Rob-Completed 2001 Texas Water Safari, 260 miles; 1995 Brazos River Challenge; 2001 Texas River Marathon; 2002 Swinging Bridge Marathon.

 Joe-Completed the 2001 Texas Water Safari (260 mile race - San Marcos, TX to Seadrift, TX) with Rob. Other canoeing experience: Delaware River (PA, NJ), Snake River (WY), and Buffalo River (AR), completed 2001 Texas River Marathon.

Peter-Over 200 miles canoe touring; two times Devises to Westminster Canoe Marathon.

 Larry-Both Dyea to Dawson City races and all the River Quests.

Dirk-Only a few experience by canoeing (some day trips in Norway on lakes). My job is only to take care of Jurgen and my aim is to finish less than 96 hours.

Jurgen-Canoeing since 1995 in BC, Ontario, New Foundland and the Yukon. Enjoy the Canadian wildlife and nature as often as possible and during all season.

Richard is a veteran of many surf lifesaving events including the world iron man championships and anything else with long paddles and pain. His massive consumption of pies protects him from freezing temperatures if we fall in.

Andy thinks these events are a good idea when drunk and this habit has led to his involvement in the Devizes - Westminster Marathon, tough guy and the army reserves. His butchery skills will be useful if we run over a moose enroute.

Louis-I've never raced in a canoe marathon before but I have done more than 10,000km of river paddling during canoe camping trips. I prefer whitewater but can get along with flat water as long as there is a strong current.

Francis-I did some long distance canoe races 20 years ago, mainly in Quebec and this can be seen as a return to active competition

Rick-River Quest 2001. Paddling the Potato Barge in Northern Saskatchewan with characters like Fenton.
Kent-Very little, precious little really, actually NONE. "The Potato Barge" has been on some recreational trips though, and she sails again! In spirit anyway.

John- Was in the race last year and estimated 80 hours.  We were two hours over that time.  Minimum canoe experience but fairly competitive.

David-1st year entrant.

Tony- Improve on last year's time.

Kevin-First time, enjoy the experience, meet new friends.

John-Recreational canoeist/kayer and 8 yrs competitive outrigger canoeing. Raced in Hawaii, Austrlia, California, NYC, Massachusetts. On Guam Outrigger Canoe Team 1999 S. Pacific Games, US Dragon Boat Team @ 1995 World Championship in China.
James-9 year competitive outrigger canoeing including Lilio'uokalani (Hawaii), Hamilton Cup (Australia) and Molokai Hoe (Hawaii).

Mike- Has completed the Texas Water Safari, the Marathon Triple Crown races and recently the Rura Maya Canoe Race in Belize.

Fiona-Has completed the Texas Water Safari, Cooperstown and participated at the Marathon Canadian Canoe Nationals.

Tim did the River Quest in 2002.
Paul "Mad Dog" Pageau is taking a break from his pro-wrestling career to try the Quest. Paul also does adventure racing and did the 2002 Yukon River Quest.

Mike- Recreational canoeist, dragon boat racing.
Will- Former competitive paddler, extensive experience.

William-All River Quests.
Catherine-1 River Quest.

Competed in inaugural Yukon River Quest in 1999.

Paul- Yukon River Quest 2003
David - Little canoe experience.

Steve, a master athlete has lived with arthritis for more than 30 years; arthritis hasn't stopped him from competing in the physical and mental demanding sport of marathon kayak paddling. Has competed in more than sixty spring and marathon kayak events.

Five years recreational kayaking.

Have been kayaking for five years. Entered the Yukon River Quest in 2001 and 2002.

I have entered 2 previous races in 2000 and 2002.

Participating in Olympic Games 1972; 15x - Devices to Westminster (GB) - 200km; 5x Arctic Canoe Race - Finland - 534km; 10x Murray River Race (Australia) - 404km; 18 times Austrian Champion - solo kayak; YRQ 2001 & 2002

Unfortunately I can claim no special skills (in fact none at all) in meditation, yoga, hypnosis, out of body experiences, acupuncture, self-mutilation, reincarnation or any similar experience that might prove useful. Not sure if this counts, but I did have a root canal once.  Good luck to all of you out there on the river this year.

Elizabeth-Some recreational kayaking experience.
Patricia-Recreational kayaking experience.

Jessica -Some recreational kayak experience
David -Has participated in many adventure races that combines paddling, biking and trekking; recreational kayak experience.

Danise-A longtime backpacker, I took up kayaking a few years ago as a new way to see the back country. I've never raced a kayak. Did row crew in college but those races were like 8 - 30 minutes!

Linda-Endurance athlete with limited kayaking experience.  Look forward to completing the race and testing my mental capacity for pain, while having fun.

Jeff-Have watched, on TV, the sprint kayak competitions at both the 2000 Olympics and the 2002 World Championships.  I'm practically an expert!

Katja-Did a few little fun races locally and seemed to do better the longer the race.  Never sat in a kayak for more than 10 hours but I really enjoy nature and observing wildlife while floating along for endless hours.

7 time Eco-Challenge competitor (3 top - 10 finishes). Roughly 15 other multi-sport, multi-day races around the world.

Recreational paddler, first race.

Bruce-Has seen a canoe.

Ron-Knows Bob Vincent and owns 12 canoes.

Ralph-I have been canoe racing since 1986. Have completed 5 General Clinton 
Races. Have paddled 100+ miles on St. John River in Maine numerous times.

Jen-Ron says it's a lot like rowing.

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 together in a voyaguer canoe from Whitehorse to Dawson City.