Some of the team members in the Finnish team participated in the same race four years ago and learned a lot from that experience and are now much better prepaired for this years race.
Age: 29
Home town: Parkano
Profession: Financial Analycist
Sports background: running, mountain bike, adventure racing
Ski mountaineering:
2008: Trace Catalaine, France, 1.
2007: Crono Escalada, Andorra,
2006: World Championships, vertical race, Italy
2006: Traversia Ransol-Serrat, Andorra
2006: Crono Escalada, Andorra
2006: Rally de CEC, Spain
Adventure racing:
2007: Raid Bimbache, Spain
2007: WIAR, Spain, 5.
2006: Raid World championships, Canada
Triathlon:
2008: Winter triathlon spanish championchips 3.
Age: 30
Home town: Helsinki
Profession: Master of Science in Pharmacy
Sports background: Mountainbike, adventure racing, ultimate frisbee
Ski mountineering:
2007: Vertex, Sweden duo 2.
2004: Patrouille des glaciers, Switzerland
2003: X-Randonnee, Finland 2.
Adventure racing:
2007: Endurance Quest, Finland women 1.
2007: WIAR, Spain, 4.
2007: Multisport Cup, Finland 1.
2006: NLOCH Mexico, women 1.
2005: EAH Mexico, women 1.
2005: Endurance Quest, Finland, women 1.
2005: Terra Incognita, Kroatia, 5.
2004: Expedition Race Portugal, 4.
Age:32
Home town: Espoo
Profession: ski-instructior
Sports background: ski-orienteering, cross-country skiing, adventure racing
Ski mountaineering:
2007: Vertex, Sweden duo 2, solo 4.
2004: Vertex, Sweden duo 1, solo 1.
2004: Patrouille des glaciers, Switzerland
2000: Kebnekaise classic, Sweden 8.
Adventure racing:
2007: XPD race, Portugal 3.
2006: NLOCH Mexico, women 1.
2006: AR World Championships, Sweden/Norway
Mountain bike orienteering:
2007: World Championchips, relay 1, individual 5.
2006: World Championchips, relay 2, individual 3.
