Racer Bios for 2016 Yukon River Quest Entrants

YRQ - 2008, 2014, 2015
MR340 - 2015
South Dakota Kayak Challenge - 1016

Go faster

It's the best race by far!!! and the volunteers are GREAT!

Devizes to Westminster
Glasgow to Edinburgh
Cheshire Ring

To finish!

Devizes to Westminster
Glasgow to Edinburgh

To finish!

Participant YRQ 2014 (scratch at Carmacks!).
Canoeing in the Netherlands and Norway.
Climb mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 2009
Biking in India from Udaippur to Agra, 2012

Getting it done and finish (in good compagnon ship with the team) at Dawson City with a big smile on our face .

To conquer the Yukon River and push myself physically and mentally.
Getting some unfinished business done:-). But most of all enjoy the atmosphere at the race and the good spirit of racers and volunteers again.

Participant YRQ 2014 (scratch at Carmacks!)
New York Marathon, November 2015.
Biking from Udaipur to Agra in India, 2012.
Climb mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 2009.
Running several half marathons in Belgium, Holland and Norway.

Show our Will tO Win (WOW) with some members of our International Management Team and some of our Builders.

Most important reason for entering is the team building element, physically and mentally in the wilderness of the Yukon territory. Secondly; I want to do something extraordinary (and finish this time) and challenge myself.

First real challenge in a canoe race.
Antwerp marathon 2015.
Training for half bi-athlon June 2016

To finish with the team and enjoy the race.

This is a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for me. I love to challenge myself and push the bounderies of my capacities together with our team.
And of course, I really hope to succeed.

This will be my first canoe race :-) !
Mud Master competitor in the Netherlands.

My/our goal is being able to add "finishing the YRQ 2016 with our team" to my/our bucket list. Beside that, my goal is to push my own bounderies and mentally challenge myself. We are all very motivated to do so, so I'm confident we will succeed.

We enter the race with a company team. This way we will get to know each other (on a different level than in the day to day business) and have an amazing experience to share with each other and our colleagues in the company.

Participated in YRQ 2014 (scratch at Carmacks!)
Biking in India from Udaipur to Agra, 2012.
Quite some canoe training in the Netherlands and Norway.

To finish strongly with our team, experience together the "Will tO Win" and celebrate our success in Dawson City.

This time I really want to finish in Dawson City!

Participant YRQ 2014 (scratch at Carmacks!)
Climb mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 2009 and 2011.
Biking in India from Udaipur tot Agra,2012.
Canoe trip from Whitehorse to Carmacks, July 2013.
Run marathons of Rotterdam, New York and many other half marathons.
Quite some canoe training in the Netherland, Belgium and Norway.

To experience this race in the quite extreme wilderness in the Yukon area, together with our team.

We like to participate in the Yukon River Quest 2016 again, in order to finish in Dawson City. We want to show our Will tO Win as a team.

Moto cross and marathon experience. Paddling since march 2016 :-)

This is the first time that I join the race. I am very excited, but i think it's an great experience that never will happen again. I can also look where my limits are and push then further and I can see how much i can handle. We have a awesome team, so I'm looking forward to it. And hope we have a great time. Getting at Dawson to touch the toe :-)

No experience but looking forward to meet the Yukon wild life.
Paddling since march 2016 :-)

Getting there in good shape

YRQ

Finish

YRQ

Finish

MR340 3X

finish with a smile

SDKC (2013,14,& 15)
MR340 (2014 & 15)
Tour du Teche (2015)

Finish and be able to stand up straight

Although I have no racing experience, I have been kayaking for over 18 years including many solo trips to the west coast of Vancouver Island, and a circumnavigation of the Redonda Islands in Desolation Sound.

To have a blast and with luck, finish!

It is a bucket list item.

Texas Water Safari
MR340
Numerous day races
Finished every race I started
Numerous trips to Algonquin Park
Whitewater experience on Youghiogheny, Cheat, Potomac, and most other rivers in W. Virginia and Pa.

Finish strong!

Lots of Canoeing, Camping, Hiking, etc.

Have fun.

No previous racing experience, but many years of recreational canoeing, camping, hiking. Several years working in the forest industry has hopefully toughened me up!

To finish! While having fun and pushing my limits (and of course without murdering my husband).

Hawkesbury Classic , Murray River Marathon, multiday sea kayak trips through the Whitsunday Islands and the waterways of NSW

Rise to the challenge, Go hard, have fun, see the wonders of the wild with my support crew

Celebrate being 50 and its on my bucket list.

6 Hawkesbury classics, Murray river marathon, Myall lakes classic and 12 years sea kayaking all over

To see what I'm made of, and see the the Canadian country side and hopefully have a beer in Dawson

YRQ 2012 and 2014

Finish under 55 hours

YRQ 2012

Finish under 55 hours

Paddled from Whitehorse to Dawson. Lots of experience on Yukon's large lakes.

To finish with a good time!

Paddled a fair amount in the Yukon. Rivers and lakes

Finish with a speedy time, maintain friendship with my partner as long as possible and/or practical

New Yukon challenge!

I served in the British Army, in the Corps of Royal Engineers, I have done several endurance events, although this is my first time on water.

To complete the challenge and raise as much as possible for a great charity.

Its one of the toughest challenges in the world, not something everyone can do. I aim to become one of the few who have completed it. I try and do something every year for Cancer research and this ticked all the boxes.

Not in the last 10-15 years.

To beat the other Wolseley Voyageur…
I’m hoping the river throws its best at us and we all come out cheering at the end of it.

I like a good challenge and the wife said I was becoming fat and lazy.
Once in a life time opportunity to say ‘I did that!’

I have competed in several triathlons, running races in the Leicestershire Road Runners League and more prominent events such as 2 London Marathons and 5 Great North Run’s. I also enjoy hill walking in The Peak District and Lake District. Almost bizarrely, my most painful endurance event was 54 mile charity walk which I organised from Melton Mowbray to Rutland Water, which we circumnavigated and then walked back to where we started on what turned out to be the hottest day of the year. It was very tiring and my feet were ripped to shreds with blisters – very few managed to complete the course but I am delighted to say that I finished!

First and foremost to enjoy the event. I am looking forward to building a strong team spirit with the other guys and making a significant contribution to the success of the event.

This really appealed to me because of the challenge of participating is such a prestigious endurance event. Also, it provides me with an almost unique opportunity to do something different to my usual activities

I have always enjoyed camping and try to get a couple of small excursions done every year. My greatest experience was completing the 1000km expedition from Bilbao in the North of Spain to Faro in Portugal by bicycle. I completed this trip in 13 days, with 3 friends, carrying all our food and camping equipment.

To enjoy it! Obviously, I'd love to finish the race and place highly amongst the top teams, but I would also like to savour what is going to be a once in the life time opportunity.

I have always been interested in outdoor pursuits and I am very competitive, so this event immediately caught my attention. The opportunity to pitch myself alongside some great athletes, in one of the worlds toughest endurance races, while raising money for Cancer Research was one that I could not pass up.

Nope. Although having 3 children all 6 and under, every weekend is an endurance event in itself.

To not get eaten by bears (that’s what my kids worry about most), beat the other Wolseley Voyager, have fun and most of all, raise as much money as we can for CRUK.

I occasionally ask myself this question, usually about 5 minutes after getting on the row machine or ski erg, but then 5 minutes later I recall that the Yukon River Quest is a once in a life time opportunity and we’re doing it for a good cause.
Plus I wanted to show my family (especially my wife, who when I told her I had entered, laughed and said
I’d never get on the team) that if you put your mind and effort to something then there is nothing you cannot achieve.

None

To win! Seriously, to finish and raise lots of money for a very worthwhile charity.

This has to be the challenge of a lifetime. Very few people get the opportunity to test themselves on such an epic scale as this race will offer, so I feel very lucky.

I spent many a holiday from the age of 16 to 18 trekking the Drakensberg mountains with the Venture Scouts. I didn’t really think of it as endurance at the time but four days at a time continuous hiking wasn’t a bad effort. (Does a five and a half hour flight in a glider count? At least I know I can land safely afterwards.)

To win! Build team spirit, encounter adventure and have fun.

A few months before the challenge came up I had decided to get fitter and had joined my local gym. So I was putting in about 4 hours a week doing mostly yoga and some Pilates and I was thoroughly enjoying it. The challenge presented a new goal and the effort of having to dedicate around 7 hours a week to training didn’t seem too daunting. My main reason for entering was the thought of taking part in such an adventure, the second reason was that even if I didn’t succeed in making the team I’d certainly be much fitter quicker than I had originally targeted.

Yukon River Quest finisher 2012 & 2013.

Raise a large sum of money for Cancer Research UK.

YRQ is a great event and I want to support the overall team effort to get two boats to the end. Doing that will be a fantastic experience for the novice team members and will be the springboard to hit our fund raising target.

I have done a number of long bike rides (100+ miles) but nothing quite like this!

For me this is about a group of people pushing themselves to the limit, together, for an extremely worthy cause. I hope to be able to make some good friends along the way and that ultimately, we raise a lot of money for Cancer Research.

The prospect of pushing myself to the very limit in aid of such a good cause was my primary motivation for entering. It will be an incredibly tough challenge but an experience to remember I’m sure.

I have entered triathlons but never real endurance racing.

To finish in a respectable time.

The thing that attracted me to this was the event itself and what it would actually take to qualify. Once qualified, then the training to get up to maximum fitness and to work hard with the group to ensure that I do not let the team down and we finish. And of course, the opportunity to take this huge river on.

I did a charity row around the Isle of Wight in 2008 with my three brothers and niece as coxswain, we believe this was the first time a crew of brothers completed the row. It took us 10 hours and at times the winds were force 5>6.It was a great sense of achievement as we rowed back into Cowes across the finish line to cheers from family and friends.The closest I have been to the Wilderness is in Scotland, in fact our 1st training camp in April is on Loch Tay, which brings back great memories exploring this region with my 2 sons and is one of few true Wilderness areas remaining in the UK.

My aim is to work with the team to complete the river journey at good speed and finish in the best position we can. I would like to see Wolseley Uk exceed £100,000 fundraising target.

To be involved in a major fundraising event for Cancer Research UK, my Mum survived Lymphoma with the help of drugs developed by Cancer Research Uk, the cancer returned and my mum sadly passed away in 2010.Me, my family and friends will always be thankful for the years we had with Mum following her treatment.
I love being on the water and the opportunity to compete in one of the World`s Great river races in an area of outstanding rugged scenery.

No real experience other than last year – when my youngest sister organised 10, 10km runs in 10 consecutive days to mark 10 years since we lost our Dad to Cancer and we raised £13.5K between the 4 children and our partners.

My 2 targets are to make sure we raise more than £100k and to finish in the top 3 in our category

My initial reaction was, this could be fun & then when I looked in to it, I thought, wow, what a challenge and something to target and achieve. I like to think I’m a fit person, but this is something that will push me to the next level and give me a really hard goal to chase. It is also a great opportunity to raise a lot of money for a very worthwhile cause.

I’ve never entered anything as big as the Yukon Challenge before, however, I have done canoeing in the past, a few Tough Mudders and half marathons. This opportunity is going to give me lots more experience than I’ve ever had and I’m sure I’m going to learn quite a bit about myself.

To prove that I can push myself to the limit physically and mentally. I doubt I will ever do anything as challenging as this again and I want to make sure I take the opportunity and give everything I have. Aside from this, the most important element is the Charity (Cancer Research UK) and raising money for a great cause. I want the money raised to make a real difference and hopefully take us one step closer to finding a cure for cancer.

I have always wanted to do a big challenge that would test me. After failing to get into this year’s London Marathon, the opportunity arose for the Yukon Challenge. I’ll be honest and say that I hadn’t heard about this challenge before, but after finding out what is involved it sounded exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I love being outside, camping and canoeing so the fact that this challenge includes all these activities is exactly what I have been looking for. I also like competing as part of a team.

My endurance experience is limited to 2 yukon races, I have competed in several rowing races but for this one 2k races don’t count.

My aim is to help both boats finish, keep everyone safe, raise as much for our charity is possible, hopefully get a top 10 place and enjoy the race, which will be my last.

The Yukon attracted me because the event is so different from other charity events, the training is tough, the event much tougher but the experience as a whole is fantastic, to be involved in something like this for charity is a great privilege.
From a personal perspective my view is that anything that benefits people that need care related to cancer is a good thing, whether it be research or cure based, care or counselling, what ever I can do to help I will,
My personal motivation is simple, cancer has affected my family, if I can help others avoid the distress it causes it can only be positive.

Few day trips here and there.
Self Proclaimed Canoe-Newbie...a CanNewbie

To Survive, To Finish and not to incur any assault charges against my teammate.

University Swimming
A few adventure races

Cuddle in our canoe under the Yukon sun. Finish.

Racing:
2011 & 2013 Molokai2Oahu- 32 miles
Race the Lake of the Sky -Tahoe Lake -34km
Round Bowen Island-Vancouver 34km
Battle of the Paddle- twice
Vancouver Sup Race- vancouver
Board the Fiord- Deep Cove
Round the Sound- Deep Cove
Semiahmoo Classic- White Rock
Eastern SUP Championships- Toronto
Numerous SUP Races over the last 6 years

SUP Wilderness Experience
2009- Great Bear SUP Expedition- 100k
2010 Standup4Greatbear Expedition- Kitimat to Bella Bella, BC - 400k
2012 Stand Film Expedition - Haida Gwaii, BC 350k
Straight of Georgia Crossing- Vancouver, 65k
West Coast Trail via SUP - 75k

Complete the race and enjoy the Yukon!

8 years paddling experience including whitewater and touring kayaking, sup and surfing.
A SUP Guide for T'ashii Paddle School in the summer and a competitive SUP surfer.

Completion without D/Q

I have canoed and sea kayaked most of my life but this will be my first canoe race.
Coast to Coast Walk, England
Great Walk (Gold River to Tahsis) X2
EVCC Golden Triangle

To finish the race and have fun

To celebrate my retirement

Years tripping including many West Coast multi-day ocean solo and aboriginal war canoe journeys.

Vision Quest/RCMP Journey (1000 miles).

Marathons - Toronto (X2) & Vancouver.

To travel respectfully on the land and waters of the First Nations people. To experience the river. To pull well and finish.

Looking forward to YRQ challenge and spending time in Yukon.

1986 Operation Raleigh, 3 months living in Fiordland New Zealand completing adventure tasks in the outdoors environment.

I987 various long distance walking completions in the UK.

1988 1500 km cycle tour of the UK, Various other Shorter Uk cycle tours.

13 years as a Scout leader.

2009/13 Mountain bike guide in Mid Wales

2013 Apr, 275 miles journeying the length of the River Severn (UK) by SUP,

2014 Dec to Feb, Various journeys/ training in New Zealand on the Rakaia River 40 kms and Clutha Rivers 55 kms.
Conwy River Ascent/Descent 44kms
Caernarfon to Conwy Via the Menai Straits.

2015 Feb to March,
Clutha River Wild Descent 260km River Paddle.
Tasman Glacier Lake Paddle,
Banks Peninsula Harbor and Coastal paddles,
Various NZ Lake paddles

2015, Mar to Sept
Conwy Ascent River Race
Race the Train 5km Sprint Race. Llyn Tegid,
Cardiff 10km Battle of the Bay
100kms Fort William to Inverness along the Great Glen,

BSUPA and WSA Foundation Qualified Instructor
WSA Adventure Qualified Instructor
Mountain Bike Guide and Instructor

I enjoy a adventure and a challenge. My main aim is to complete the river journey in one piece as fast as I can while enjoying the Route.

To experience this amazing environment and to complete this journey on SUP.

YRQ
various marathon races

To enjoy the area and people and train and race with this amazing team.

I can't seem to stop myself!

YRQ
various marathon canoe races

Finish Strong!

To enjoy the scenery, the people and the race.

Great Glen Paddle (57 miles non-stop) single kayak - only female finisher in 2013
YRQ 2013 Women's double canoe finisher
Multi-day kayak and canoe trips all over the UK

Paddle well, be useful to the boat and enjoy myself as part of Strokes of Luck!

Couldn't resist the chance to paddle with such a great bunch of Canadians and in such a fantastic canoe! It's also part of my big plan to paddle the YRQ as a solo kayaker or canoeist the year afterwards

Extensive adventure and wilderness trips throughout the world.

Prepare and Conquer. Not sure yet which one will be harder to accomplish

Personal challenge and team experience

Various running and obstacle races.

To enjoy the place, the people and the challenge.

It is a challenge I can't pass up.

Various marathons and recreational paddling

To finish and to enjoy the experience

Excited about the challenge and to be on my pal Donna Henneberry's team!

Interior Canoe Camping in Ontario, Hiking, White Water Rafting.

Push myself to new limits doing something very different than my everyday life. Catch a glimpse of the Yukon in a way that not many people do.

What an amazing way to challenge myself as part of a team and experience a part of the country that I have never been to. Hoping for an experience that will not easily be forgotten.

Record Longest non-stop (5 day) solo unsupported open ocean crossing Big Island- Kauai on a standard sup board.
4-winner 11-city tour longest SUP race in the world
2-winner Muskoka X cour de bois (2014-2015)
Multiple solo crossings and expeditions in French Polynesia, Zambia, Greenland North Sea, Hawaii

Win the SUP division, compete with other solo paddlers

I love adventure and expedition, solo or in race form

US Navy (SEAL)Ret./ Special Operations Medic(Ret.). YRQ finisher 2014-2015.

To have fun! Enjoy the race and finish faster than last year:)

YRQ finisher 2014-2015.

To have fun. Enjoy the race and finish!

I have some years canoeing experience and participated in a few canoe wildwater competitions. 2014, 2015 YRQ finisher

A men need to do what a men need to do !
Go for it !!!

Haven't won yet !

2014 ISA World Distance Champion
2014 World Series Overall Champion
2014 BOP Distance and overall champion
2014/2015 Fastest Female Paddler On Earth
2015 World SUP Challenge Champion Bilbao
2011 First to SUP Whitehorse to Dawson
2012 First to SUP Algonquin Park Opeongo-Lake Lavielle-Dickson-Opeongo Loop
2012 Part of group to first paddle Koh Lanta to Koh Phi Phi Thailand
2013 First Canadian Female to complete Molokai 2 Oahu
2014 Part of group to paddle Vancouver to Victoria

Complete the race safely and as quick as I can. As well as enjoy the entire experience

I wanted to SUP this event in 2011 but the rules did not allow for it so I did the course expedition style on my own with my husband (he was in kayak and I was on a SUP). I am very excited that the race organizers have opened up the doors for trying out SUPs for this event.

3 years SUP racing with more than 100 races
Nanaimo 2 Vancouver 65km SUP ocean crossing
Round Bowen challenge 32km 1st place
Kalamalka Classic 1st place
Bowron Lakes Circuit
Whitewater river SUP experience
Ultramarathons
Multi-Day alpine rock climbing trips

Finish with a smile on my face.

Have been looking for some good type II fun, and I think this fits the bill.

I used to be a speed canoe racer with Joanie many years ago. It wasn't difficult for her to convince me that I should now do marathon canoe!

Have fun and enjoy the race!

Joanie! All because of her!

4 YRQ's:
- 2 races in tandem canoe with my dear friend Kari Johnston
- 2 races in voyageur teams with the crazy sausages and mussels mixed team and the amazingly wild skirting disaster women team

4 seasons of Ice Canoeing on the cold and icy st-lawrence river

3 Classiques on the St-Maurice (Shawinigan) in a Rabaska team: l'as du Piano!

Have fun with my very old friend!

finish strong and happy in Dawson!

I discover canoeing as a speed canoer in 1994 at the nautic club in Lac-Beauport (quebec). This is where I met Laurélie, whom I started paddling with in a tandem speed canoe team. And for a couple years we were quite good...if I may say that ;)

We both took different paths; me in the Yukon and her in medecine in Quebec city. Last year, I bumped into her and she asked me to reunite as a canoe team like the old days, and paddle the YRQ with her! I could not resist this opportunity!

So here I am on my fifth experience on the beautiful Yukon River, that I miss everyday of my life!

K2O, Big East, Great Muskoka Paddling Experience, canoeing in Algonquin Park, Killarney, Quetico and Nahani

To complete the ultimate canoe wilderness endurance race.

To experience the ultimate in Canadian wilderness canoe racing and to make paddling friends.

K2O
Algonquin Park and Killarney canoe tripping.

To safely complete the race in the required time.

To experience paddling on the Yukon River in the Canadian wilderness during the midnight sun, and to meet other paddlers.

6 everglades challenges, 3 1st places, owner of kayaklakemead.com, kayaking lessons and wilderness tours

to complete and hopefully compete at the top end

to race with son

6 everglades challenge, 1 YRQ

to win

to race and see this with father

• Completed 4 day backcountry SUP expedition in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, this was the first SUP expedition ever completed in the area – September 2015
• Completed 2 day backcountry SUP expedition on Bennet Lake – July 2015
• Completed 2 day solo SUP expedition on Yukon River & Lake Laberge – September 2014
• Completed 2 day backcountry SUP expedition at Cantlie Lake – September 2014

Finish the event

The Yukon River Quest is an epic event. I love backcountry SUP adventures and traditional races/events don't incorporate a backcountry element. The YRQ has the backcountry, epic duration and incredible beauty; all of the makings for an incredible event.

UK national champion 2015, completed 11 city tour twice over five days (220km) this year completed 11 city tour non stop (220km). In 2014 completed Great Glen Paddle in Scotland (100km) non stop in the snow

To push my paddling and exploration to the max

SUP racing...Not so much:)
Numerous cross country ski and mountain bike races.
Big Lake and Ocean paddling.
Downwind SUP in Hood River, Oregon.
A couple of multi-day adventure races somewhere in the Yukon.

1] Paddle across Lake Laberge and through the Five Finger rapids without swimming.

2] Make it to The Pit in Dawson before 12 noon on Saturday and balance a small pineapple on my man bun while drinking a mojito.

3) If it is possible to have fun standing for 60+ hours then I hope to achieve this.

To be honest...I am not sure! Perhaps it is for the adventure, maybe it is for the thrill of an incredible challenge? More than likely, however, I am just really bored with watching so much reality T.V.

Local and regional races, solo, tandem and Voyageur camping, Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest, David Thompson Brigade (leg from Prince Albert, Sk to Winnipeg, Mb. YRQ 2014, YRQ 2015 (DNF)

Improve my time from 2014, to stay in the canoe and finish the race.

Numerous multi-day kayak excursions on both inland waters and the open ocean. Spent 31 years in the Canadian Army gaining extensive wilderness experience from desert to arctic conditions

To complete the race under the required time

To experience and overcome the mental and physical challenges that the race offers

Chattajack 2015
http://www.chattajack.com/results

I guide weekly on the Yukon River and Tahkini River. I have SUPed from Cormack to Dawson (4 nights 5 days) I have SUPed over nights numerous weekends and week day trips.

YRQ badge of completion. To show that Stand Up Paddleboards can do anything any other water craft can do.

I'm entering this race for the reason that when SUPs gets approved for future races. There will be a local representative who is a Yukoner and is a experienced YRQ that can help and support future racers with knowledge and experience for there race and can't forget some Yukon hospitality. I'm also looking enjoy this adventure which is in my own back yard, a place I have lived for a long time. Having the opportunity to represent the Yukon and the Stand Up Paddle industry in this race for its first appearance (showcase) will be a unbelievable adventure.

Paddle Canada instructor with several guided and solo trips on the west coast of Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands.

To still be smiling at the end!

A crazy friend's idea, but I've always wanted to make it up to the Yukon so this was the perfect opportunity.

Have one the SUP 11 Cities race twice both times finished top ten.
have paddled around Jersey 3 times approx. am the record holder. 40 miles non stop. have completed marathons and ultra marathons. british masters sup race champion, represented the uk at 2 world champs. am a firefighter and trauma tech instructor and trainer.

to complete it first and foremost, to enjoy it and to push my limits

it looks out standing, beautiful, and one hell off a challenge

Member of Putney Bridge Canoe Club
Experience canoe on UK and French rivers
Westminster to Devizes race 2016

To beat the "officer" and "gentleman"...who are nothing of the sort!

Member of Putney Bridge Canoe Club
Experience canoe on UK and French rivers
Westminster to Devizes race 2016

To beat the "officer" and "gentleman"...who are nothing of the sort

YRQ 2012 +14

Finish

YRQ 2012 + 14

Finish

Treks and camping
Rowing at University

Aiming for a good time and excited about the new adventure. Watched 'The Revenant' recently, keen to avoid bears...

Vesta Rowing Club (Henley)
Camping and Trekking
Ex-Royal Navy Officer (dislikes water...)

Targeting a decent time. Standing at 6ft 4", I'm hoping to prove that size does matter on this course.

YRQ 2015

to finish YRQ

YRQ 2015

to finish YRQ

Four YRQ finishes
Numerous river trips in the Yukon with family and friends

Add my son to the YRQ finish roster

Numerous family river trips: Nisutlin, Dezedeash, Pelly, Big Salmon, and parts of the Yukon.

Finally enter and finish a race I've been part of as a volunteer & support crew for 10 years.

Attempted YRQ in 2014, Kayaked the Bowron lakes, Johnson straight, Broken Islands and numerous river trips

Complete the race in a competitive time.

Physical Challenge and mental challenge. Can't let the river beat me again.

Some whitewater paddling trips.

To meet some interesting and inspiring people, to learn a few things, and to complete the race.

lots

finish it. more to come. hold please

not sure why anymore

marathons

complete

are we there yet

Paddled in the Murray Marathon (longest flat water kayak/canoe race in Australia) in 2011. Hiked 4,200km from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest trail in 2013. Multiple sea and whitewater kayaking trips throughout BC, Canada in 2015.

To safely arrive in Dawson with a smile!

I have been dreaming about this race since my dear friend Pam Boyde, a veteran of the YRQ, told me about her racing adventures back in 2007. I'm finally in a position to enter the race this year and hopefully be competitive.

YRQ

to finish!

no racing experience, but lots of multi-day river canoeing tripping experience

to finish! and hopefully to feel half decent throughout...?

on the "Yukon bucket list" of activities to do

love spending time on the water

great way to reconnect with an old friend

MRX and Coureur de Bois

Be competitive in the tandem canoe class

A natural progression following the MRX and Coureur de Bois

MRX, etc

Cross the finish line ahead of my brother

While I was born to be wild, this is my first wilderness race.

Stroke first, ask questions later.

I wanted to do something epic for my 40th birthday.

I like to run.

Stroke first, ask questions later.

Looking for a new adventure.

Wilderness: lots, backcountry and frontcountry. All seasons and in lots of ways.

Racing: CLLA Annual Regatta, trail and road running, trail and road cycling

To finish and have a positive experience!

To have a good chin-wag with my bro!

Racing: lots of races in New Zealand, mostly bike ad adventure racing. CLLA Regatta.

Wilderness: too much to name!

To have an awesome experience in the land of the midnight sun

Campus to Coast
POCAR
Adventure seeker

To do a push-up on the canoe every time we travel a mile

Figured it would be more fun than working...

Campus to Coast 160 Canoe Race X3
POCAR finisher 4X

To finish in a respectable time.

A canoe trip through the Yukon? I need a reason not to enter the race!

Paddle boarding, long distance backpacking, mountain climbing

Finish

Peer pressure

Bowron Lakes Canoe Trip, Paddle Boarding, Mountain Climbing

Finish

Peer Pressure

no previous racing but experience in a canoe and in the bush. Born and raised in Dawson.

Complete in good time for a first race.

No previous racing experience but experienced in a canoe and in the bush. Born and raised in Yukon.

Complete in good time for a first race.

to beat Emile and Seb

TBA

TBA

TBA

7th time in YRQ; multiple extended wilderness paddling trips in northern Canada

To finally see purple martians.

Texas Winter 100, lots of northern rivers and one YRQ

Experience another unique Yukon race.

Many YQR races

Finish strong and happy...can't wait to see Dawson City again!

Several Yukon River Quest races

For all to have a safe race and enjoy the beauty of the river and lands along the way. Also to enjoy the camaraderie on the river with the other races, with the organizers, volunteers and friends and families along the way.

A few RiverQuest's, including Arctic Ultra's, all inspired by Patti and Shelley, both in this boat..

have a lot of fun with these crazy girls

I would like to know, if I can wear make up leaving Whitehorse, and still wear it perfectly when arriving in Dawson..

TBA

to have fun!!

TBA

I've floated down a few rivers in the Yukon. One of my most memorable trips is being deliriously exhausted on the YRQ several years ago :)

FUN!!! And to hurt a bit less than last time.

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to paddle with this fun group! Looking forward to some good times!

Completed the 2015 MR340

To finish with a smile on my face :)

Completed the 2015 MR340

To finish with a smile on my face :)

Circumnavigation of Iceland
Devizes to Westminster x 2
English Channel x4
Norway, Scotland, France, Wales etc.

Have a good time

Devizes to Westminster

Learn new tricks from the old dog

A couple YRQ'S
A couple MRX's

Better our time from last year

The river keeps pulling me back for another race!

YRQs
Clinton
Hawkesbury
Misc other races

Finding a way to improve in a year that's going to be a tough slog.

Because the only thing more inconceivable than racing the YRQ is not racing it.

Devizes Westminster x 2
Trans Pennine Canoe Race

To enjoy the experience

Devizes Westminster x 13
Trans Pennine Canoe Race
Arctic Canoe Race

To enjoy the experience

10+ years kayaking touring, 10+ years ocean sailing, 10+ years backcountry hiking, ski touring, climbing

Kick ass

Personal satisfaction

Have completed long distance paddle board races and cycling events

Finish first in the old guys category :)

If I don't have a difficult event in my future, I lose interest in training. The scenery and the challenge of the event is the lure for me!

Canoeing

Kicking ass

Canoeing

kicking ass

Canoeing

kicking ass

Canoeing

kicking ass

YRQ 2014, 2015
Quest for a Cure Adventure Race
Logs, Rocks & Steel Adventure Race
Marathons

Stay upright, stay awake, and maybe beat last year's time if Laberge is kinder

Well, it's just a heckuvalota fun.

Catching up with some paddling buddies and taking in those beautiful Yukon River landscapes again ... too good to pass up!

YRQ

Keep improving

It's an addiction

YRQ

Have fun and go faster than last time

It's a lot of fun and a good way to get to Dawson

A couple of river quest, some wilderness experience.

To pay attention to the special areas on the river, and to acknowledge the first nations whose traditional territories we pass through. mappingtheway.ca acknowledge and learn about the special places on the river.

YRQ 2014, 2015
Beaufort Delta Canoe sprint racing

To finish strong, to gain experience with a new partner

Yukon River from Whitehorse to Carmacks by C2.
Arctic Ultra Marathon.
Bike trips.

To have fun!

I have lived in the Yukon for 4 years now - why not do it!!

2nd place at 3rd Yukon River Quest single kayak at 2001 race.

http://www.yukonriverquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2001Results.pdf

Just have fun!

Have fun 15 years after the first YRQ race.

Canoe racing: Some YRQs, in both tandem and voyageur classes, some Y360s, other local races and a couple in B.C.
Wilderness canoe tripping throughout the Yukon, NWT, B.C. and Saskatchewan.

Always to find a more efficient channel and enjoy the journey.

Canoe racing: Some YRQs, in both tandem and voyageur classes, some Y360s, other local races and a couple in B.C.
Wilderness canoe tripping throughout the Yukon, NWT, B.C. and Saskatchewan.

Make this the best ever YRQ team-wise, river-wise, country-wise, and race-wise, otherwise, I might have to do this again!!!

Bill first ventured North in 1979 as a member of Expedition du Nord, paddling the Yukon’s northern rivers along with Jim and Pam Boyde. After three summers of paddling and hiking throughout the Yukon, Bill loaded up his 1966 Malibu and moved to Whitehorse where he worked as a wilderness guide, eventually owning Due North Journeys. He is happy to be paddling again on after spending several decades in other competitive sports, X-C skiing, triathlons, and running. Bill is thrilled to be back on the water with his mentor Jim, and hopes to experience the thrill of a moose swimming alongside the canoe in the early morning mist.

Arrive alive!!

To reconnecti with the history, culture and magic of the Yukon River with friends and among fellow competitors

Previous Racing: BMO Half-Marathonx2, Trail of 98 Road Relayx2, KC Bike Relay x4. Raised with wilderness experience.

See an Arctic Loon

Wilderness trips on the Wind, Snake, Blackstone (and up the Ogilvie!) and lots of evenings and weekends on the Wheaton and the Takhini! Brian has paddled the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson twice - once taking 14 days in 2008 exploring the historic sites along the way, and once taking just under 60 hours with his wife in the 2011 YRQ.

To say at the end, "That was fantastic!"

This will be my 5th challenge of the Yukon River Quest in a voyager canoe with the amazing people and with my partner this time. My début of the YRQ was with the Paddlers Abreast team, a beautiful voyaguer canoe full of a strong and inspiring group of women. Without being part of them and their training, I don’t know if I could find the strength to do such an amazing race!

Paddle, paddle, just paddle, and stay awake!

It is addictive!

I was a volunteer at the Carmacks mandatory stop for the YRQ the last 3 years and pulling all those crazy paddlers out of the boats made me think “those people are crazy.” I never thought of doing it as I know all about it from watching some of them coming onto shore like zombies with wobbly legs and sparkling eyes. This year, I will be one of them, a crazy zombie paddler with the amazing team!

To learn about the far end of my own will power.

River Quests 2007, 2008, 2011

Finish in Dawson with no regrets!

River Quest 2011

Finish in Dawson with the best partner I could ask for, and leave everything on the river!

YRQ 2005,06,07,11 and other trips

finish again

we build 'em and then race 'em, and this is the best test there is

YRQ 2005, 06, 11 and other stuff

finishing again

test new canoe

YRQs

Do my best

Former X-country ski racer, lots of wilderness experience

Finish first YRQ with a decent time

Gotta do it at least once!

2015 Wilderness Traverse North Muskoka

See new parts of the Yukon and get a ripped back doing it

Yukon River Quest 6 times

Have fun and enjoy the river.
Enjoy the camaraderie, laugh, and have fun with this great group of women.
Paddle hard and get to Dawson City in great shape with a smile on my face.

It's an addiction and I enjoy the river. I love paddling with a group of energetic, vivacious, strong minded woman who have overcome breast cancer and as survivors we want to show and encourage other breast cancer survivors that the Yukon River Quest is absolutely achievable.

YRQ and many other expeditions in the wilderness.

Challenge myself physically and mentally to plan for, start and finish the race while enjoying the river and the many analogies it provides for the struggle against breast cancer and the joy of life.

Raise awareness of breast cancer and that breast cancer survivors can lead full, active and healthy lives.
Continue the goal of Paddlers Abreast to participate in the race every year.

A few YRQ with PA, kayak and canoe Yukon Rivers and Lakes, hikes into back country

To have our team reach Dawson with smiles on our faces, realizing we show other breast cancer survivors that if they want to, and are willing to train, this is something they also can achieve.

Love being on the river, in this race, in a voyageur canoe with other survivors and supporters, paddling, working and enjoying it together as a team. Love meeting other new paddlers, and reuniting with friends from other races.

I have raced with the Paddler's Abreast team in 2011 and 2012

my primary goal is to paddle hard and get to Dawson in record time for Paddler's Abreast. I also aim to enjoy the race and smile from beginning to end. I'm excited to be able to share this experience with my new and old team mates

2008 YRQ, recreational paddling

To be steady, have fun, hopefully encourage other survivors to challenge themselves - even if it isn't paddling; and to honour the memory of those who have gone on before us.

To be part of a supportive breast cancer survivor team that encourages and empowers its members to be their best.

Recreational paddles; canoing, hiking, cycling, cross-country skiing, jogging. This is my first YQ race.

To finish.

To support fellow breast cancer survivors in a positive, life-affirming way by joining Paddler's Abreast. Also, it is a good opportunity to challenge myself physically and mentally.

Kayaking x 12 years; canoeing, YRQ 2013, 2014

make it to Dawson with a healthy and happy team.

breast cancer awareness and support

Recreational Kayaking and Canoeing in Canada's beautiful north.

To end the race with as much enthusiasm as I go into it with, and so support the women on the Paddlers abreast team in reaching their goals! Lets get to Dawson!

My mom owes her life and her recovery to the Paddlers Abreast boat, team, and the YRQ journey, and as such I owe so much gratitude and support to the paddlers abreast team. I wanted to have the opportunity and the privilege to paddle along side my mother and the team that has supported her so much, and to share stroke-by-stroke in their journey with empowering breast cancer survivors.

many years canoe camping, guiding
YRQ 2014, 2015

to do as well as possible

it's addictive, I guess.

Finished 14 YRQuests; various other local rivers

To get to Dawson with a happy, smiley, and healthy team.

It's addictive

dragonboating

to experience the Yukon and test myself

voyageur brigades
personal camping in canoes & kayaks

to FINISH! healthy and strong

to paddle under the midnight sun

Sprint racing in the beaufort delta
2014 NAIG Participant
2015 Northern Youth Leadership-Slave River canoe trip
YRQ support crew X 4 years

To finish the race

Experience the Yukon River Quest

lots of wilderness canoeing: Stikine, Coppermine, Athabasca

to be ambulatory on Sunday

for the challenge, the experience, the team and the fun

Extensive touring experience in Australia.
Mountaineering across New Zealand, Europe and The Himalayas

To Finish!

extensive touring experience in both Australia, Scotland, and the Carribean. Solo Rowed the Waikato River in New Zealand.

Finish!

Previously hiked Chilkoot Trail and rafted to Whitehorse
Canoed Whitehorse to Circle, Alaska
Completed 23 expeditions and 8,000 miles of human power by canoe, kayak, bike, SUP and Ski. www.richadventure.com

Put in a good performance
Promote Yukon Territories
Write articles on race and area for magazines including Paddler and Outdoor Adventure Guide

Invited by Yukon Tourism
Wanted to return to Yukon and continue exploring - love the place and writing about it.

3 x winner of DW Race in C1
8 x competitor in DW
Artist and explorer by canoe
Rob was born to Scottish parents in 1953, grew up in London and studied at Camberwell School of Art realising a 1st Class Honours in 3 Dimensional Design Ceramics with a subsidiary in Printmaking. He then set up a studio in Devon before becoming Artist in Residence at Carmel College in Oxfordshire. His post- graduate studies were completed at Goldsmiths. He was appointed Head of Art at Carmel in 1983. At Carmel Rob re-established the redundant Art gallery designed by Sir Basil Spence and also set up a programme of adventurous activities. Rob, a keen mountaineer, began to develop his canoe skills and built a racing C2 and began competing in the Devizes to Westminster canoe race. in 1994 he moved to become Director of Art at Bedford School. At Bedford Rob resurrected the Canoe Club and established a highly regarded unit where boys regularly took part in Devizes to Westminster and other marathon events winning many trophies in the Junior Canoe Class. Rob would often compete with and alongside the boys, winning the C1 class three times, he held the third fastest time for many years. Rob also ran many adventurous canoe trips to Scotland for the School Combined Cadet Force. He retired to become a full time artist in 2013. He continues to coach canoeing and is still active in competition. Robs current artwork has focused on the Rough Bounds; an area in Scotland between Ardnamurchan and Mallaig which he explores using an open canoe and walking the shores of the sea and lochs. He has recently extended his travels further north into Ross and Cromarty. His travels provide the stimulus for prints and sculpture relating to scenes, imagery or experiences on these ventures. His sculpture is constructed from materials found as he travels. He records using drawing, camera and memory. Sometimes he uses a journal. He is not trying to capture exact replicas of imagery, more the feeling and essence of experience and place.

Compete and do well
Write and promote race within media

Invited by Yukon Tourism
Keep Rich in order and enjoy a good yarn

Paddled 11 years in the YQR with Paddlers Abreast.

To paddle well as a team, share this experience with our new team mates and to finish in high spirits, with excitement and anticipation.

Love paddling on the Yukon River! New experience with a new team!

6 last years of YRQ
Yukon 360
Back country hiking

Improving my pacing experience and making it to Dawson at the same time as the rest of our team.

It has been my last YRQ for the last 6 years. So just one more year....really.

4th YRQ; backcountry canoeing and hiking trips a plenty; intermediate level whitewater paddler

Place in our category; get to Dawson in our 'goal' time; have lots of laughs with my teammates; raise money for the Yukon Cancer Care Fund.

Marathon canoe racing is addictive! Every year between 60 Mile and Dawson I say 'never again'. And I'm back for the 4th time.....

First time in Yukon River Quest

I am challenging myself mentally and physically to accomplish a dream I have had ever since moving to the Yukon 12 years ago. I am praying I will survive the race mentally and be the best I can be as a team member.

3rd River Quest.......

Have fun, finish in 50 hours and enjoy all the lovely scenery on the way by!

Have only raced in a sailboat; never a canoe. Fair bit of wilderness experience (26 years field work in remote parts of the North)

Great opportunity to raise $ for the cancer care fund. Have lots of reasons to support the cause...

Um; well... I had a glass of wine with Cheryl. One thing led to another.

3 years paddling YRQ with Paddlers Abreast,
many years recreational white water paddling and wilderness camping

I hope to be a valuable member of this new team, that we work well together and finish the race in good health and good spirits.

I haven't yet learned to say NO! It's addicting though and so beautiful paddling on the river with a bunch of great women.

First time doing the YRQ!

Get to know, learn from and support this amazing group of women. Paddle, paddle, paddle all the way to Dawson and get there with a smile!

I've wanted to do it ever since I moved to the Yukon, 4 years ago.

Born and raised in the Yukon! I had no choice - outdoors were a must! Teslin River, Parts of the Yukon River, Atlin Lake......

To finish with a smile on my face and still speaking to my Mom!

2 Cal100's
5 1/2 YRQs

Work on my poetry.

When pigs fly
There will be whirled peas,
But I'll wish for a bacon burger
Topped with golden cheese.

From the feathers of a swine,
and please don't me ask why,
Deliver me 1st to Dawson
Yeah, Right...When Pigs Fly!

2013 YRQ
2014 YRQ

Have as much fun as last year if not more !
be able to keep the map on the right page so I know where we are .

we beat the river in 2013 and the river beat us in 2014 so this will be the tie breaker .

2013 YRQ
2014 YRQ DNF
Lots of paddling and racing in a War Canoe.

To enjoy the trip, beat 2013 time and to out paddle the hallucinations!

2013 Team Invictus 1 Lake Laberge 0
2014 Lake Laberge 1 Team Invictus 0
2016 rubber match!
Want to try again with a GPS!

Extensive marathon race and brigade paddling experience.

To contribute to our teams efforts.

Explore new water with a great group of friends. Personnel challenge.

Extensive paddling experience.
I have paddled in Pangnirtung, Nunavut.

Finish.

I want to visit the Yukon.
Enlist teams and communities for 2017Canada.com The 2017 Canadian Voyageur Canoe Brigades going from sea to sea to sea.

2 man and voyageur marathon canoe racing through the 60's,70's and 80's all across Canada. Competed at the Nationals in whitewater and downriver kayaks a couple of times. Placed 3rd. in 1967 voyageur canoe race from Rocky Mtn. Hse. Alberta to Montreal. Various voyageur canoe brigades,kayak and canoe trips to the present.

To paddle competitively and finish in as good a position as possible while being able to experience a beautiful part of Canada that I'm not familiar with.

I was invited to be on the team and I'm looking forward to experiencing the whole flavour of this race.

I met Ted, Brian, Dave and Al on the 2008 David Thompson Brigade, which was a 9-week, 3,300 km big canoe trip across 4 provinces. Since then,Boon and I have participated in at least one big canoe trip or brigade every summer, including the 2010 David Thompson Brigade (Thunder Bay to Montreal, 2011 David Thompson Columbia River Brigade, 2012 Brigade Trails to Wine Trails Okanagan Brigade, 2012 Athabasca River Voyageur Canoe Brigade, 2015 Badlands Brigade. We have also been on a number of 1-2 week family wilderness canoe trips throughout Alberta and British Columbia. One of highlights of our adventures was crossing Hecate Strait from Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii.

Have fun, stay healthy!
This will be the first time I have been to the Yukon, so I am looking forward to this part of our beautiful country.

Im familiar with voyageur canoes, long distances, lengthy time period of paddling. I have plenty of river and back country knowledge.

Finish the race, helping my team as much as possible. Teammates and other not sustaining injuries while racing.

I have family and friends that continue to plan and join events with voyageur canoes. I have bounds to learn from my experienced team mates

Paddled Winnipeg to Thunder Bay in 2008 on the DTB.

A ton of wilderness experience.

Paddled Nahanni.

Complete the course.

Paddle this historic river with a strong team.
Enjoy camaraderie and work hard as a team.

Geneviève has been a wilderness and backcountry guide for over 10 years. She has explored many of Canada's great waterways, and today spends the bulk of her paddling strokes on the west coast of British Columbia and on the rivers of Southern Alberta. This will be Genevieve's second journey down the Yukon River. Last summer she co-lead an artist residency from Whitehorse to Dawson with the Canadian Wilderness Residency Program.

To remain fluid, and explore how to thrive at my physical and emotional limits.

Because the opportunity presented itself, and its insane enough that I had to say yes.

I've enjoyed a lot of backcountry and the odd bit of wilderness. Getting around in non-motor forms has always been attractive.

To experience long hours of paddling: new territory. Work as a team of passionate individuals doing our best.

Last time I was in Dawson City I thought it would be nice to paddle that river. Then I was asked. Condensing the trip adds exponentially to the challenge. I've never been in a boat that long.

Trail guide at canoeing camp YMCA Camp Menogyn culminating in a 50 day trip in ANWR, Alaska. Paddled from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay in 2011 (www.hudsonbaybound.com). Raced across the Boundary Waters in 100 hours in 2015 (www.boarder-route200.squarespace.com).

This is our first year doing the race! We would like to make some new friends and be as competitive as possible.

2 50-day expeditions in the Brooks Range, AK + many summers of guiding in the BWCA and western USA. Limited race experience

Have some good 'ol type II fun & be competitive! 1st time racing and looking forward to adventure, the beautiful Yukon and staying strong as a team.

Switching out the pantsuit for polypro

Raced across the Boundary Waters in 100 hours in 2015. Wilderness sailing, kayaking guide.

This is our first year doing the race, so I would like to make new friends and be as competitive as possible.

YMCA Camp Menogyn alumni and outdoor enthusiast who loves to canoe rivers and lakes.

I love competition but enjoying the experience with my team is my priority.

I want to be challenged and uncomfortable. Self-growth is important to me.

YMCA Camp Menogyn: 2 week BWCA, 30-day in Ontario, 50-day in Nunavut. Paddled over 2,000 miles from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay and paddled the length of the Mississippi River. New to racing!

To experience a new river and challenge myself!

Adventure!

Currently a dog-sledding and canoeing guide for the Voyageur Outward Bound School in Northern Minnesota. Guided numerous Canadian river trips for YMCA Camp Menogyn, culminating in a 50-day whitewater canoeing trip in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Raced across the Boundary Waters in 100 hours in 2015.

To have an incredible big, dumb adventure in the Yukon with a bunch of awesome women.

YRQ 2 Finishes - 1 DNF
MR340 2 Finishes

Sneak in before midnight.

Love the challenge!!

Finisher in the 2015 YRQ, Voyageur Class
Backcountry Ranger on the Chilkoot since 2012
Paddling, hiking, backpacking, and running around the backcountry for years

To finish with the whole team smiling and proud.

They asked again.

Finisher in 2015 YRQ, Voyageur Class.

Have run various distance races including The Fairbanks Equinox Marathon twice.

To finish singing.

I love being on the Yukon River - particularly at night.

-Paddled in the YRQ last year (2015)
-Occasional sea kayaking in Skagway.
-Canoeing in Minnesota

To become a stronger, more experienced paddler and to finish better than last year.

Type II fun, baby!

Lots of running races,a duathalon and a lot of time outdoors with my family like kayaking, spending time in the woods, on the water and really just anything that keeps us active.

To do my part to help my team cross the finish line. I am excited for the challenge and can't wait to get up there and get started!

- Johnson's Crossing to Carmacks
- A week paddle around Lake Atlin
- Kayaking from Skagway to Haines and back
- Kayak guide in Skagway

To do my best in the race and to represent Skagway.

To challenge myself physically and mentally while having fun with my friends.

Hiking and kayaking guide for Packer Expeditions.
Taught White water rafting and canoeing at Appalachian State University.

Finish smiling then have the entire team join the sourtoe cocktail club!

It has been a personal goal for the last few years to compete in the race and now I finally have the opportunity.

multiple YRQ

to finish

have fun

Have been kayaking in manitoba for about 4 years. Have done white water to longer trips.
Last year I solo paddled 1400km from south manitoba to the the Hudson Bay in 22 days. I've solo paddled the length of lake winnipeg in late fall ,700km. I've seen polar bears, black bears panthers/cougars, moose and many other wild life and never had issues. Thank you. Michael Doerksen

I'll give it my all to finish with a great time. Meet new friends and see another beautiful river.

Walked Unsupported to north Pole 2012
Rowed across the Atlantic 2014

Gain experience for the Yukon 1000

Walked unsupported to North Pole 2012

Gain experience for Yukon 1000

several solo wilderness trips in the Yukon since 2001 (Big Salmon, Wolf, Takhini, Dezadeash, Teslin+Yukon, Hyland, Coal, Jennings (BC)); finished YRQ 2004 solo;

to finish and be able to get out of the boat by my own ;-)

I want to know if I'm still able to do that job

YRQ 2015
K2O 2015
Missinaibi River
Petawawa River
Paddling in various parts of Ontario, Quebec, BC, the Yukon and Alaska

Beat my time from last year, and enjoy the experience!

canoe guide, Yukon River Quest 2015

to be better than last year :)

to learn every twist n turn on the yukon river to better enable myself to be a yukon river guide

yrq15 and other marathons ocrs / etc etc

finish strong and shave few hours off last year

why not. its in my backyard and goes thru some of the most beautiful scenery

first canoe race / camping, canoe trips, hiking

finish race, gain experience

challenge, adventure

Im from the yukon so living off the land is a way of life for me and being on the river is one of the things i loved to do, I paddled to Old Crow from Eagle Plains a couple summer ago so im really looking forward to being apart of this .

To stay safe and have a good time !!

Yes

Middle

River people

I am good in the bush and on the water. Paddled to Dawson before

Work well as a team unit

Go to the Pit

Six years instructing and training for Outward Bound Australia. Expedition length adventure racing.

Eat food, paddle hard and stay upright.

Plenty of years working trail maintenance all around the USA. A stint with Outward Bound in Australia and plenty of other adventures. Former winner of tandem canoe on YKR.

Paddle hard, stay in control of the Aussie sitting in the front.

KCIBR and various multi-day treks up North.

Finishing with a smile on my face.

Self-improvement

I'm pretty good at nature stuff and I'm sort of fit. I like doing things I'm slightly unprepared for. Lots of positive life experiences as an OG.

I'd like to place second last. No but seriously I'm just in it to obtain the "mad street cred" and get money get paid.

Coercion. Also C.R.E.A.M. get the money, dolla dolla bill y'all.

Captain and salsa guru.

finish uninjured and still friends with the rest of the team

Matt asked me too

Aside from his multiple ultra marathon races, Matt is a Gillette model on the weekends.

finish uninjured and still friends with the rest of the team

track and field

finish uninjured and still friends with the rest of the team

yes!

finish uninjured and still friends with the rest of the team

all over the place

finish uninjured and still friends with the rest of the team

Vincent had an amazing childhood being raised by a pack of wild dolphins.

finish uninjured and still friends with the rest of the team

2 YRQs

Dawson

Yukon River Quest Finisher 2015 Tandam Kayak Womens
Rock and Ice Ultra 2nd Place finisher
4 x Knee Knacker Ultra Trail Race Finisher

stay warm, paddle hard, sleep fast!

Love to paddle! Love the people!

Nordic Ski Patrol, triathlons, ski racing

paddle paddle paddle, finish in one piece, laughing at the inside jokes until we are delirious.

Wilderness canoe tripping

maintain marital harmony

Wilderness canoe tripping; sprint kayaking many years ago

still be talking to canoe partner at end of race

Lots of Yukon wilderness fun! Hiking through the bush with a dog or two by my side enjoying every second even when things don't go as planned, climbing mountains, and cross country skiing.

All racing experience has been in a kayak so far. I have been kayaking my entire life and competed until a few years ago.

Finish the race happy and smiling having seen the magnificent beavers and bushes along the river.

Lovers we almost once became. Then we realised the other was completely insane. How did we find ourselves together in a canoe? Neither with any idea what to do! We quit paddling away from each other. Instead we put our powers together. All so we can search for the finest beaver residing along the shore, hiding amongst the bush no more. Or friendship has rhyme but no reason. So why not paddle to Dawson before the end of the season!?!?

Loves bush.
With wild eyes and pulsing heart

Spent 3 weeks in the Peel last summer

Finish the race!

Chasing bush. Seeing beaver. Lots of wood

30jr paddle experience
Many long distance races eg (7x BERG marathon 230km)

WANT TO FINISH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

WANT TO HAVE A LIFE EXPIERENCE IN THE WILD ON THIS GREAT RIVER.

I have been working as an Outdoor Educator/Guide for the past 10 years, working internationally. Mainly leading whitewater expeditions from 5, 12, 20, or 30 days in length. As well as leading off-tracking hiking expeditions. I now currently work as a Wildland Firefighter with the Alberta Government.

I have very limited racing experience, but my racing experience comes from short distance whitewater rafting racing on various rivers.

- to experience the vibe of what the race offers
- to test myself to my limits along side a crew mate/ best friend.
- to be fully engulfed by the elements that the river and environment will throw at us during the race.
- to see the beauty of the Yukon.
- to try our hardest to not only have a good time on the clock but to see if we can win this race.

Upon working with Yukon People a few years back, I got to be a distant participant watching the racers come and go within our shop. Once the race commenced I had the opportunity to stand on Yukon People's shed and cheer the racers on their first leg of the race. Since then, I have always wanted to participate within the race and experience what the Yukon River has to offer.

Wild woman born and raised in the wilds of Canada who lives and breaths wilderness adventure, both nationally and internationally. Worked various instructor and guide position as well as ski patrol in addition to my career as a Paramedic.

Racing experience includes mostly obstacle racing (Spartan Trifecta Tribe) as well as short distance whitewater raft races.

- to experience the vibe of what the race offers
- to test myself to my limits along side a crew mate/ best friend.
- to be fully engulfed by the elements that the river and environment will throw at us during the race.
- to see the beauty of the Yukon.
- to try our hardest to not only have a good time on the clock but to see if we can win this race.

To fully experience the wild and rugged magic of the Yukon River between two places I have called home in the Yukon.

2007-2009 YRQ

To fulfill Texas' quota at the YRQ.