At the end of 2012 Team Five Ten changed it's name to Team Rubicon. And we began a search for new members who were crazy enough to enjoy Expedition Racing. The first to join was Mark Roberts a past graduate of XPD Cairns, great navigator and ultra endurance runner. Robbo as he prefers to be called, brings a wealth of experience and firepower to the team.
Roll on 2013 and Team Members were slim on the ground - with the GeoQuest looming, the recruitment drive ramped up. Dean Grasselli and Rajan Thananayagam have recently joined; both are very experienced whitewater paddlers, enthusiastic and raring to go.
Rajan has completed three full Ironmans and Dean is a great all round athlete. And better still - we are now a very strong paddling team!
And if we need to swim - Raj is our man!
Geo and XPD here we come!
Team Rubicon members are: Dean Grasselli, Emma Lefroy, Carey and David Barlow. We've set our sights on a number of Expedition Adventure Races over the next few years. In March 2014 we competed in a 7 day race - Godzone in the South Island of New Zealand, then GeoQuest in June. In 2015 the options are enticing: The Wenger Patagonia Race and XPD.....
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