NAME: Jim Antisdel
AGE: 54
OCCUPATION: Pilot
HOMETOWN: Brush Prairie, WA
FAVORITE QUOTE: "I should have gotten a vespa."
NAME: Larry Fariss *
AGE: 56
OCCUPATION: Retired Air Force
HOMETOWN: Colorado Springs, CO
FAVORITE QUOTE: "If it's easy, it's wrong"
Challenge '06
NAME: Raymond Ginther *
AGE: 58
OCCUPATION: Retired Publishing
HOMETOWN: New York, NY
FAVORITE QUOTE: "I put the map on the wall, and it looked all down hill."
North '07
NAME: David Holloway *
AGE: 67
OCCUPATION: Retired retailer
HOMETOWN: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, U.K.
FAVORITE QUOTE: "I wish I knew a good cell phone company."
Challenge '06
NAME: Marjorie Ketcher
AGE: 66
OCCUPATION: Retired AT&T; Inn Operator
HOMETOWN: Kauai, HI
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Do more than one fun thing a day"
NAME: John Lewandowski *
AGE: 56
OCCUPATION: Sales
HOMETOWN: South Haven, MI
Mississippi River '07/Ride the East '08
NAME: Denise Muzynoski *
AGE: 50
OCCUPATION: Housewife
HOMETOWN: Bozeman, MT
North '07
NAME: Greg Pryor
AGE: 55
OCCUPATION: Fire Captain
HOMETOWN: Sloughhouse, CA
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Life is short, but if you do it right, it's more than
enough time."
NAME: Dave Robbins *
AGE: 62
OCCUPATION: Math Professor -Trinity College
HOMETOWN: West Hartford, CT
Challenge '00, Mississippi River '05/'08
NAME: Dave Schlobach
*
AGE: 49
OCCUPATION:
HOMETOWN: Brick, NJ
NAME: Greg Townley *
AGE: 64
OCCUPATION: Retired Computer Systems Analyst
HOMETOWN: Vandalia, OH
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Save the knees"
North '03/Challenge '06/Mississipp '07/East '08
NAME: John Wright (J.B.) *
AGE: 55
OCCUPATION: Retired Business Owner
HOMETOWN: Woolwich, ME
Mississippi '07
NAME: Loren Wright
AGE: 48
OCCUPATION: Extended sabbatical, professional stoker!
HOMETOWN: Woolwich, ME
NAME: Bill Zapf *
AGE: 59
OCCUPATION: Financial Manager
HOMETOWN: Bay Village, OH
FAVORITE QUOTE: "EFI"
North '03/Mississippi '07/East'08
NAME: Keith Culver *
AGE: 62
OCCUPATION: Accountant
HOMETOWN: Palm Springs, CA
Challenge '02
ASTORIA TO CRESCENT CITY
NAME: Sue Ahrend *
AGE: 63
OCCUPATION: Registered Nurse
HOMETOWN: Golden, CO
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Attitude"
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."
Challenge '08
ASTORIA TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: William Bergen
AGE: 63
OCCUPATION: Air Force Navigator
HOMETOWN: Belleville, IL
ASTORIA TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Brian Cox *
AGE: 54
OCCUPATION: Engineer
HOMETOWN: Alhambra, CA
Challenge West leg '08
ASTORIA TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Julie Dougan *
AGE: 51
OCCUPATION: YMCA Director
HOMETOWN: San Jose, CA
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Happiness is good health and a bad memory" (Ingrid
Bergman)
Challenge '02/North '04
ASTORIA TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Steve King *
AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: Defense Consultant
HOMETOWN: Fairview Heights, IL
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Another day in paradise...."
Challenge '06
ASTORIA TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Michel Lebel *
AGE: 50
OCCUPATION: Actuary
HOMETOWN: Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
Ride the West Southern Leg '07
ASTORIA TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Bill Rankin *
AGE: 69
OCCUPATION: Lawyer
HOMETOWN: Pensacola, FL
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Courage"
Ride the West-'06
ASTORIA TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Barbara Cooper
AGE: 54
OCCUPATION: Law Enforcement Agent
HOMETOWN: Manasquan, NJ
CRESCENT CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Nancy Gates *
AGE: 75
OCCUPATION: Retired Librarian
HOMETOWN: Chadwick, IL
CRESCENT CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Jenni Slaney
AGE: 44
OCCUPATION: Library Director
HOMETOWN: Sterling, IL
CRESCENT CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO
NAME: Larry Kilgore
*
AGE: 67
OCCUPATION: Retired School Teacher
HOMETOWN: Estes Park, CO
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Life is an adventure, live it."
SAN FRANCISCO TO COSTA MESA
NAME: Jan Kilgore
AGE: 66
OCCUPATION: Retired IT industry
HOMETOWN: Estes Park, CO
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Just do it."
SAN FRANCISCO TO COSTA MESA