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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 excellent physical and mental shape, and have good experience in all 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, and orienteering

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, age 33.

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 Kirgisien. 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, Kirgisien, Himalaya and Greenland. Specialties: Mountaineering, climbing and extreme skiing. *) Danish national TV (TV2) has televised 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 three 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). Graphical designer in Hewlett-Packard, England. Has climbed since 1990 and explored caves since 1995. Mathias have lived the past two years in Bristol, England. He has rock and caves at his front step which he uses often, and he goes frequently on hairy montain bike trips to the mountains in Wales and elsewhere. Reached 6200m (20000ft) in 1997 on Aconcagua on an expedition with Frederik. Has climbed in Scandinavia, The Alps, Southern France, England and Spain. Specialities: Climbing, caving, mountain biking.