Who is that? Here is a summary from last year:
Tim: He was my partner from the 7th MR340 who for many reasons has become and him and his family will be long standing friends.
Rob: He has been my partner in more weekend expeditions than anyone. We have paddled the navagatable lengths of the Jacks Fork, the Finley, the James (to lake water), the Beaver, the Swan, the North Fork, the Buffalo (from Ponca to White), sections of the Missouri, and many other small trips. Also could be easily considered part of the family and Henry's best bud.
Liz: She is my wife, two time ground crew captain, full of grace, patience, sounding board, partner in The Race to the Dome, and support in all I become obsessed over.
Henry: He is my son, my biggest little helper in the shop, and always inspiring.
Jerico: He is a connection I have made along the way in this process of HPB. He has a seemingly endless supply of building/ machining experience, continues to share ideas/thoughts/plans/time, encouraging, and uplifting. He calls his home near the Missouri River.
Rick W.: He will be referred to a large amount of the time. He lives in Australia. In every way that aspiring builders like myself attempt to forge a path toward efficient ways to travel on water, Rick has either done it, researched it, wrote about it, or developed it. I gave a tiny nod to Rick on a previous FAQ, but this entire project is going because of his work and his generosity. He has developed and redeveloped systems to work the best for HPB. He is the developer, designer, guide, and in some items, manufacturer of the V-16. He will be my guide as we continue to build and outfit the first three man version of his design.
Greg: He is an overall stud in the world of endurance. He holds the current record for distance traveled on flat water for a pedal drive boat. His endurance accolades move on from there. This year he has his sights set for Carter's solo record in the MR340. He set his record in an earlier version of Rick's design and will be bringing it from the now chilly north air of Canada to the race this summer.
I know more people will be involved in this project and it will be an incredible help as we push forward.
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This is the story for this year: The Third Endeavor.
Liz: she is still my incredible wife yet she is been up to more lately as she is soon to give birth to our second son, Charlie. She was bummed out last year that she could not fill in as the Rollo ground crew for the third year, but she did follow along and act as our virtual groundcrew from Springfield.
Jerry: as stated above Jerico has been a big part of the third wheel and now my partner in the third endeavor. Jerico and I are joining forces as we attack this years MR 340 as a tandem pedal drive. We are not using the third wheel. We are converting his 8m Rick designed, Yancy built, solar electric boat into a two-man pedal drive. Jerico is going to take the third wheel and turn it into a solar electric boat for the E340. The work on these two projects start tomorrow as I am taking the third wheel up to Jerico and bringing back the 8m.
Greg K: Greg loved his voyage down the MR 340 last year so much with his wife, Helen, as his groundcrew, that they are attacking the river together this year in the newly built special K tandem pedal drive. They completed over 100 miles of training just this week alone on the thawed out lakes in Canada. There always inspiring and always driving forward between their ultramarathons and now together in a river ultramarathon.
Rick: Rick is just as involved this year as last year. He has sent me new goodies that will be a lighter more reliable version of ways to set up the boat that he's developed over his summer that is just now coming to close in Australia. He is always developing always moving forward and ready to help drive the sport forward.
Much more to come…
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