During the original airing of the program in April, these five Eco-Challenge participants answered hundreds of questions from Discovery Channel viewers. The forums are now closed, so the athletes will not be answering new questions. But click on a photo or highlighted name to read what the athletes had to say about everything from Morocco to Patagonia.
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Jane Hall
The captain of Team Aussie, Jane is one of the best expedition racers in the world. She anchored the Aussie teams that completed four Eco-Challenges, finishing 1st, 2nd (twice, including in Morocco) and 5th. A world champion kayaker, marine biologist and environmental scientist from New South Wales, Jane is planning to bring her team to Patagonia in November. |
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Rodger McFarlane
A writer from New York, Rodger has trekked to the North Pole seven times, and is a triathlete and climber, but Morocco was his (and his teammates') first attempt at Eco-Challenge. |
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Yuen Li Chan
A former Outward Bound instructor, Yuen Li Chan led her Malaysian team of Eco-Challenge novices to the finish line in Marrakech. But it wasn't easy. Meet the captain of team 2020. |
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Miguel Angel Torres
Uno de los principios que gobierna las competencias de aventura es que, para ganar, se necesita tener experiencia. ¡Imagínate la sorpresa de todos cuando unos desconocidos -- el Equipo Cepos de España -- dominaron la gran parte de la carrera Eco-Challenge en Marruecos! Te gustaría saber como lo hicierion? Pregúntale a Miguel Angel Torres, miembro del equipo Cepos.
One of the rules of expedition racing is that experience rules. So imagine everyone's surprise when relative unknowns -- Team Cepos of Spain -- dominated much of the Eco-Challenge in Morocco. Want to know how they did it? Ask team member Miguel Angel Torres (Miguel will respond only to messages posted in Spanish.) |
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Billy Mattison
How do you go from 19th to 1st? Billy Mattison, who captained Team Vail in Australia and brought experience from three previous Eco-Challenges to Morocco, knows how. Meet him and the other Coloradans who conquered the world. |
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