Subaru Primal Quest Adventure Race Update

July 6, 2002 (3:00 pm; Mountain Standard Time)

Greetings:

I thought I would give you a bit more information about the racers and support crew of Team Santa Fe, and give you a preview of some of the nice website features that is on the Subaru Primal Quest website (www.primalquest.com ). Note: a new team picture is on the SPQ website.

Racers: Brad Fawcett, Joel Krypel, Carl Gable and Barb Dutrow with Support team: Bill Roth, Jennifer Harrison and Jessica Harrison (photo credit: SPQ website www.ecoprimalquest.com)

Racers:

----Barb Dutrow is a Professor of Geology at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA. Barb successfully completed the 1996 Eco-Challenge expedition race in B.C., Canada, with a 14th place finish. She also finished 14th in the 2001 USARA National Championships in Louisiana. She is a long distance, high-altitude, runner, competing in numerous marathons and ultras. Her top finishes include: placing in the top 30 female Masters in 5 Boston Marathons; Masters winner - 2000 Pikes Peak marathon, 1999 Duke City Marathon, 1998 Tucson Marathon; Overall winner - 1999 Wilderness 50K, 2000 Colorado Relay 170-mile Ultra team; Overall female winner - 2000 Rocky Racoon 50K; 1992 Summer Biathlon (running & shooting)and 2nd place Master - 1996 Sunmart 50K. Her adventure racing foundation comes from over 25 years of being a geologist and traveling to explore mountains around the world, rock climbing, biking and white water rafting.

----Brad Fawcett is in financial services with Kirkpatrick Pettis of Denver, CO. Brad has competed in many races including Salomon X-Adventure Race, Utah 2000, Salomon -X, Aspen CO 2001, Mountain-Quest Adventure Race 1999, 4 Marathons, 2 Ironman Distance Triathlons, 5 Half Ironman Triathlons, 5 Breckenridge Ultra's (3 top 5 finishes), Voyager 50 mile Ultra, 2 Colorado Relays, Dozens of mountain bike races and shorter Tri's, Biked cross country, Collegiate Competitive Soccer.

----Carl Gable is a staff scientist at Los Alamos National Labs and is from Santa Fe, NM. Carl has competed successfully in three Eco-Challenge expedition competition races, as team captain in B.C. Canada with an 14th place finish, and 21st place unranked in the inaugural Eco-Challenge in Utah. He raced with Team Santa Fe to win the open division of Four Winds Adventure Race 1999, Page AZ. He also competed in Eco-Challenge - New Zealand, 31st place and EMA – Brazil with Team REI/Salomon, unranked finish with 2 or 3 team. He has 20 years experience mountaineering and climbing having climbed Mt. Illimani, Bolivia, (21,208 ft.), and mountaineering in Sierra Nevadas, Rockies, North Cascades, Euro. Alps, Bolivia. He has been a backcountry ski guide (California Sierra Nevadas, 1981-82), a whitewater rafting guide (1983, Grand Canyon private trip 1993, Salmon River 1998), and a mountain runner (Sandia Crossing, Pike's Peak Ascent and Marathon, Imogene Pass run, and Mount Taylor Quadrathlon).

----Joel Krypel is construction supervisor from Santa Fe, NM. Joel has been an active competitor in many endeavors including 1985-1993 Competitive Triathlete, Mt. Taylor Quad 2 times, NYC Marathon 2 times, marathon PR 2:50, 2001 Team Santa Fe, and Colorado Relay (170 miles). He is an active in white water boating, NOLS Semester Graduate Rock Climbing, Skiing, Alpine and Nordic Biking, and has done the S.F. Century and Red River Century races.

This is a 'mature' team, except for Brad ( i.e..read older!). However, we all know that with maturity comes better judgment (hmmm?).

Support team:

-----Dr. Jessica Harrison is an M.D from Tucson, AZ. Jessica received her initial degrees in geology. After becoming an MD, Jessica has taken opportunities to serve as the camp doctor on several international geological expeditions.

-----Jennifer Harrison is a social work in Santa Fe, NM (no relation to Jessica)

-----Bill Roth is a contractor from Santa Fe, NM

The SPQ website is actually going to be quite impressive – far better than any adventure race site up to this point. They have included the following in a website news release.

"Some of the many features that will be available on the Web site after the pre-race briefing include:

--Two different maps: The first map feature uses a Java application to view the GPS tracking data of all 62 teams, identifying their exact paths and last-reported locations on the course. The second interactive map allows users to locate on the course any checkpoint or specific team with the click of a mouse. The interactive map allows individual users flexibility in terms of the information they want displayed (cities, roads, etc). Both maps also use a color-coding system to distinguish each of the five disciplines (trekking, mountain biking, mountaineering, kayaking and rappelling) to inform users what each team is doing at any particular time. The site also offers easy navigation along the map via scrolling, zoom and pan.

--Leaderboard: Separate leaderboard applications within the site show either the ranking of the top ten teams or of all 62 teams. Users have the option of viewing leaders by discipline (communicating which teams excel in certain sections of the course).

--Mouse-over information: The interactive map and the leaderboards offer mouse-over capabilities, which display the name, discipline, elevation, distance, and team's in and out times for each checkpoint.

--Race Analysis page: Presenting information based on either team or course, the Race Analysis page uses graphs to compare any team's progress on the course to the leader's progress and the course average.

--Weather report page: Powered by AccuWeather, this page supplies detailed daily weather forecasts and information, updated hourly."