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2008
Yukon River Quest
Team
Biographies
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001 |
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Team
Name: |
Texans |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Richard Ameen
John Qualls
Liam Price
Richard Steppe
Jerry Cochran
Pete Binion
John Hoffart
Wade Binion
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Cypress, TX, USA
Magnolia, TX, USA
Redmond, WA, USA
Irving, TX, USA
Prairie Lea, TX, USA
College Station, TX, USA
Magnolia, TX, USA
College Station, TX, USA
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46
53
37
50
52
58
44
29
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male
male
male
male
male
male
male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To have fun again; finish.
To finish and enjoy the race.
Enjoy!
To finish, have fun, not freeze.
To finish and enjoy the race.
Safely complete the race; enjoy the experience; win class.
To finish and enjoy the race.
TBA |
| Bio: |
YRQ 2006 Solo, 2007 Voyageur: Texas Water Safari, YRQ.
YRQ once, Texas Water Safari five times: some canoeing and backpacking.
YRQ 2007, other marathon events in Washington and Texas: Yukon River.
YRQ 2005, 2006, 2007: Texas Water Safari 14 times.
Texas Water Safari: Texas Water Safari.
2007 YRQ; Texas Water Safari.
YRQ, Texas Water Safari: Yukon River.
TBA
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| Team
#: |
002 |
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Team
Name: |
Time To Go |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
David Hutchison
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Gallatin Gateway, Montana, USA
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47
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
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| Bio: |
I have been kayaking continuously for forty years: many raft trips, sea kayaking trips.
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| Team
#: |
004 |
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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 |
John Davina
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Kelowna, BC, Canada
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58
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To enjoy the paddle and finish in the top 10 Kayak Class.
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| Bio: |
World Masters Cross Country Ski racing, Ironman Penticton, solo ski-sea: many treking, camping trips, canoe and kayak trips.
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| Team
#: |
005 |
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Team
Name: |
The Blues Brothers |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kurt W. Hanneman
Brent Hughes
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Edmonton, AB, Canada
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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54
24
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To do the best we can, laugh, and have fun on a great adventure.
To do the best we can, laugh, and have fun on a great adventure.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: camping, day kayak trips.
No race experience: recreational day trips, no marathon race experience.
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| Team
#: |
006 |
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Team
Name: |
1234 |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jean-Guy Sauriol
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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54
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To continue to make friends in the Yukon, have fun, finish.
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| Bio: |
2005, 2006, 2007 Yukon River Quest: canoe camping in Ontario.
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| Team
#: |
007 |
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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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Grumustetten, Austria
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67
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To continue to improve my time.
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| Bio: |
2005, 2006, 2007 Yukon River Quest: many of the Yukon rivers.
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| Team
#: |
008 |
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Team
Name: |
Superoxide |
| Class: |
Solo Canoe - Open |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Peter Coates
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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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53
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To beat Bumbazer. "Superoxide toxic free radical possibly associated with aging."
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2001, 2002, 2004: wilderness river experience on the Yukon, Pelly, etc.
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| Team
#: |
009 |
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Team
Name: |
Ripple Effect |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kevin Bowlin
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Temecula, CA, USA
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49
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To add another chapter to my quest for adventure. To finish with a smile on my face.
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| Bio: |
Have competed in numerous adventure races throughout southwestern US: Flathead River Montana, Colorado River Nevada, Arizona, California.
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| Team
#: |
010 |
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Team
Name: |
Downunder For Now |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Bruce Dailey
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North Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
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37
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race.
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| Bio: |
Two Hawkesbury Classics (111 km), one Murray River Marathon (400 km), Leadville Trail 100: climbed Denali, climbed Cho Oyu, hiked the Appalachian Trail.
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| Team
#: |
011 |
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Team
Name: |
Bones |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Michael Faughey-Scraggs
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North Newbald, York, UK
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40
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish safely in one piece and in a better position than 2006.
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| Bio: |
2006 Yukon River Quest race finisher: regularly paddle grade 4 and 5 rivers, 15 years experience of Alpine rivers.
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| Team
#: |
012 |
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Team
Name: |
Gummy Bears Can't Swim! |
| 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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Leigh, Surrey, UK
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31
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To improve on my 2007 time and remember to drink!
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007: UK sea kayak expeditions.
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| Team
#: |
013 |
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Team
Name: |
Big Guy and The Kid |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Chris Olive
Ian Mockett
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Kanata, ON, Canada
Kanata, ON, Canada
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52
35
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish four feet ahead of Ian.
Top 10 of our division.
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| Bio: |
Dragon Boat: Carmacks to Dawson 2004 and 2006, Algonquin Park top to bottom six times.
No race experience: travelled from Carmacks to Dawson City in 2004 and 2006.
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| Team
#: |
014 |
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Team
Name: |
Umingmaq |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ken Brunton
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Morgan Hill, CA, USA
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67
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
Learn more, laugh more, paddle better.
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007, shorter races for twenty years.
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| Team
#: |
016 |
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Team
Name: |
Alberta Beef |
| Class: |
Solo Canoe - Open |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
| Kevin Mellis |
Calgary, AB, Canada |
34 |
male |
| Race
Goals: |
To come in under fifty hours. |
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. |
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| Team
#: |
017 |
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Team
Name: |
Chasing Daylight |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Brad Pennington
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Houston, TX, USA
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41
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To bleed less than last year!
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007: Vietnam, Borneo, Norway, France, etc.
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| Team
#: |
018 |
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Team
Name: |
15 x 0 |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Larry Seethaler
Brenda Forsythe
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Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK. USA
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65
50
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male
female
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| Race
Goals: |
Same as always: paddle well and finish in a respectable time.
To paddle well and have fun.
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| Bio: |
Both Dyea to Dawson and all the Yukon River Quests: a lot!
98 Dyea to Dawson, Yukon River Quest 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005.
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| Team
#: |
019 |
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Team
Name: |
Team Sloths |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Chrisptopher Alekandrou
Gordon Kirkby
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Kensington, NSW, Australia
Rozelle, NSW, Australia
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35
38
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
First goal is to finish in good shape: would like to finish sub-60 hours.
To finish.
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| Bio: |
Successfully completed 5 Hawkesbury Canoe Classics (111 km), Hamilton Island Cup outrigger race, Australian National Team Dragon Boat: in training for Murray River Marathon (404 km), coached Australian National Team Dragon Boat 2006 as well as was Boat Steerer and Assistant Coach 2007, Sloths Dragon Boat Team Assistant Coach 2002-2007. Murray, Hawkesbury, and Kangaroo Rivers.
Hawkesbury River Canoe Classic (Australia): Yukon River (Whitehorse to Carmacks) 2004, Kangaroo River (Australia) several times.
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| Team
#: |
020 |
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Team
Name: |
RBSI make it happen |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Robert Cassin
Carl Clinton
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St. Helier, Jersey, UK
St. Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
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48
52
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish - to meet old and new friends.
To finish - to meet old and new friends.
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| Bio: |
Rowed the Atlantic 1997, rowed London to Paris 2000, Yukon River Quest 2006 finisher: Yukon River Quest 2006.
Rowed the Atlantic 1997, rowed London to Paris 2000, Yukon River Quest 2006 finisher: Yukon River Quest 2006.
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| Team
#: |
021 |
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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 Lee Crocker
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Bracknell, Berkshire, UK
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38
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
Learned a lot last year, hope to improve my time by at least four hours.
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| Bio: |
Raced the 2007 Yukon River Quest and some local races: my kayak camping trips on the Yukon and Athabasca Rivers in Canada, rivers in Chile, and many survival courses.
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| Team
#: |
022 |
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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 |
Kerry Blandin
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St. Clement, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
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58
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: sea kayaking.
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| Team
#: |
023 |
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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 |
Stephen Mooney
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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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44
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2003, 2004, 2005.
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| Team
#: |
024 |
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Team
Name: |
Death Wish 1 |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Peter Mey
Jean Van Eeden
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Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Fort St. John, BC, Canada
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35
35
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
To finish and have fun despite blood, sweat, and tears to keep up with Moertoe and Verzupte Schuit and maybe even beat them!
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| Bio: |
No race experience: recreational trips, various rivers in Africa - Orange River, Okauawgo River, Zambezi River.
No race experience: Bowran Lake circuit, river camping trips, multiple hiking trails.
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| Team
#: |
025 |
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Team
Name: |
Verzuipte - Schuit |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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