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2008
Yukon River Quest
Team
Biographies
| Team
#: |
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
W. Grady Hicks
Jerry Cochran
Pete Binion
John Hoffart
Wade Binion
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Cypress, TX, USA
Magnolia, TX, USA
Redmond, WA, USA
Jacinto City, TX, USA
Prairie Lea, TX, USA
College Station, TX, USA
Magnolia, TX, USA
College Station, TX, USA
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46
53
37
57
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 and to paddle on a great northern river.
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.
20 Texas Water Safaris and numerous other races: four trips through canyons of the Rio Grande River in the desert.
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
#: |
003 |
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Team
Name: |
Adirondack Voyageurs |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kerry J. Newell
Celia A. Evans
Paul Repak
John Ders
Phillip Bridgman
Mike Trump
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Heuvelton, NY, USA
Paul Smiths, NY, USA
Boonville, NY, USA
South Otselic, NY, USA
Hannawa Falls,NY, USA
York, PA, USA
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61
46
57
58
53
25
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male
female
male
male
male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish with the whole crew alive, smiling, and ready to start the Dawson City party for the rest of the participants.
Safety, fun, personal growth, winning!!
Train to participate strong, participate with my team to win, enjoy the spectacular experience, and not forget to appreciate and thank my support crew.
To have fun, work as a team, and not get into a 3 hour sprint going into Carmacks with another voyageur team.
To finish faster than last year and still enjoy the scenery, make new friends, and fill my Gatorade bottle to the top.
To paddle with speed and grace, win.
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| Bio: |
2007 YRQ, 1990 to 2007 Adirondack Canoe Classic, six years General Clinton: Yukon River - Whitehorse to Dawson City.
No race experience: I am an experienced paddler, hiker, skier; I have no formal experience on a wilderness river.
Eight year veteran paddler in the Adirondack 90 Mile Canoe Classic, plus two years staff support in the 90 Miler, other Adirondack canoe race participation: New York licensed Outdoor Guide (17 years); 18 years National Camping School Staff as Wilderness Trek Leader/Guide Instructor for canoeing, backpacking, backcountry navigation; Solo 185 mile bushwhack/paddle trek across the Adirondacks.
YRQ 2005, 2006, 2007: Florida Everglades, Algonquin Park, Maine, Yellowstone.
YRQ 2007 - voyageur, Adirondack Canoe Classic - 90 miles: whitewater canoe and kayak on Hudson and Rouge Rivers, canoe camping on Baquette River.
Five times ADK 90 miles: trough paddled the Connecticut River, Ocoee River guide.
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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: |
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| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
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| Race
Goals: |
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| Bio: |
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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
#: |
015 |
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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
Tony Bond
David M. Dahl
Dennis Fosseneuve
Tim Hodgson
Paul Pageau |
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Echuca, Victoria, Australia
Maple Grove, MN, USA
Prince Albert, SK, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada |
35
55
59
40
40
36
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male
male
male
male
male
male |
| Race
Goals: |
To better my time from last year.
To have a go.
To finish, make friends, have a hoot, and go fast.
Grind it all the way to the finish, so I can call Last Call at Dawson, but in first place.
To finish.
To finish business. |
| Bio: |
YRQ 2005, 2006: Turtle River, MB.
30 Red Cross Murray River Marathon (400 km), Hawksberry River Marathon (110 km) 17 times, South Australian Murray (200 km): no wilderness river experience.
Colorado 100 in 2004, 2006, 2007; Ausable in 2004, 2005, 2006; Clinto in 2006, Missouri 340 2007: voyageurs, Quantico and Boundary Waters Canoe area
16 years race experience, done the YRQ twice: most Saskatchewan rivers in the north, as well as Manitoba and Michigan.
Several YRQ, three finishes: many Yukon rivers.
YRQ 2002, 2003: Stikine River in BC, Moose and Missinaachne River in Ontario, as well as various other Ontario rivers.
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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: |
Enerconnex |
| 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 |
Pieter Mey
Jean Van Eeden
|
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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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Kalkman Arie
Dean Falkenberg
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Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Charlie Lake, BC, Canada
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44
48
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To enjoy the river.
To finish: to live to brag about it.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: multiple rivers rafted over last 25 years; white water kayak ultra racing; marathons.
Ultra/marathons.
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| Team
#: |
026 |
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Team
Name: |
Moertoe |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
P.J. Jansen Van Rensburg
Pieter De Bruyn
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Charlie Lake, BC, Canada
Fort St. John, BC, Canada
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32
31
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish within the alloted time, to beat Death Wish and Verzuipte - Schuit/
To finish, not to flip the boat, and to beat the other Fort St. John teams, Death Wish and Verzuipte - Schuit.
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| Bio: |
No race experience: Bowran Lakes circuits, many river camping trips on the Peace River, Pine River, and ocean trips at Vancouver.
No race experience: Bowran Lakes circuit, recreational wilderness trips on the Peace River and Pine River and ocean kayaking.
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| Team
#: |
027 |
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Team
Name: |
Foolish and Feeble |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Bob McBeath
Dan Cantrell
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Everson, WA, USA
Bellingham, WA, USA
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63
60
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male
male
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| Race
Goals: |
Race safe and sane and finish strong.
Let YRQ test body, mind, and friendship, which will determine our team name Foolish and Feeble or Strong and Sane (from the "Law of the Yukon" by Robert Service).
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| Bio: |
Marathon canoe and outrigger racing for the past 25 years: Big Salom, South MacMillan, Burnside, Harton.
A few races 20 miles or less: Yukon River from Bennett to Dawson City.
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| Team
#: |
028 |
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Team
Name: |
Wasabi |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Female |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Miyuki Sato
|
Kamloops, BC, Canada
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23
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female
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish with lots of fun and smiles!!
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007: Yukon River wilderness river experience.
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| Team
#: |
029 |
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Team
Name: |
Are We There Yet? |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Mia Lee
Mike Sereny
Michelle Davids
Kyle Appleby
Risa Handler
John St. Louis
Jeff Weiss
Alison Morham
Fred Chin Sang |
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Thornhill, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Markham, ON, Canada |
46
46
29
33
36
35
47
45
42 |
female
male
female
male
female
male
male
female
male |
| Race
Goals: |
To finish in the middle of the pack.
To finish.
To be able to overcome the physical intensity with the lack of sleep. I love sleep!!
To finish.
To finish and have a positive experience with my teammates.
To place high in the rankings and have a positive experience with my teammates.
To complete the race and enjoy the experience.
To have fun and meet new people.
To safely complete the race and have fun. |
| Bio: |
No race experience; have done lots of personal and guided trips: 20 years tripping experience, have done at least six rivers in the Yukon including the Snake and Wind Rivers.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
No race experience: Yukon River - 5 day canoe trip Lake LaBerge to Carmacks, lake trips in BC and Ontario including Bowron Lakes and Algonquin Park.
I have experience in foot races - no river racing experiences: went to a tripping camp in Ontario for one summer at age 11, went on 3 week canoe trip - did a little river canoeing then.
No race experience: 25+ years of canoeing experience, open water and river.
No race experience: many Yukon rivers - Wolf, Wind, Bonnet Plume, Teslin, Yukon, Lapre.
No YRQ experience, 10 years Dragonboat racing, 3 half marathons: no wilderness river experience. |
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| Team
#: |
030 |
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Team
Name: |
Two Continents |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ingabritt Scholven
Daniel Goetze
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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Kleinkmehlen, Brandenburg, Germany
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49
32
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female
male
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| Race
Goals: |
To finish well and enjoy the experience.
We want to win!
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| Bio: |
No river race, sled dog races and others: Yukon and Alaska rivers (Yukon, S. MacMillan, Tatshenshini, Koyukuk, Tanana, Aritina), Finland and North Sweden.
No race experience: I am experienced in paddling in Norway, Sweden, and Yukon Territory.
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| Team
#: |
031 |
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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 |
Ingrid Wilcox
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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
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60
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female
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| Race
Goals: |
To improve my time.
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2000, 2002. 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007: most Yukon rivers.
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| Team
#: |
032 |
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Team
Name: |
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| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
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| Race
Goals: |
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| Bio: |
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| Team
#: |
033 |
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Team
Name: |
Paddlers Abreast |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Linda Rapp
Cindy Gilday
Maralyn Rogers
Faye Swerhun
Asa Berg
Karin Stephens
Claire Desmarais
Lynn Rice-Rideout
Dawn Fralick |
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Atlin, BC, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada |
52
54
56
60
51
51
58
36
57
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female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
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| Race
Goals: |
To train well and have a great team adventure.
To be able to paddle pain free.
To complete the race and stay awake.
To complete the race with the same time as last year or better.
To finish.
To finish the race and bring awareness that there are no limits to what a cancer survivor can do.
To finish with a smile on my face, and without too much pain..
To finish, have fun.
NA
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| Bio: |
Seven years Yukon River Quest: many years paddling mostly on Saskatchewan and Yukon rivers.
YRQ 2001, 2002, 2004: Yukon River and Stewart River.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
Five Yukon River Quests: Yukon River.
2007 YRQ completed: Stikine, Peace, Chutine, Yukon, and Taku Rivers.
No race experience: Minto to Dawson in a canoe.
2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 YRQ: various other Yukon rivers and lakes.
Four years paddling in the Yukon River Quest.
Voyageur Class 2001 - 2007 inclusive YRQ. |
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| Team
#: |
034 |
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Team
Name: |
Latvian |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
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Members: |
Name
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Location |
Age |
M/F |
Andris Stavro
|
Riga, Latvia, Europe
|
54
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male
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| Race
Goals: |
Not to lose my skin!
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| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007: Europe, Caucasis, Siberia...expeditions, slalom races, endurance races.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
035 |
|
Team
Name: |
Kiwi Eh |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Barry Leslie
Helen Currey
|
Victoria, BC, Canada
Victoria, BC, Canada
|
49
37
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish under 50 hours.
To finish under 50 hours.
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| Bio: |
Marathon canoe racing, OC 1 racing, Slalom whitewater kayak racing: 2 week kayak/raft trip on the Colorado.
Marathon canoe races, outrigger canoe races: no wilderness river experience.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
036 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
|
|
|
|
| Race
Goals: |
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| Bio: |
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
037 |
|
Team
Name: |
Team B |
| Class: |
Solo Canoe - Open |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
| Joe Evans |
Walterville, OR, USA |
57 |
male |
| Race
Goals: |
To show what Old Hippies are made of. |
| Bio: |
Solo Canoe 2007 Yukon River Quest: Yukon River. |
|
|
| Team
#: |
038 |
|
Team
Name: |
Pipe It Up |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Terry Ramin
Leah Anderson
Robin Roots
Rick Eisele
Judson Rowse
Andre J. Vandermeer
Dianne Villeseche
Matt Landry
|
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Port Edward, BC, Canada
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Windsor, ON, Canada
|
49
36
38
44
41
48
43
25
|
male
female
female
male
male
male
female
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Renew old friendships, make new friends, have a good time, get another Finisher Pin with a faster time.
To have fun and paddle hard with a bunch of great folks!
To paddle like hell for as long as possible, to do as well as we can.
To learn, push my endurance to the limit, and finish with a smile.
Have fun, meet people, paddle hard, and really looking forward to seeing the Yukon.
Improve our time and have as much fun as last year.
NA
To paddle my arse off!
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| Bio: |
Fifth year attending the Yukon River Quest, Great Canadian Canoe Race, La Ruta Maya: 18 years Skeena River.
No race experience: La Verendrye - Quebec, Temagami, Algonquin, Killarney, Ontario and sea kayaking.
YRQ 2006 and 2007: many years on Skeena River and tributaries.
No race experience: NA.
Raid the North Extreme, 2007, several ultra races: kayaked the Skeena River (140 km) several times, three times in the winter.
Did YRQ 2007: many years on the Skeena, Blackwater, and Stikine Rivers.
NA
No race experience: Yukon River - Whitehorse to Dawson, Tatshenshini, numerous lakes in Yukon and Ontario.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
039 |
|
Team
Name: |
740 Under 50 |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jim Boyde
Pam Boyde
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
65
60
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To enjoy the experience, to make fewer mistakes, and to support my partner.
To enjoy the experience; improve on last year's time, and have the best paddle ever.
|
| Bio: |
Three Yukon River Quest races: have canoe-tripped many Yukon rivers - Porcupine, Snake, Bonnet Plume.
Three Yukon River Quests: same as Jim -almost.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
040 |
|
Team
Name: |
Fram |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Denis Larsen
|
Boucherville, QC, Canada
|
34
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish before 0830, June 29.
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| Bio: |
Local club racing: several multi-day canoe-camping trips, class 3 whitewater canoeist, class 4 kayakist, rafting guide.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
041 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Female |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Susan Dunsmore
|
Eagle River, AK, USA
|
43
|
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To get farther than I did last year. No hitch-hiking along the road during the race!
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007 scratched: paddled entire Yukon River in a solo canoe 2000, many 3 - 14 day trips in Alaska and New England.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
042 |
|
Team
Name: |
Kutsua |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Lyndon Anderson
Simon Knapper
|
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ottawa, ON, Canada
|
41
52
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finiish under 50 hours.
To finish.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: numberous long distance sea kayak expeditions - Australia.
No race experience: some - UK.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
043 |
|
Team
Name: |
Upright |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Wallace Woodbury
|
Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
|
54
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To take in the scenery, meet new people, have fun, do the best I can, and finish unscathed.
|
| Bio: |
Have done some marathon canoe races, adventure races, a couple of sea kayak races: not much river experience but have done sea-kayaking trips on the ocean.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
044 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Lesley Ferguson
Jim Garnett
|
Warwick, Warwickshire, UK
Warwick, Warwickshire, UK
|
45
44
|
female
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race.
To finish.
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience. Sea kayaking - UK, Scotland, New Zealand. UK rivers/lakes.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
045 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
|
|
|
|
| Race
Goals: |
|
| Bio: |
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
046 |
|
Team
Name: |
Messengers of Hope |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Darlene Prager
Louise Moreau
Laura Connolly
Alexis O'Connor
Laurie Brine
Sue McCullough
Sonya Kramberger
Eleanor Nielsen
Loraine K. Warnock
Carol Todd-Skuce
|
Bethany, ON, Canada
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Peterborough, ON, Canada
Grimsby, ON, Canada
London, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
London, ON, Canada
Oakville, ON, Canada
|
66
60
64
64
44
60
51
70
47
60
|
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish, have fun and beat our last year's time. To raise money for Breast Cancer diagnostic equipment.
To celebrate my 60th birthday with my Canadians Abreast sisters by completing this challenging race, ie; get to the Finish Line!!!
To experience the adventure and finish the race.
To meet new friends and to finish the race.
To assist the team in beating their time last year by five hours.
To know that I can do it.
NA
To safely finish the race while experiencing the Land of the Midnight Sun.
To finish and complete the race.
To finish healthy with a smile.
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007: YRQ 2007, Dragon Boating National and International 8 years.
Six years Dragon Boating: 20 years kayaking and canoeing, ocean kayaking West Coast, Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Island, local lakes and rivers in BC.
10 years in Dragon Boat - many festivals: no wilderness river experience.
I have been a Dragonboat racer for the past 10 years: other than summer camping with my family, none. I did, however, complete the Ironman distance triathlon on Sept. 15, 2007.
Dragonboating for two years: domestic camping.
Dragon Boating 4 years: white water rafting once, no wilderness river experience.
Dragonboat race team (rowbust), Canoe Club, 27 km paddle: no wilderness river experience.
10 years Dragonboating: one week Black Sturgeon River.
Dragonboating: three day Algonquin Park canoe trip.
Dragonboat racing: Kilarney Park canoeing and Zambesi River white water rafting.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
047 |
|
Team
Name: |
Team North By North-West |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Paul Shakespeare
Joanna Hoad
|
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
|
64
44
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
My God-daughter and I are competing in memory of my late wife, Julie, who died of cancer. I see this race as a personal challenge to be met - completion first, but with a reasonable time.
Complete race with time to spare.
|
| Bio: |
Was support person for Team WHOA last year, have competed in informal solo races in South and North Ontario: 45 years back-country canoeing, fishing, camping in Ontario and Quebec; hiking in North America, England, Europe, and New Zealand.
Level 1 Racing Canoe: Ogoki River (ON), Papineau and Labelle (QC), Laverendrye (QC), Mauricie (QC), Lake Superior (ON), CRCA - Level I and II, Orca - Level I and II (both now expired).
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
048 |
|
Team
Name: |
Peter Pond Paddlers |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Darlene Petit
Jeff Montour
Mervin Petit
Linda Pedersen
Dianne Richards
Aaron J. Chartier |
Buffalo Narrows, SK, Canada
Buffalo Narrows, SK, Canada
Buffalo Narrows, SK, Canada
Buffalo Narrows, SK, Canada
St. Albert, AB, Canada
Buffalo Narrows, SK, Canada |
44
47
43
56
37
18 |
female
male
male
female
female
male |
| Race
Goals: |
Goal is to finish the race and have a wonderful new experience.
To finish the race in the allotted time frame.
Main goal is to finish the race within the allotted time, make new friends, and experience the greatness that the Yukon has to offer.
To complete the race, have fun, meet new people, love a challenge, stories.
To finish the race.
To complete the race and have fun doing it. |
| Bio: |
Have 10 years paddling experience, raced in the Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest: Saskatchewan River during the Saskatchewan Canoe Quest, many canoe trips.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
Participant in the 2005 Saskatchewan Canoe Quest: many trips around local waters as well as northern Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest: annual canoe trips.
No race experience: canoeing for recreation.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience. |
|
|
| Team
#: |
049 |
|
Team
Name: |
Blazing Paddles V |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
John Little
Clint Sykes
|
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Banff, AB, Canada
|
49
50
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish by Saturday noon.
To finish ahead of my partner.
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007: the Yukon and North Saskatchewan Rivers.
No race experience: the North Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
050 |
|
Team
Name: |
Fight Club |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Cricket Butler
Christina Clarke
|
Charlotte, NC, USA
Johnson City, TN, USA
|
40
42
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To win Women's Tandem Canoe Class and paddle and laugh with the best playmate in the world!
To finish and have a great time with my best friend.
|
| Bio: |
No canoe or kayak race experience, Adventure racer and U.S. cycling Ultra Endurance Mountain Bike racer: Whitehorse to Bering Sea (2002), Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker (97), Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hiker (00), Mt. Rainier winter climbing expedition (93), various week-long whitewater and kayak trips.
No race experience: Whitehorse to Emmonak 2002, Rio Mendoza, Argentina, AT '97, Kilimanjaro 2001.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
051 |
|
Team
Name: |
U308 |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Norbert Wolverine
Lionel Campbell
|
Ile a La Crosse, SK, Canada
Prince Albert, SK, Canada
|
42
32
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Sub - 45 hours.
Sub - 45 hours.
|
| Bio: |
2005 Saskatchewan Canoe Quest, 2007 Yukon River Quest: lived on the lakes and rivers all my life.
2005 Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest, 2007 Yukon River Quest.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
052 |
|
Team
Name: |
Kayak4All - 1 |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ido Merfeld
Itzik Gabbay
|
Nirit 153, Nirit, Israel
Hod Hasrarom, Israel
|
44
51
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To improve our last year's results and finish under 60 hours.
To finish under 60 hours.
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2007: several wilderness travels in Turkey and Israel.
Yukon River Quest 2007: several long open sea multi-days paddling.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
053 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
|
|
|
|
| Race
Goals: |
|
| Bio: |
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
054 |
|
Team
Name: |
Latvian Canoe |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jurijs Seleznous
Jevgenijs Blazevics
|
Telgava, Latvia
Riga, Latvia
|
50
52
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
The first blow is half the battle.
The bull must be taken by the horns.
|
| Bio: |
Arctic Sea Kayak Race, Arctic Canoe Race, World and European Masters Marathon (C-1, C-2): sea canoeing (Baltic, Norwegian), Latvian, Russian rivers (Amur, Zeja).
World and European Canoe Masters Marathons (C-1, C-2), Latvian rivers marathons: Latvian ultra-marathons and marathons.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
055 |
|
Team
Name: |
Team WHOA |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Patricia Clune
Shelley Gellatly
Marie Dunn
Peggy Hornell
Sarah Darroch
Susan McVeigh
Elizabeth McIlroy
Susan McDowell
Janice Partington
|
Toronto, ON, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Markham, ON, Canada
Caledon, ON, Canada
|
52
44
52
44
45
51
50
53
58
|
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To be in Dawson City for dinner Saturday night!
NA
To stay warm and dry on the river!
Thrive and survive.
To keep better track of where we are.
To find my zen place again, feel great throughout!
To finish smiling and safely. To have a great team experience.
To have fun, better last year's time, make new friends.
To finish by Saturday.
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2004, 2006, 2007: previous Yukon River Quest races.
NA
Did the Yukon River Quest in 2006 and 2007 with Team WHOA: Yukon River and canoeing trips in Ontario.
No race experience: moderate wilderness river experience.
2006 Yukon River Quest: Yukon River.
Three years Yukon River Quest; half marathons: Yukon River three times.
Fourth time as a voyageur canoe team member - love it; various other marathons, trail runs: this is it.
Yukon River Quest 2006, 2007: Yukon River.
No race experience, cottage regattas: no wilderness river experience, Outward Bound, mountains, hiking.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
056 |
|
Team
Name: |
Flying Phoenix |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Denny Parkhill
Jim Stephen
|
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Kelowna, BC, Canada
|
58
61
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Arrive in Dawson City on Saturday between 10 and 10:30 a.m.
To stay safe, have fun, and finish in under 60 hours.
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2006 and 2007: numerous recreational canoe trips on the Yukon and Stewart Rivers.
Yukon River Quest 2006 and 2007: several recreational river trips in the Yukon.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
057 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
|
|
|
|
| Race
Goals: |
|
| Bio: |
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
058 |
|
Team
Name: |
Bear Bait |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
James Unsworth
Simon Perks
|
Totnes, Devon, UK
Totnes, Devon, UK
|
39
43
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
To finish and have a wonderful experience and not to have to use bear spray!
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: river/sea kayaking in UK, rafting in Nepal.
No race experience: white water and sea kayaking in the UK and canoe/kayak teaching 10+ years.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
059 |
|
Team
Name: |
Hatchet Lake |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Bart Tsannie
Jamie Tsannie
Nap Kkaikka
Ernest Joseyounen
Andy St. Pierre
Christopher Denechezhe
Charlie Tssessaze
Gordon Moise
|
Wollaston Lake, SK, Canada
Wollaston Lake, SK, Canada
Wollaston Lake, SK, Canada
Wollaston Lake, SK, Canada
Wollaston Lake, SK, Canada
Wollaston Lake, SK, Canada
Wollaston Lake, SK, Canada
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
|
45
NA
36
26
21
23
36
40
|
male
male
male
male
male
male
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Experience.
To get experience and to finish.
Experience.
Experience.
For Experience.
For Experience.
Experience.
I enjoy participating.
|
| Bio: |
I was in the 2005 Saskatchewan Canoe Quest: I have done a lot of canoe trips with youth.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience.
2005 Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest and Athabasca Quest 2007: have entered and completed numerous races.
I have participated in the Athabasca Quest 2007: participated in numerous canoe races.
2007 Athabasca Quest: have entered and completed numerous races.
2007 Athabasca Quest: have entered and completed numerous races.
2005 Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest and 2007 Athabasca Quest: I have participated in numerous canoe races.
I participated in the 2005 Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest: I have participated in this race two times.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
060 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Incredigirls |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Lisa McGee
Kim Petherick
|
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Adelaide, Australia
|
21
31
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish in sub-55 hours and to be smiling in Dawson.
To finish!
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2006, 2007, and support crew in 2005: Yukon River, western Canadian lakes.
I've never been in the Yukon River Quest - looking forward to it; I have been paddling rivers and oceans throughout Australia, Alaska, Canada, and Chile over the last seven years, mainly extended, remote expeditions up to 106 days in the inside passage. |
|
|
| Team
#: |
061 |
|
Team
Name: |
Yakumama |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Joanie Pelletier
Kari Johnston
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
24
27
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
Finish and enjoy my experience.
To finish the race and to have fun. To experience the river I love in a new, unique way.
|
| Bio: |
10 years of speed canoeing (flatwater), Canadian Championship of Rafting 2006: 7 days trip on Frances River, a lot of day trips.
No race experience: Yukon River Guide 2006 and 2007, wilderness trip/canoe instructor 1997 - 2001 in Ontario (Temagami, Algonquin, Kilarney).
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
062 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Bros |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Rick Soparlo
Kevin Breker
|
Regina, SK, Canada
Peace River, AB, Canada
|
54
53
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
To finish.
|
| Bio: |
Competed in 2007 Canadian Marathon Canoe Nationals, various local marathon canoe races 2006 and 2007, Dragon Boat World Championship - Capetown 2004, Penang and Malaysia: canoed Nahanni, North Saskatchewan, and Clearwater Rivers.
No race experience: multiple rivers in Yukon, NWT, Northern Alberta, Northern Saskatchewan.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
063 |
|
Team
Name: |
Big Mistake |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
John Hutchison
John T. Lovett
|
Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA
|
62
61
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Finish first in over 55.
Finish alive!
|
| Bio: |
Flathead River: Yukon River, Flathead River, Kenai River, Nenana River.
Yukon/Kenai/Nenana/Susitana River Alaska floats (canoe): Dawson to Eagle canoe trip July 2006.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
064 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Looseheads |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Edmund Morris
Gary Hall
|
Dorking, Surrey, UK
Godstone, Surrey, UK
|
49
39
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish within time.
To finish within time.
|
| Bio: |
Yukon River Quest 2004, other marathon canoe races: Yukon River Quest, Colorado Canyon.
Other marathon canoe races: Grand Canyon, cycled through Iceland.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
065 |
|
Team
Name: |
Checkpoint Zero/Inov-8 |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Paul Cox
Allen McAdams
|
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Roswell, Georgia, USA
|
38
42
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Go fast, finish with a fraction of sanity, and, most of all, have fun and enjoy the scenery!
To finish - strong!
|
| Bio: |
Expedition Adventure Races, Colorado River 100, Suwanee River Challenge, Winner of the Florida Coast to Coast: paddling in expedition-length adventure races up to four days long in such places as Maine, Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Florida.
Long Adventure Races - 120 miles of paddling, Suwannee River Marathon (Canoe Races): Moab Utah (Colorado River), Coast to Coast (Florida - various rivers, swamps, Everglades).
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|
|
| Team
#: |
066 |
|
Team
Name: |
Two Wild and Crazy Guys |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jeff Handler
Aaron Zon
|
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
|
45
41
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To complete the race in the time available.
To finish with a smile.
|
| Bio: |
Ironman Hawaii 1988: Yukon River canoe trip 2007 to Carmacks.
Many things but nothing remotely close to this: many canoe trips in Ontario.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
067 |
|
Team
Name: |
Moose and Jim |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Steve Wallick
Jim Bates
|
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Kelowna, BC, Canada
|
49
52
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish with a smile.
To complete the race with a smile.
|
| Bio: |
Minimal: tripping - Bowron Lakes.
Mucokai Channel Crossing OC6, Catalina - Newport OC6: Bowron Lake chain and day trips.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
068 |
|
Team
Name: |
Badger Bears |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Paul McCarthy
James Irving
Charlotte Healy
Mark Hart
Simon Blackler
Thomas Irving
|
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
London, England
Cwmbran, Wales
London, Greater London, England
Reading, Berkshire, England
London, UK, England
|
23
36
23
24
23
34 |
male
male
female
male
male
male |
| Race
Goals: |
To finish as fast as possible (and see bears).
To finish solidly - not to kill ourselves by trying too hard.
To finish.
To finish.
To finish!
To finish - without swearing never to do it again. |
| Bio: |
No race experience: have paddled the Yukon previously in a two week expedition - 3 star grade.
Winner 24 hour hike - not paddling: Dumoine two times, Conlange (11 days), Coppermine (two weeks), and others.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience, significant non-wilderness experience, training program, Outward Bound.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience - significant non-wilderness paddling experience.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience - significant non-wilderness paddling experience.
No race experience: Coppermine - two weeks, Coulonge - two weeks. |
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| Team
#: |
069 |
|
Team
Name: |
Yukon Water Women II |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Elizabeth Bosely
Patricia McKenna
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
44
54
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To be as well prepared to race as we were last year and to laugh/have an awesome experience.
To paddle faster and get to Dawson sooner - and with a smile on our faces!
|
| Bio: |
YRQ 2004 Co-Ed, 2005 C2 Women Third Place, 2006 Voyageur, 2007 C2 Women First Place, TTop Women?s Team into Dawson: born and raised Yukon wilderness traveller.
YRQ 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007: extensive wilderness experience both in and out of the water.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
070 |
|
Team
Name: |
Boswell Bateau |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Rosemary Plaskett
Bill Stewart
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
58
53
|
female
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish.
To finish.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: I have paddled the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson, also the Clarke and Thelon River in the Northwest Territories.
Dyea to Dawson: the Yukon River, Thelon River, Clarke River, etc.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
071 |
|
Team
Name: |
Goldrush Paddle Handlers |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Pauline Frost-Hanberg
Derek Crook
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
|
44
52
|
female
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
Stay awake, be safe, and have fun!
Same as last year's.
|
| Bio: |
Three Yukon River Quests, Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest: lots of wilderness river experience from the Porcupine to the Yukon.
Three Yukon River Quests, Bowen Island two times, San Juan Challenge two times, and the Great Canadian Canoe Race.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
072 |
|
Team
Name: |
Yahoos Down the Yukon |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Terry Wescott
Sandra Mitchell
Bob Miller
Bill Deighan
Bob Dean
Robert E. Mitchell Jr.
Anita Allen
|
Thorndike, Maine, USA
Buxton, Maine, USA
Harmony, Maine, USA
Hewburgh, Maine, USA
Camden, Maine, USA
Buxton, Maine, USA
Coral Springs, FL, USA
|
59
37
62
58
71
49
54
|
male
female
male
male
male
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To have fun, finish, win.
Official finish!!
To finish in good order.
To have fun, not be unofficial this year! Maybe get a faster, lighter voyageur.
Faster time.
To finish strong and enjoy the river.
To finish strong and have fun!
|
| Bio: |
2007 YRQ: 32 years St. John River, Bonaventure River, 38 years WWO racing.
2007 YRQ, multiple other flat and whitewater races, General Clinton five times finisher: plenty of camping, St. John's wilderness trips.
12 - 70 mile General Clinton: 25 years of camping and canoeing.
2007 YRQ, 6 completions of General Clinton Canoe Regatta, 25 years of WW racing, Maine AC Nationals since 1986, Arkansas, Colorado: St. John River 2006, Bonaventure River 2006, Algonquin River both ways.
2007 Yukon River Quest.
Mackro downriver whitewater series, New England downriver w/w series: annual St. John's River wilderness trips.
Suwanne River Race (52 miles) two times under 8 hours 30 minutes, many multi-day adventure races and running races: kayak, canoe, and ocean outrigger canoes, paddling for twelve years, 6 day paddle across the Strait of Florida, 5 day paddling trip Vancouver Island, 7 day paddling trip Prince William Sound, Alaska, two times kayaking in Antarctica, Suwanne River, Florida.
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|
| Team
#: |
073 |
|
Team
Name: |
Dangerous Turtles |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Louise Hamlin
Synthia Auligne
|
Pasadena, CA, USA
Boulder, CO, USA
|
35
31
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish, to experience the river, to see the Yukon.
To finish - to experience the river.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: some ocean kayaking and rowing, college rowing team.
No race experience; no wilderness river experience.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
074 |
|
Team
Name: |
Plan "B" |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jordan Nash
Michael Myles
|
London, ON, Canada
London, ON, Canada
|
25
24
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish in regulation time.
To finish a couple of feet before my team mate.
|
| Bio: |
36 hours Raid the North, 14 hours Raid the North, 8 hours Frontier Adventure races, 24 hours Adrenaline Bike Race: 12 day voyageur trips - Tobermory, Ontario and Des Moines River, Quebec.
Two 8 hour adventure races in northern Ontario, one twenty-four hour adrenaline Bike Race: multiple fishing trips in northern Ontario.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
075 |
|
Team
Name: |
Crapaud Kayakers |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
John Richardson
David Priddis
|
St. Helier, Jersey, UK
St. Brelade, Jersey, UK
|
37
28
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish - with a good time!!
To finish.
|
| Bio: |
Devizes to Westminster, UK: Himalayas - Nepal.
Devizes to Westminster: Nepal, Africa.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
076 |
|
Team
Name: |
Fisherman's Friend |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Briana Wood
Benoit Bernard
|
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Surrey, BC, Canada
|
29
23
|
female
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
NA
NA
|
| Bio: |
NA
Tour de Barnston 2005, 2006: Chilliwak River, Fraser River.
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|
| Team
#: |
077 |
|
Team
Name: |
Nor Cal River Rat |
| Class: |
Single Kayak - Male |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Adam Redmayne-Titley
|
Vallejo, CA, USA
|
47
|
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish the river race and come in in the top third of the racers. Also to paddle like Hell and not become bear or moose chow.
|
| Bio: |
No YRQ experience but several multi-day river trips: no wilderness river experience but several multi-day river trips in Nor-Cal. Also many back country backpacking trips.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
078 |
|
Team
Name: |
All in One |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Peter Mygil
Vibe Sandberg
|
Ry, Denmark
Ry, Denmark
|
56
43
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race and still be friends with my wife in Dawson City.
To finish the race.
|
| Bio: |
Several marathon races in Denmark and Sweden including nine times Tour de Gudenaa and Dalsland Kanot Marathon and Sea Challenge Fyn Rundt: two two week kayak trips in Norway National Park on lakes and rivers. Many kayak trips on the coast of Denmark and Sweden - canoe trip on Zambezi River.
Several marathon races in Denmark and Sweden including Dalsland Kanot Marathon two times and seven times Tour de Gudenaa: two week kayak trips in Norway National Park on lakes and rivers. Many kayak trips on the coast of Denmark and Sweden.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
079 |
|
Team
Name: |
Kookas Kanoott I |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
David Sevdy
Eric A. Nelson
Rolf Nelson
Robert Funk
Mike Hardy
Molly Dischner
|
Juneau, AK, USA
Auke Bay, AK, USA
Redmond, WA, USA
Juneau, AK, USA
Skagway, AK, USA
Skagway, AK, USA |
45
47
43
54
56
18 |
male
male
male
male
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To paddle well.
To finish safely, have an awesome adventure, get to Dawson soon enough to get some sleep and go out Saturday night!
To finish healthy, beat at least one team; learn.
To finish and have fun.
Learn course and outfitting
To finish and have fun!
|
| Bio: |
Two solo kayak finishes and one tandem canoe finish in the YRQ: several Yukon trips, Taku River trips.
YRQ tandem canoe 2007 - a very fun and rewarding trip: four trips on the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers - Eagle, Circle, Ft. Yukon, Old Crow.
Not much race experience: I've spent some time on boats of all sizes. Drove boats for US Army for river-crossings.
No race experience: two trips in the Yukon, trips out of Atlin.
Guadalupe River - Texas, Wilderness: none in Yukon
Dragonboat races: Portland-Kaioshung Race Festival, Sellwood Races, Vancouver Lake races, Alcan Dragonboat Festival. Wilderness experience: Day trips on Chena, non-river backpacking and winter camping
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|
|
| Team
#: |
080 |
|
Team
Name: |
On a Paddle and a Prayer |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Steven Covey
Paul Geoffrion
|
Navan, ON, Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada
|
40
33
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To complete the race and clock a respectable time for a first YRQ race, enjoy the river, nature, and the adventure. To remain as physically balanced as possible.
To finish in under 65 hours.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience in paddling, several relay and sprint triathlons: Ottawa River, Abitibi River, many medium and large size lakes.
No race experience: wilderness medicine, white water/sea kayak, triathlons, Kilimanjaro 2002.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
081 |
|
Team
Name: |
Deisleen Shaawat |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Minnie Clark
Juanita Kremer
Jody Sydney
Lorraine Wolfe
Lisa Dewhurst
Karen Olito
Lori Joe
Carleen Hycha |
Teslin, YT, Canada
Teslin, YT, Canada
Teslin, YT, Canada
Teslin, YT, Canada
Teslin, YT, Canada
Pelly Crossing, YT, Canada
Teslin, YT, Canada
Teslin, YT, Canada
|
48
34
40
38
40
48
50
41
|
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish the race and have fun.
Just to finish and have fun doing it.
To be able to complete the race and have as much fun as possible.
To do it and finish the race with a smile.
To complete, to be healthy at the Finish Line.
To have fun.
To have fun and finish the race with everyone else and have more fun.
To finish.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: I have paddled the Wolf River, Nisutlin River, and the Teslin River.
No river race experience, have participated in the KCIBR: I grew up in the bush as a hunter, trapper, and general outdoor enthusiast.
No race experience: yearly hunting trips on the Nisutlin River.
No race experience: hunting/fishing on the Teslin River and Nisutlin River.
No race experience: have paddled the Nisutlin River 2006.
YRQ for the last four years: have had lots of wilderness experience on the Yukon River.
No race experience: some experience on Teslin Lake, hunting on the Nisutlin and Teslin River.
Kluane-Chilkat International Bike Relay - 5 years: Tatshenshini river rafting, Teslin River and Nisutlin River hunting trips, paddling small canoes and boats.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
082 |
|
Team
Name: |
ASAP |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Jan Nyboer
Greg Tibbetts
|
Anchorage, AK, USA
Anchorage, AK, USA
|
65
60
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To finish strong with a smile, have fun, and finish as soon as possible! (ASAP) May our ladies have fun too.
Enjoy the adventure and finish as soon as possible!
|
| Bio: |
YRQ past three years - Tandem Canoe Men Third Place 2007.
Eight YRQ, tandem canoe, tandem kayak, solo kayak, voyageur canoe.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
083 |
|
Team
Name: |
Ninjas...We're Everywhere |
| Class: |
Voyageur Canoe |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Julie Gabert
Michele Enright
Mark Cookson
Tyler Dinsdale
Philippe Mouchet
Maya Chang
Jerrit Dupilka |
Quesnel, BC, Canada
Quesnel, BC, Canada
Quesnel, BC, Canada
Quesnel, BC, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Lytton, BC, Canada
Quesnel, BC, Canada |
30
35
36
29
36
30
30 |
female
female
male
male
male
female
male |
| Race
Goals: |
To have a blast, enjoy the experience, see some stunning scenery and meet like-minded inspiring people.
Meet new friends, laugh, finish the race, and live.
To finish, have a good time, make a few memories.
Looking to have some fun with some friends and get some blisters on my ass.
To finish it in good spirit.
To get into Ninjas' heads, finish, Yukon beer with friends in Dawson.
To finish the race without my face on the bottom of the boat and to see the infamous Sasquatch |
| Bio: |
No YRQ or previous race experience: overnight canoe trips on Kootenay River, North Saskatchewan River, Blackwater River, Bowran Lake chain, Kananaski River.
No race experience: no wilderness river experience - some fly fishing and camping.
No race experience: numerous day or weekend river trips.
White water rafting: White water rafting guide, Nahatlatch River, Tatshenshini River.
No race experience: canoe trips, rafting trips.
2007 YRQ, but, unfortunately scratched: whitewater rafting guide, Thompson River, CND, North Island NZ, Bowron chain.
No race experience: overnight camping trips and canoe trips, Bowron Lakes circuit. |
|
|
| Team
#: |
084 |
|
Team
Name: |
Wuujo |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Tytus Hardy
Brian Jungen
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Vancouver, BC, Canada
|
28
38
|
male
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To paddle a whole lot of strokes.
To finish and have a good time.
|
| Bio: |
Mountain bike 24 hour race: Ross - LaVerandre - rafting, guide trainee course certified.
No race experience: I have paddled rivers, lakes, and ocean shores in BC for ten years.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
085 |
|
Team
Name: |
|
| Class: |
WITHDRAWN |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
|
|
|
|
| Race
Goals: |
|
| Bio: |
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
086 |
|
Team
Name: |
Sea Joiners |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Ugis Gutmanis
Ilze Plakane
|
Riga, Latvia, Europe
Riga, Latvia, Europe
|
38
26
|
male
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To enjoy this mad race in full.
To finish this race with great satisfaction!
|
| Bio: |
Latvia Annual Gauja River Quest 100 km (2005, 2006, 2007), Daugava River Quest in Latvia 200 km (2006): sea kayaking trips (Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea).
Latvia: Annual Gauja River Quest - 100 km (2006, 2007); Salaca River Night Quest, 90 km (2004); Daugava River Quest, 175 km (2004): sea kayaking trips (Baltic Sea).
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|
|
| Team
#: |
087 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Lady Bums |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Women |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Meghann-Leigh Willard
Laura Sly
|
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
28
27
|
female
female
|
| Race
Goals: |
To have fun and finish.
Fun! To finish.
|
| Bio: |
No race experience: Big Salmon River, Yukon River, Snake River, Peel River, Eagle River, Bell River, Porcupine River, leisurely floats.
No race experience: Bell River, Porcupine River, Eagle River.
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|
|
| Team
#: |
088 |
|
Team
Name: |
Combined Hemispheres |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Bodo Lenitschek
Jane Vincent
|
Cairns, QLD, Australia
Whitehorse, YT, Canada
|
44
41
|
male
female |
| Race
Goals: |
To finish in 45 hours.
To have a great time paddling non-stop with a long lost friend from Australia!
|
| Bio: |
Murray Marathon x 1, Outrigger Canoe Races x 400, Whitewater Slalom x 200: in excess of 200 trips in Australia, USA, Canada, and Europe.
No other canoe races: many class 1, 2, and 3 rivers in Yukon.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
089 |
|
Team
Name: |
"That's" What I'm Talking About |
| Class: |
Tandem Canoe - Mixed |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
Age |
M/F |
Gloria Wesley
Gary Aprea
|
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Austerlitz, NY, USA
|
48
65
|
female
male
|
| Race
Goals: |
To have a good race.
Not to have to use my tent.
|
| Bio: |
Ausable MI x 4, Clinton 70 Mile x 5, La Classique x 4: some wilderness experience.
Clinton x 33, Ausable MI Race x 3, La Classique x 3: watch Animal Planet on TV.
|
|
|
| Team
#: |
090 |
|
Team
Name: |
The Lolidippers |
| Class: |
Tandem Kayak - Men |
|
Members: |
Name
|
Location |
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