Members: Stu Roleston - Northern Ireland, Rab McAllister 

Team Name:    Niagara

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      To have fun, not to kill each other, complete the event in a respectable time, see the wild life and raise funds for charity. Plus get paid for doing the race - what a life, oh and one more thing - keep the boss happy, mind you a fur trapper sounds nice.

Stu: Started open Canadian paddling in Kenya for 5 weeks three years ago. Took it seriously last year when the boss told me the River Quest was all down hill with no bumps. Devizes to Westminster Race, PTI Plus Army 100 Shot. Do most of our training on Lough Neagh, the largest UK fresh water lake - only a pond compared to yours.

Rab: Started canoeing ages ago (Oct, 2001) same race as Stu but looked better than Stu. Breekds Rottweilers in his spare time, Army training instructor, loves golf more than canoeing, hopes to have a few rounds on the way down rver.

Members: Nigel Ryce - Toronto, Ontario, Paul Laperriere - Toronto, Ontario

Team Name: 

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Race Goals:       We're aiming for 52 hours or less. The race, for us, is part of training and promotion for a cross-continental, multi-media supported canoe expedition to benefit environmental education. And, of course, we want to win.

Nigel Ryce has lead canoe and sea kayak expeditions throughout Canada and in Japan. While any races he has competed in have been smaller, and of a friendly nature, he has always placed well. He has paddled the Yukon before and knows the river well. 

Paul Laperriere has worked for years in the guiding industry. He has worked for a successful lodge on Vancouver Island, leading numerous trips and most recently headed Outward Bound Thailand, primarily teaching Kayaking. He is a phenomenal, determined athlete.

Members:  Bob Vincent - Dorchester, Ontario , Bob Bradford - Lapee, Michigan

Team Name:         The Old Guys 

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      Gold - less than 60 hours.

Bob Vincent: Yukon River Quest 2000 and Michigan Marathon.

Bob Bradford: Mississippi Race from mouth to start and Michigan Marathon.

Members: Allyson MacDonald - Ingersoll, Ontario
                 Stephen Tait - Ingersoll, Ontario

Team Name:     Paddlers, I Suppose

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      Primarily would like to finish race without hallucinating and doing it in under 60 hours a bonus.

Allyson MacDonald: I started marathon paddling 4 years ago with the 50 km Great Lake Race across Lake Ontario. Since then have done the 90 mile Adirondack Classic in both marathon and voyageur classes and have done the 70 mile General Clinton. 

Steve Tait: 35 years rec canoe tripping, Orca Level 2 Whitewater, 4 years of active marathon canoe training & racing - in a previous life marathon bike touring - now 3 kids and a job!

Members: Ken Lotze - Lakewood, Colorado

                 Carol Johnson - Lakewood, Colorado
 
 

Team Name:     Thin Air

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      Hopefully, but a definite finish. Reason - to see the fabled Yukon in all its moods round the clock, thus maximizing our days and work up a good appetite for Dawson City food.
 
 

Ken Lotze: with partner Carol, won meeker Rangely Canoe Race, (White River) 38 miles, 4 out of 6 times and 2nd place twice. Won Dotsero-Hanging Lake Canoe race 2 out of 4 times with 2 second places finishes (Colorado). Numerous adventure races with canoe & kayak sections up to 75 k in length. 

Carol Johnson: Partnered with Ken in the above races. Partnered with the race mind or mindless madman I may have to temper the steel and keep us on the course of a little fun in the middle of the pain.

Members: Larry Seethaler - Anchorage, Alaska

                 Brenda Forsythe - Wasilla, Alaska
 
 

Team Name:     15 X 0

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      Finish around last year's time; 
 
 

Larry Seethaler: Both Dyea to Dawson Races and all the Yukon River Quest races.

Brenda Forsythe: Dyea to Dawson '98 and 2000/2001 Yukon River Quest.

Members: Randy Stout - Corsica, Pennsylvania

                 Teresa Stout - Corsica, Pennsylvania
 
 

Team Name:     OT - 2 Canoe Club

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      Randy; I enjoy racing canoes but I'm a gold miner at heart. Teresa: I enjoy canoeing and want the see the wilderness. 
 
 

Randy Stout: Floated several rivers in Alaska marathon & some whitewater racing for 20 years. I enjoy paddling with my wife and hopefully will after the race.

Teresa Stout: I have been in several marathon canoe races and many other canoe races and like to stay in good physical shape and be outdoors.

Members: William Kleedehn - Carcross, Yukon
                        Catherine Pinard - Whitehorse, Yukon

Team Name:     Limp-a-Long Racing

Sponsors: 

Race Goals: 
Do as good as we can!

William Kleedehn: Yukon River Quest 3 times.
Catherine Pinard: Recreational canoe trips, no real racing experience...yet!

Members: Peter Coates - Claremont, California
                       Thomas Coates - Claremont, California

Team Name:     Escape from Pelicans Again

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      To show that last year it was me doing all the paddling. I hope to finish the race in 62 hours 11 minutes or better.

Last year I entered with Thomas and finished in 62:12. This year is his first year of college, so we won't find the time to practice.

Members: Yvonne Harris - Whitehorse, Yukon

                 Patrcia McKenna - Whitehorse, Yukon
 
 

Team Name:     "Yukon Water Women"

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      To finish in the middle of the pack and arrive in good health and spirit. We hope to better the 2002 women's record of 71 hrs. currently held by Yvonne Harris and Sue DeForest
 
 

Yvonne Harris: This will be my 6th race from Whitehorse to Dawson, having competed in the 1997 & 1998 Dyea to Dawson & in 3 River Quests. The experience in these extreme events provides material material for my children's fictional books (eg. Back to the Klondike). I've skied, paddled & hiked for most of my life but paddling is the sport that heals the soul. 

Patricia McKenna: This is my first River Quest Race. I have hiked, climbed, kayaked, canoed (and made fabulous food!) all over the Yukon and into the high Arctic. I am paddling this race as a personal challenge towards emotional wholeness and strength.

Members: Erin Neufeld - Whitehorse, Yukon
                        Stephen Horton - Whitehorse, Yukon

Team Name:     Current Warriors

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      We plan to finish this race.... No, really, that's it!

Erin Neufeld: A young canoer with a dream, or should I say a young dreamer with a canoe. Previous canoe race: none

Stephen Horton: An avid cross country skier. I just wanted to sign on to spend time in a boat. Previous canoe races: none.

Members: Hank Timm - Tok, Alaska
                        Colleen Haney - Whitehorse, Yukon

Team Name:     Canoe Alaska/Yukon

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      More sleep than any other top 10 finishers.

Hank Timm: Paddled 2001 YRQ & both Dyea/Dawson Races. "Canoe Alaska" business owner, instructor & guide.

Members: Steve Parsons - Skagway, Alaska
                        John O'Daniel - Skagway, Alaska

Team Name:     Skagway Alpine Club

Sponsors:   AP&T, Red Onion Saloon, Skagway Hardware, Skagway News Co., Wells Fargo, and WP&YR.

Race Goals:      This is more of an adventure for us than a race. We want to complete the River Quest in less than 4 days, arriving in Dawson City before the awards ceremony.

Steve Parsons: Participant in 1st Annual Southeastern Intercollegiate Downriver Canoe Race, Morganton, North Carolina. Participant in 1st Annual Style Magazine Downtown Whitewater Race, Richmond, Virginia

Members: Tim Hodgson - Whitehorse, Yukon
                        Paul Pageau - Toronto, Ontario

Team Name:     "Men of Constant Sorrow"

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Race Goals:      Paul and Tim are looking forward to a return to canoe raceing after many years absence. This is going to be a long, sorrowful sprint to Dawson.

Tim Hodgson: Sprint canoe racein the 80's, Canadian Champion in C-2, raced at JR World Championships in '85. Race War Canoe, a C-4, C-2 and C-1 @ Can Champs. Medalist from '84 to '89.

Paul Pageau: Former Can Sprint Champ. Paddled at 1992 Pan/Am games - Silver medalist. Paul was on the Canadian Olympic team in 1992.

Members: Debra Veal - Teddington, England
                        Bruce Parry - London, England

Team Name: Anything Yukon Do....!

Sponsors: Mobile Adventure and Nookie

Race Goals: To spend more time paddling the canoe than swimming beside it!

Debra Veal: Debra developed a keen interest in kayaking whilst at university, particularly white water. She qualified as a British Canoe Union Instructor and went on to teach kayaking in both the UK and US. She has since kayaked Grade 4/5 rivers in the UK and across Europe. In addition to white water kayaking Debra is also a keen surf kayaker and has completed a few endurance distance canoe/kayak races. She has represented Great Britain in Dragon Boat racing and has won medals at both the European and World Championships (losing the gold to the Canadians a few too many times!). Keen on all types of expeditions, Debra has recently returned from a 3 month solo transatlantic crossing in a rowing boat. 

Bruce Parry: After six years as a Royal Marines officer, Bruce is combining his two loves of exploring and film making as a full time career. He has personally organised and led over 15 major expeditions to various extreme parts of the world. Bruce's canoeing experience is as diverse as it comes - having spent most of his canoeing life in a dugout, paddling alongside tribesmen in places such as Irian Jaya. He still lives by the Royal Marines PTI philosophy of "flat out or perfectly still!" whereby he is only happy in the remotest wilderness or partying hard in the city! 
 

Members: Joel Buth - Fairbanks, Alaska
                        Caleb Richardson - Fairbanks, Alaska

Team Name:     Alaska Roasters

Sponsors: Alaska Outdoor Rental & Guides; Alaska Coffee Roasting Co.

Race Goals:  To finish in one piece, wothout bum sores, or hallucinations.
Joel Buth: local skiing, biking & canoeing guru.

Caleb Richardson: Patron Saint of Cross Country skiing & budding paddler.

Members: Anthony Arcand - Whitehorse, Yukon
                        Brooke Harker - Whitehorse, Yukon

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Race Goals:  Improve on our position from last year.
 

Members: Shaun Peterson - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
                   Paul Burke - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Team Name: Rangers

Sponsors: 

Race Goals: To finish strong & have a good trip. Also to meet allthe other racers & have all finish.

Shaun: Very little to no race experience & a few years in a canoe. I have been a Ranger Instructor for 2 years & this will be my first time on this river in a canoe.

Paul: - no canoe race experience - Ranger Instructor 1 year.
 

Members: Eric Jayne - Cold Foot, Alaska
                   Elizabeth Jayne - Cold Foot, Alaska

Team Name: Team Chandalar

Sponsors: 

Race Goals: 3 days. Reason - challenge of the competition.

Eric; - no racing experience.

Elizabeth: no racing experience.
 

Members: Juergen Rose - Berlin, Germany
                        Thomas Graefe - Berlin, Germany

Team Name:     Zugoogel

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      We want to make the 730 km and if it is possible we want to reach the aim in a time in the range of the bests. Maybe to win our class.

Juergen Rose: Kayak - sports college as a child. Periodical kayak races in Berlin/Hanover/Brandenburg - all races with long distances between 70 and 140 km; last race 77 km in Berlin/Spandale we won in a doubel kayak.

Thomas Graefe: same as Juergen's.

Members: Bill Tomlinson - Vancouver, British Columbia
                        Jeff Tomlinson - Vancouver, British Columbia

Team Name:     Water Willies

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Race Goals:  Survive. Our reasons for entering include a bad poker hand and too much to drink. Bill and Jeff are have raised $3,500 for BC Cancer.
 

Bill Tomlinson: Avid couch potato who has watched many canoe type races on television.

Jeff Tomlinson: Same as above but a little less experienced because I don't actually own a television.

Members: Steve Geick - Dawson City, Yukon
                        Don Duncan - Whitehorse, Yukon

Team Name:     Old Guy & A Young Buck

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Race Goals:    Be alive and be able to walk to The Pit for a cold beer.

Members:Kymm Robinson - Northern Ireland

                          Tom Gourley - Northern Ireland
 
 
 

Team Name:     Chrysler 

Sponsors:
 

Race Goals:      To complete, enjoy and hopefully not come last, the latter being our priority without drowning or being eaten by the bears, plus raising a heck of a lot of cash for disability sports in Northern Ireland. Our boss said if we are not in by Monday he will sell us to the first furtrapper he meets for a cat skin. Do they have a slave trade in the Yukon and are there cats in plenty?

Kymm Robinson: (The Bitch) 5 foot and a bit, married with one girl who is just gorgeous; Army PTI, now works in the Transport Platoon. Races so far - Portadown Collage Duck Race - 30 yards and the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon 125 miles with 78 portages.

Tom Gourley: (Fingers or LWT - Last Word Tom). Red head. Married with one girl. Same races as Kymm, but we recon Kymm did most of the work as he just sat in the rear giving the orders.

Members:Greg Tibbetts - Anchorage, Alaska
                          Mel Strauch - Anchorage, Alaska
 

Team Name: 

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Race Goals:      Finish & do our best; enjoy the scenery! Looking forward to this experience again & sharing it with others.

Greg Tibbetts: Did the Yukon River Quest in 1999 (canoe), & 2000 (double kayak with my wife, Jane). Thought I would try it with my close friend, Mel, whom I've done numerous adventures with.

Mel Strauch: I've done a number of wilderness races but this is my first Yukon River Quest!

Members: Brandon Nelson - Lotus, California
                          John Weed - Lotus, California 

Team Name:     Chesapeake Light Craft 

Sponsors: 
Race Goals:      To see the beautiful Yukon River and hopefully some moose.

Brandon Nelson: He has paddled whitewater since 1993. Began sea kayaking in 2000 with a full length paddle of the Sea of Cortez. Helped found the OLC Factory race team in 2002.

John Weed: they call me "The killer weed"

Members: Grant Gould - Tabernacle, New Jersey
 

Team Name:     Southlander

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Race Goals:      My goal is to have fun and finish as fast as I can.

Grant Gould: I have been whitewater kayaking for 12 yrs., but I have never participated in an extended endurance race.

Members:Heinz Rodinger - Germastetten, Austria
 
 

Team Name:     Heinz

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      To cross the finishing-line as fast as I can.

Heinz: Participated in Olympic Games 1072 - Munich, Germany - Kayak. 15 times participated in Devices to Westminster (GB) - 200 km. - 5 times participated in Arctic Canoe Race - Finland - 534 km. - 10 times participated in Austrian Champion - single kayak; Participant Yukon River Quest 2001

Members:James P. Tousignant - Whitehorse, Yukon
 
 

Team Name:     Stillwater_Ra

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Race Goals:      My goal is to finish the race in Under 80 hours - strong in spirit, healthy in mind and body.

James: Passionate about paddling, enjoy all aspects of the sport, especially river/ocean trips. This is my second Yukon River Quest and I hope to apply what I learned from the first trip to improve my performance this time around.

Members: Ingrid Wilcox - Whitehorse, Yukon
 
 

Team Name:One Stroke At A Time

Sponsors: 

Race Goals:      To improve on my finishing time!

Ingrid: Completed the race 2 years ago. I would like to improve on my time. Doing it because of the challenge.

Members: Travis Holmes - Edmonton, Alberta
 
 

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Race Goals:      To finish in good style, upright and dry. Hopefully I will finish in 3 days give or take a couple of days.

Travis Holmes: Travis is back at it for second run. Only this time he is going solo. In the words of his past k2 partner "you gotta be nuts if you want to do this again!"

Members: Linda Bourassa - Whitehorse, Yukon
 
 

Team Name: Grandma Bun Bun

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Race Goals:  I would like to finish in 70-75 hrs. This year, hopefully, I'll take some pictures along the way, see some game & have a great paddle and not sleep in at Carmacks!

Linda: Have been Kayaking for 4 yrs. Entered and finsihed the River Quest last year & hope to drop 10 hours from my time this year.

Members: Rick Amschler - Spruce Grove, Alberta
 
 

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Members: Dave Sevdy - Juneau, Alaska
 
 

Team Name: Inertia

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Race Goals: Have fun, finish before the after party.

Dave: Raced the Iditiyak, 65 miles. 

Members:Ava Chrsitl, Edith Doyle, Cindy Gilday, Donna Jones, Vanessa McNeil, Janet Moore, Dawn Olli, Linda Rapp - Whitehorse, Yukon 

Team Name:  "Paddlers Abreast"

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Race Goals:      Yukon River Quest 2001 was the first race for Paddlers Abreast, who were a group of Yukon women living with breast cancer. They had learned about breast cancer survivor's Dragonboat teams across Canada and wanted to challenge themselves similarly by paddling toegther in a voyageur canoe from Whitehorse to Dawson City.

Our objectives in participating in the YRQ were then and remain: to regain full use of our upper bodies; to meet a physical and mental challenge; to prove that we can undertake strenuous exercise without developing lymphedema; to learn to trust our new bodies; and to share a positive experience with other breast cancer survivors. We choose to do this as part of a public event in order to help other women living with breast cancer realize that they, too, can live full and active lives and to raise awareness about breast cancer.

For the 2002 Paddlers Abreast team we have five paddlers returning from last year's team, one new paddler who is abreast cancer survivor, and two paddlers who paddling on behalf of/in memory of/in support of women dealing with breast cancer. For more information: Click Here

Members: Don Cunningham, Jeffery Dinsdale, John Havens, Jeffery McFetridge, Petrie Neave, Sandy Paley

Team Name:Cariboo To Klondike

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Race Goals: Don Cunningham - I believe our team can do it in 3 days. Reason - unique opportunity to challenge oneself.
Jeffery Dinsdale - To complete the race in 80 hours or less - to enjoy the river and the time with teammates - to experience the history of the gold rush.
John Havens - To enjoy and complete the race in under 80 hours.
Jeffery McFetridge - Less than 80 hours.
Petrie Neave - Completing the race in under 80 hours.
Sandy Paley - Finish the race in approximately 72 hours. To experience the challenges as part of a team in this great adventure.

Don Cunningham - No canoe racing experience though I have canoed, for enjoyment, for many years. Other racing events I have participated in over the years: running, X-country skiing.
Jeffery Dinsdale - recreational canoeist - Yukon River, Bowron Chain, Fraser River, Nation Lakes. Interest in voyageur and canoeing heritage - this is first canoe race - former Yukon resident.
John Havens - recreational paddler for many years. Previous 2 week trip in 1998 down the Yukon. First ever race.
Jerry McFetridge - canoeing for over 25 years and in teh last 10 years mostly canoe tripping including Nahanni, Stikine, Blackwater River, Bonnet Plume nad Hood rivers. Whitewater Open Boat. No prior race experience.
Petrie Neave - No previous canoe racing experience only very leisurely recreational canoeing.
Sandy Paley - no previous canoe racing experience but enjoy the outdoors as a hiker, crosscountry skier and kayaker.