as well as last year, or better, and to have a safe, enjoyable race.
Staying in front of the boat behind me and passing anyone ahead.
|
| Bio: |
Two YRQ, also competed in Saskatchewan River Quest.
YRQ 2005, inside passage solo - 30 days, Vancouver circumnavigation solo - 36 days.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
67 |
|
Team
Name: |
Dungbeatles |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Duncan Porky Paul
Colin George Burden
|
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
|
53
55
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To be there.
To do it.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: Zambezi River, Orange River, Tugela River.
No race experience: Zambezi River, Fish River, Limkomaas River.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
68 |
|
Team
Name: |
Tim x 2 |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Tim Van Nest Sr
Tim Van Nest Jr
|
Kent City, Michigan, USA
Palmer, AK, USA
|
60
42
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To have fun, finish safe and on time.
To finish on time and dry.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: lots of back country backpacking.
No race experience: Alaskan guide.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
69 |
|
Team
Name: |
Right Now! |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Tom Fulop
Kim Nadeau
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
16
17
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
To finish the race.
|
| Bio: |
2006 YRQ, KC 1 BR 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: lots of wilderness river experience.
No race experience: some small canoe trips with my dad over the years.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
70 |
|
Team
Name: |
River Bandits |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Tony Arcand
Kevin Mellis
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
45
33
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To make it to Dawson for last call.
To improve our time by two hours.
|
| Bio: |
Ninth Yukon River Quest: 20 years wilderness river experience.
Fifth Yukon River Quest: 25 years wilderness river experience.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
71 |
|
Team
Name: |
Paddlers Abreast |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Linda Rapp
Maureen Leboeuf
Anne Jessup
Faye Swerhun
Eliza Armstrong
Dawn Fralick
Helena McVane
Asa Berg
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Atlin, BC, Canada
|
51
54
54
59
24
56
47
50
|
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: |
Aha Croca Croca |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Len Jenkins
Hugh Cocksedge
|
Pietermaritzburg, KZN, South Africa
Pietermaritzburg, KZN, South Africa
|
63
47
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To complete the race.
To complete the race.
|
| Bio: |
2003, 2005, 2006 Marathon World Champ non-stop Duzi Canoe Marathon - South Africa: Duzi River and Orange River.
Duzi, Umkomass, Fish River, Bivan/Pozogoua River, Zambezi River.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
73 |
|
Team
Name: |
Lief's Loafers |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Doug Fraser
Richard Brondson
|
150 Mile House, BC, Canada
Williams Lake, BC, Canada
|
52
35
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish in a respectable time.
To finish in a respectable time, try to keep up the pace with my partner!!!
|
| Bio: |
2001 Yukon River Quest, have done other races as well: 35 plus years wilderness river experience, long distance, rivers in BC, Yukon, NWT, Western Canada. Rivers include Wind, Peel, Eagle, Bell, Porcupine, Yukon, Stikine, Liard, Fraser, and many others.
No race experience: Athabasca River, Alberta, Horsefly River, Fraser River, Bowron River.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
74 |
|
Team
Name: |
Zephyr Moon |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Gregorty C. Hayden
Janice Clarke
|
Fairbanks, AK, USA
Fairbanks, AK, USA
|
35
NA
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To keep on keepin' on...
To canoe the best race in the least time.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: I have canoed/floated the following rivers: Yukon, Missouri, Yellowstone, Mississippi, Ohio, Savannah.
No race experience: our team canoed the entire Yukon River in the summer 2005 and witnessed the YRQ race but did not participate. Our team also canoed the entire Yellowstone and Mississippi Rivers. The captain canoed the Missouri solo!
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
75 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Incredibles |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Andy Mears
Mike Beresferd
|
Bristol, North Sumoset, UK
Cuepstow, Gloucestershire, UK
|
26
24
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Completion,,,this year!
Completion...this year!
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: canoe touring in Nova Scotia.
No race experience: kayaking in North Wales and kayak training courses.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
76 |
|
Team
Name: |
MaDrfx |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Margrit Chang
Maya Nadine Chang
|
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lytton, BC, Canada
|
63
29
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
Rise to the challenge, survive, be healthy and finish, raise funds towards research of prostate cancer.
Try and finish. Get to Dawson in time for Canada Day to do the Sourtoe Cocktail with my Mom and Dad. Raise money for prostate cancer.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: Ottawa River kayaking (30 years), Elbe (Germany), sea kayaking in BC, whitewater rafting, sailing, training as much as possible.
No race experience: certified whitewater raft guide in BC and New Zealand, canoed Bowron Lake chain, parts of Algonquin Park, Ottawa River, Klondike River, sea kayaking multidays.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
77 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Rheindahlen Racer |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
John Catto
|
London, UK
|
32
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To beat last year's time.
|
| Bio: |
YRQ 2006 finisher, Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race several times, marathon racing experience: Yukon River Quest 2006.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
78 |
|
Team
Name: |
Umingmaq |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ken Brunton
|
Morgan Hill, CA, USA
|
66
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Learn much, laugh more, finish well.
|
| Bio: |
Shorter ocean and river kayak races for 20 years: solo and group trips up to 3 weeks.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
79 |
|
Team
Name: |
Team Atlin |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Robert Smallwood
Jody Smallwood
|
Atlin, BC, Canada
Atlin, BC, Canada
|
33
30
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish in the top half.
To finish in the top half of our class.
|
| Bio: |
2002 Raid the North Extreme (Team Atlin): I am an avid hunter who uses some small rivers and lakes.
No race experience: canoe down the Atlin River.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
80 |
|
Team
Name: |
Latvian |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Andris Stavro
|
Riga, Latvian Republic
|
53
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To have fun and a great adventure.
|
| Bio: |
Twenty years in kayak slalom, ten years in endurance races (Arctic Canoe Race, Helsinki-Tallinn, etc.): life-time experience in Siberian, Caucasian, Carpatian, Tajikistan highlands, etc. rivers.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
81 |
|
Team
Name: |
Funter Bay Boys |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
David A. Sevdy
Eric A. Nelson
|
Juneau, AK, USA
Auke Bay, AK, USA
|
44
46
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Finish!
Finish safely, have a great adventure.
|
| Bio: |
Three Yukon River Quests, Iditiyak: camping on the Yukon and Taku Rivers.
No racing or Yukon River Quest experience: three trips on the Porcupine River and Yukon River from Old Crow to Circle, also the Coleen River.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
82 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Girl from Oz |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Female |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Liz Winn
|
Wyoming, NSW, Australia
|
55
|
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
Complete the race in the best time possible.
|
| Bio: |
Hawkesbury Classic 2006 - 111 km, Murray Marathon - 404 km - 2006: Hawkesbury River, Murray River.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
83 |
|
Team
Name: |
Ecochallenge |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Hiromune Imai
Miyuki Sato
|
Suginamiku, Tokyo, Japan
Kamloops, BC, Canada
|
42
22
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
We hope to finish the Yukon River Quest under 65 hours. To finish the race feeling nice! To finish the race with a big smile.
This is my first time for race, so I would like to enjoy and win!!
|
| Bio: |
Coast to coast New Zealand, Ecochallenge Morrocco (canoe 170 km), Sea of Japan Kayak Race (150 km, 70 km, 195 km).
No race experience: I went down the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson by myself.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
84 |
|
Team
Name: |
Paddlefit |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jodi Bigelow
|
Chelsea, Quebec, Canada
|
36
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To get entered and to finish.
|
| Bio: |
Adventure racer, Canadian Wildwater Marathon Kayak team: guide Nahanni River, Grand Canyon trip.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
85 |
|
Team
Name: |
NOLS Yukon-Alaska |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Julie Brown
Amanda Cantal
|
Springfield, MO, USA
Warrenville, IL, USA
|
31
29
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To have fun and finish the race in style.
To have fun and finish.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: month-long sea kayaking/hiking expeditions, however new to river wilderness expeditions.
No race experience: I lead month long sea kayaking, backpacking expeditions, but new to wilderness river expeditions.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
87 |
|
Team
Name: |
Polé Polé |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jamie Furniss
Allison Furniss
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
24
20
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
To have fun!!
|
| Bio: |
This is my first race of this type, apart from short downriver races (1-3 hours): significant wilderness experience guiding on the Tatshenshini and rivers in the northern Yukon, NWT, and Idaho.
No race experience: some wilderness river experience.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W01 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
David Kelly
|
San Rafael, CA, USA
|
42
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Keep paddling downhill with a tailwind.
|
| Bio: |
YRQ 2004, 2005, 2006: a few, here and there - more there than here.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W05 |
|
Team
Name: |
Try Again |
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Dave Treasure
|
Usk, Monmouthshire, UK
|
60
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish (simple, but true!).
|
| Bio: |
2005 YRQ (scratched at Carmacks), 2006 YRQ (scratched at start): Yukon River Quests and dogmushing in Yukon and Alaska.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W08 |
|
Team
Name: |
Not Blonde Anymore |
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Scott McGee
Karla McGee
|
Coaldale, AB, Canada
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
|
21
24
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To be the first wooden hull to Dawson.
Finish race, close to or ahead of our Dad and brother!
|
| Bio: |
2005 and 2006 YRQ: YRQ 2005 and 2006, Oldman River, and lakes of western Canada.
br>
2006 YRQ and support crew in 2005: Waterton Lakes, first part of the Yukon River in 2006, Oldman River, Snake River, and lakes in western Canada.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W14 |
|
Team
Name: |
Up Here Magazine's Fear-Inspiring Speed Machine |
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Aaron Spitzer
|
Yellowknife, NT, Canada
|
34
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race, no matter in what time, while documenting the experience and publishing a magazine article about it.
|
| Bio: |
No Quest experience, twenty years ago I was part of the U.S. Olympic Kayak team's junior development program: I've floated the Yukon (to the Dalton Highway in Alaska), the MacKenzie, and a few other northern rivers. |
|
|
| Team
#: |
W16 |
|
Team
Name: |
Kayak for Care |
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Heather Nelson
|
Bellingham, WA, USA
|
35
|
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To race harder and still suffer gracefully!
|
| Bio: |
Yrq 2004 mixed tandem kayak, YRQ 2005 solo kayak: expedition paddler, adventure paddler, surf ski racer, white water paddler.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W20 |
|
Team
Name: |
Team - Xtreme |
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Gary Marshall
Sharyn Brown
|
Northwich, Cheshire, UK
Windsor, Berkshire, UK
|
46
30
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To compete to our own limits to achieve the best time possible.
To finish quickly and challenge our limits to achieve a good time.
|
| Bio: |
No previous canoe racing, general canoeing, currently doing British Canoe Union Courses, Devizie to Westminster 150 mile race April 2007, have competed in many endurance events including 350 mile ski race to the North Pole in 2006 : no wilderness river experience, wilderness experience as per Polar Challenge race mentioned above.
Mostly sailing - racing Catamarans and Lasers, completed Polar Challenge in 2006 - 350 km ski, have kayak experience on river and open sea: wilderness river experience is difficult to achieve in Europe, but I am taking courses and personal training to be ready.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W22 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kevin Bowlin
|
Temecula, CA, USA
|
48
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish with a smile on my face!
|
| Bio: |
Numerous summer adventure races in the Southwestern U.S.: have spent significant time on rivers in Wyoming and Montana.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W27 |
|
Team
Name: |
Outrageous |
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Joe O'Blenis
|
Kamloops, BC, Canada
|
41
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Make last call at the Pub Friday in Dawson.
|
| Bio: |
2006 Yukon River Quest - marathon canoe/kayak racing: rivers all across Canada, cross Canada solo canoe trip.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
W33 |
|
Team
Name: |
XLXS |
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Carter Johnson
|
Sausalito, CA, USA
|
31
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
No blisters again.
|
| Bio: |
Some other races: camped in Yellowstone.
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