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Danish Adventure Racing Team.

You can contact the team by e-mail at: raid@willerup.com

The team consists of Jesper, Bettina, Frederik and Mathias. All are in reasonable physical shape but mentally completely unstable. They have good experience in most of the adventure sport disciplines. The members are experts in different areas, which is a great advantage in long races because each expert can take charge in legs where they are strong, allowing the rest of the team to "relax". We have experience in mountaineering, climbing, trekking, kayaking, rafting, horseback riding, mountain biking, orienteering and beer drinking.

Below is a more detailed description of each team member, which should give a better impression of our skills. All of us are of Danish nationality.

Jesper Ritzau, born 1966.

Team leader. Studying physical education. Climber since 1986. Leader of the first Danish expedition to Caucasus in 1989, where he climbed the highest mountain in Europe, Elbrus 5644m. Team member on the Danish Dhaulagiri Expedition in 1991 *", which brought the first Dane on an 8000m peak. Jesper was expedition leader for The Danish Silkroad Expedition in 1993 * going to the Tien-Shan mountains in Kazachstan and the Pamir mountains in Kyrgyzstan. Twice skied from 6000m. In 1995 team captain for the first Danish team in the "Kebnekaiser Classic*" - a two-day extreme skiing/mountaineering race in Northern Sweden. 2 year in the Danish armed forced, and is a member of the Danish National Adventurer's Society. Have climbed in Scandinavia, The Alps, Caucasus, Kasachstan, Kyrgyzstan, Himalaya and Greenland. Specialties: Mountaineering, climbing and extreme skiing. *) Danish national TV (TV2) have televized these expeditions.

Adventure trekker. Publisher. Have trekket all over the world the past 12 years. Bettina is our tropical rain forest expert. Has walked across Borneo. Active trekker, runner and horseback rider. Has trekked the mountains of Canada, Peru, Bolivia, Nepal, and the jungle in The Amazon, Kalimantan-Borneo, Irian Jaya-New Guinea, Congo, Thailand, Sumatra and China. Specialities: Jungle-trekking, horseback riding, running.

Climber and kayaker. Engineer in Hewlett-Packard, USA. Has climbed since 1992 and has paddled white-water intensively since 1995. Frederik has spent the past two years in Idaho, USA, where he has paddled many of the famous Idaho rivers, such as The Middle Fork of The Salmon (at high water) and The North Fork of The Payette. Has climbed in Yosemite (USA) and reached 6200m on a mountaineering expedition with Mathias to Aconcagua. Specialities: White-water kayaking, rafting and climbing.

Climber and caver (spelunking). Graphic designer for The Internet Movie Database. Has climbed since 1990 and explored caves since 1995. Mathias have lived in Bristol, England since moving from Denmark in 1995. He has rock and caves at his front step which he uses often, and frequently participates in fell running events around England. Reached 6200m (20000ft) in 1997 on Aconcagua on an expedition with Frederik. Has climbed in Scandinavia, The Alps, Southern France, England, Spain and Mexico. Has caved in England, Wales and Guatemala. Specialities: Climbing, caving, fell running and beer drinking..