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 Roman Dial -- Team Wilderness Classic, USA
August 18, 1997
The first US team to finish the 1997 Eco-Challenge, Team Wilderness Classic talks to The Mountain Zone
from the finish line. "I'll tell you, the Americans have a ways to go before they catch up to the New Zealand and
French teams... but we had a lot of fun... of course there were a few pieces of misery..." [Click for the audio.]
Team Eco-Internet -- The 1997 WINNERS
August 17, 1997
Team Eco-Internet talks to The Mountain Zone from the finish line. "We're finally here at the finish,
and it's so great to be here. It's just a great feeling..." [Click for the
audio.]
Neil Jones -- Team Endeavour
August 14, 1997
Team Endeavour, currently in second place, reaches the Oasis. "We're definitely ripped to be here...
everyone's got blisters; it's just getting to be a hard race..." [Click for the
audio.]
Mark Burnett -- Event Organizer
August 13, 1997
Eco-Challenge organizers are pleased with how the race is going. "As we expected, the race is spreading
out very dramatically... Some of these New Zealand, French, and American teams are so good and so efficient... they're
moving like lightening..." [Click for the audio.]
Eric Billoud -- Team New Zealand
August 13, 1997
The misery of blisters descends on the competitors. "My feet hurt..." [Click for the audio.]
Steve Gurney -- Team New Zealand
August 11, 1997
Team New Zealand is up front after the first night's trek. "We were aware that we needed to stop for
sleep, but there was a bit of a debate on that one, so we didn't. We just kept going through..." [Click for the audio.]
John Howard -- Team Eco Internet
August 10, 1997
Last year's winner reacts to seeing the route. "This year's course looks like it's going to be a long,
long way..." [Click for the audio.]
Geoff Hunt -- Team Endeavour
August 10, 1997
Sorting out the rules before the race begins. "It's not the light and fast course we were expecting. We
have to carry all our gear on the first 102 km walk..." [Click for the
audio.]
Robert Nagle -- Team Eco Internet, First in '96
Team
Eco-Internet celebrates the much-coveted first place in Eco-Challenge '96.
(photo: Eco-Challenge)
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Interviewed August 7, 1997
The captain of last year's winning team, talks about the hurdles and rewards of adventure racing.
"Mental conditioning and the psychological test of the race... those are both really critical elements to being
successful and finishing an Eco-Challenge..." [Click for the RealAudio interview and
transcript.]
Adrian Crane -- Team ATR One, Second in '96
Interviewed August 7, 1997
Captain of last year's second place winners, Team Hi-Tech Adventure, is competing in his third
Eco-Challenge. "But if you really want to win, you have to have people on the team who are going to be
competitive..." [Click for the RealAudio interview and transcript.]
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