* Every bit as sketchy as the photo depicts
 
   
 


    Andrew Schmidt
    * Mighty and Infallible Team Capitan

  • Hometown: Lawrence, KS
  • 23 years old
  • University of Kansas Senior, History and Finance
  • Travel Experience: England, Scotland, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Canada and Mexico.
  • Interests: Photography, motorcycles, mountaineering, Soviet Union history, and mustaches.


    • Mike Gaus
    * Russian-Scuba Expert

  • Hometown: Lawrence, KS (Born in Alaska, I think)
  • Professional bum and scuba diver in Podunk-Nowhere, Australia
  • Travel Experience: Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii (lucky duck), Australia, Most of Western Europe, the Boundary Waters, and most of the Ocean, seriously.
  • Interests: Children's literature and "getting wet".


    Grant Wille

  • Crap Cook and Sponsorship Manager
  • Hometown: Lawrence, KS
  • 22 years old
  • University of Kansas Senior, Political Science and Spanish
  • Travel Experience: Mexico, Germany, and Spain. Walked 800 km on "el Camino de Santiago de Compostela", a medieval Catholic pilgrimage trail across the entire width of Spain.
  • Interests: Boxing, fly-fishing, public policy analysis, Mexican-American literature, and chewing tobacco.
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Mongol Rally 2009 - Team Flatlanders