Hey Lisa!
Just a quick note as I have just arrived back at
hotel. Kevin, Charlie and I have won the Gobi March
Team event as Team Chunghwa/Mago !
We also placed consistently in the "individual" rank
daily in the top 3- even tying for 1st in the long
stage. This has never been doe by a team in an event
like this before ! We are so happy !
A team usually does not move as fast as a solo runner
- there are so many variables that we have to deal
with that solo runners do not.
Congrats to all of the incredible runners in this
unbelievably tough event. You might recognize the
winner of the solo event- he is a fantstic Korean
runner that was at Sahara Race when Kev and I were
there last October.
Just a quick note as I have just arrived back at
hotel. Kevin, Charlie and I have won the Gobi March
Team event as Team Chunghwa/Mago !
We also placed consistently in the "individual" rank
daily in the top 3- even tying for 1st in the long
stage. This has never been doe by a team in an event
like this before ! We are so happy !
A team usually does not move as fast as a solo runner
- there are so many variables that we have to deal
with that solo runners do not.
Congrats to all of the incredible runners in this
unbelievably tough event. You might recognize the
winner of the solo event- he is a fantstic Korean
runner that was at Sahara Race when Kev and I were
there last October.
Happy Feet!
Lisa Smith-Batchen
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Geoff Green and Ray Zahab
“Icebergs to Sand Dunes – Our Changing Planet”
January 28th, 2008
Doors open at 6:30pm ~ Lecture begins at 7:00pm
Tickets are $25 ~ General Admission
At the Bloor Cinema ~ 506 Bloor Street West
TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE LINK BELOW
https://www.netdirectories.com/~rsgc/oler2.cgi?1051
“From Icebergs to Sand Dunes” explores the effects of Climate Change on two desert biomes. Together Canadian adventurers Geoff Green and Ray Zahab take the audience on a fascinating and inspiring journey from the Earth’s Polar Regions to the Sahara Desert. During the presentation, Geoff and Ray will weave together stories of adventure, profound observations of and lessons from Mother Nature, and their unique perspective into the human condition.
Proceeds “From Icebergs to Sand Dunes” will be given to The Students on Ice Polar Education Foundation and ONE X ONE.
www.studentsonice.com
www.rayzahab.com
www.rsgc.on.ca
Geoff Green is a Canadian adventurer, environmentalist, and educator who founded the award winning educational organization, Students on Ice. Geoff Green has been leading expeditions and adventures from pole to pole for the past fifteen years and is a veteran of 73 Antarctic expeditions and 30 Arctic expeditions. In 2005, he received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the U.S. Congress for his work with youth and the environment. He was also voted one of Canada’s “Top 40 under 40 - an annual national prize event saluting Canada’s top young leaders. In 2004, Outpost Magazine chose Geoff as one of the “Top 5 Canadian Explorers” to watch. Most recently, Geoff was awarded the Citation of Merit for outstanding feats of exploration and service by the prestigious Explorers Club in New York City.
Ray Zahab is the winner of some of the world’s most difficult and challenging ultra-distance foot races. Ray is motivated by challenge, distance and discovery. It was not until the late nineties that Ray competed in his first adventure race, started rock and ice climbing, and left a pack-a-day smoking habit behind him. That began something new for Ray and this dramatic awakening from a lifestyle of unhealthy choices uncovered a deep passion for progressive challenge. On November 1, 2006 Ray and two other runners set out on an epic expedition to cross the Sahara Desert by foot. One hundred and eleven days after leaving the coast of Senegal they made history by dipping their toes into the Red Sea and raising the bar of all that we consider possible. The epic expedition had the trio running an average of 70km’s a day, without a single day of rest. Having dream become reality, Ray has become a unique voice of inspiration and motivation. He has pushed the limits of endurance beyond what has ever been done before. The documentary film about the expedition, Running The Sahara, will be released in 2008 to raise awareness of the water crisis in Africa.
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